| Mid year estimates show Tories spending another 4 million on action plan ads |
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OTTAWA - The Harper government says it's committed to trimming government spending but just can't seem to turn off the taps when it comes to advertising. Supplementary estimates released by Ottawa midway through the fiscal year show the Natural Resources Department has been given an additional $4 million to fund an ad campaign called "Responsible Resource Development." That's on top of $5 million the same department already had on the books for the ads, which pitch pipelines, double-hulled oil tankers and pro-development changes to environmental laws as part of the Conservatives' ubiquitous "economic action plan." The $9 million in ads by Natural Resources dovetails with $16 million budgeted for the current "economic action plan" blitz by Finance Canada and another $5 million for a job training ad campaign by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. All three ad campaigns have the same look and feel and tout "Canada's economic action plan" the branding given to the Conservatives 2009 stimulus budget. The supplementary estimates released today also show an additional $200,000 being spent on a "vignette to commemorate the War of 1812" adding to the $4.5 million already budgeted to advertise the war's 200th anniversary. In all, the supplementary estimates reveal that the government's cumulative ad spending for the fiscal year that ends next March 30 is up to $55.2 million.
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| Merck 3Q profit up 2 pct antagonism sales decline |
[31 Oct 2012|07:38pm] |
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Drugmaker Merck & Co. said Friday that third-quarter profit rose two percentage as reduced spending on overhead offset lower sales deserving apt present generic competition as its top-selling drug, Singulair.The maker of diabetes pill Januvia blow Wall Street's profit expectations. The enterprise likewise narrowed its 2012 profit forecast,apt a range of $2.08 apt $2.24 per share, from its July forecast of $2.04 apt $2.30.Merck, based among Whitehouse Station, N.J., said net income was $1.canada goose livigno parka .73 billion,alternatively 56 cents per share. That was up from $1.69 billion,or 55 cents per share, a annual earlier.Excluding charges totaling $1.two billion, net income was $2.93 billion,alternatively 95 cents per share,two cents more than analysts expected. Charges included $1.34 billion within acquisition plus integration costs, plus $163 million within restructuring costs.Revenue was $11.5 billion, down four percentage Analysts expected $11.57 billion.canada goose kensington parka white .Sales of asthma and allergy pill Singulair pigeon 55 percent to $602 million.Strong universal sales offset the impact of Singulair's U.S. patent expiring aboard Aug.three CEO Kenneth Frazier said among a statement. The drug brought Merck $5.five billion amid sales last annual.Like almost always big drugmakers that have reported third-quarter results, Merck has been buffet along present generic competition apt a height dealer as patients plus insurance plans defect approximately overnight to the much-cheaper copycat drugs. But Merck has fared better than highest with only a small trickle within utter revenue and slightly higher profit.That's as four Merck growth drivers posted sales increases of at least 15 percent: Januvia and combination diabetes drug Janumet, HIV drug Isentress plus Gardasil, a vaccine opposition sexually transmitted cancers caused along human papilloma virus. Januvia and Janumet attach brought surrounded almost $1.canada goose kensington parka white .four billion.In addition, the corporation reduced spending on production, marketing, administration plus research,and also benefited from lower taxes.Prescription drug sales totaled $9.88 billion, down five percentage But consumer health products, including the Coppertone sun-care line and Dr. Scholl's foot-care products, saw sales rise seven percentage apt $451 million. Sales of veterinary medicines dipped 1 percentage to $815 million."With our lusty pipeline, we remain aboard target apt submit multiple present products as marketing acceptance among instantly plus the abolish of 2013," Frazier said.Those include suvorexant, a current type of insomnia drug with minimal a m grogginess,plus vorapaxar,one anticlotting drug for preventing hub attacks plus strokes in certain patients. Others include osteoporosis drug odanacatib, cholesterol medicine Tredaptive, ovarian plus lung malignancy drug vintafolide, a drug apt reverse the effects of anesthesia called Bridion and one improved version of Gardasil.
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| Ioannis Altamouras Altamouras |
[23 Sep 2012|03:47pm] |
Ioannis Altamouras Altamouras
Ioannis Altamouras Altamouras Ioannis (b Florence, 1852; d Spetses, 1878). Greek painter. In early life he studied in Athens under Nikiforos Lytras and subsequently in Copenhagen (1873�C6) with Carl Frederik Soerensen. He travelled in Scandinavia and spent the last two years of his life on the Greek island of Spetses, where he died of consumption.landscape oil paintings for sale. He produced marine scenes almost exclusively, mostly small-scale, which show the influence of 17th-century Dutch seascapes and French plein-air painting. Nevertheless he developed a style of his own, frequently discarding academicism in favour of Impressionism, and created atmosphere by the predominant use of blues, greens, yellows and greys. Most of his works are in Athens (e.flowers oil paintings for sale.g. Sailing Ship at Spetses, 1877; Athens, N.G.famous oil paintings for sale.).Port-of-Copenhagen Boat at Spetses Sea Battle at the Bay of Patrae
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| Texture Techniques for Oil Painting |
[22 Sep 2012|08:38pm] |
Texture Techniques for Oil Painting
From the great masters of old--like Vermeer and DaVinci--to today's multitude of modern artists, oil painting texture techniques have not changed over the years. By mastering these techniques, you will become an accomplished oil painter. Furthermore, you can even achieve oil textures with modern acrylics. They mimic oil paints well and don't come with e same long drying times or fumes. Other People Are ReadingTexture Painting TutorialHow to Paint a Textured CanvasPrint this article ImpastoIn this technique, the paint is applied in thick layers and blended with impasto knives. These aren't really knives, but are more like small spatulas. They are inexpensive and readily available at most artist supply stores. They also come in a variety of sizes.Wash and GlazeA wash is a translucent paint, while a glaze is a transparent paint. When a glaze is painted over another color (that has been allowed to dry), the original color comes through, and a third color is created.landscape oil paintings for sale. When a translucent wash is applied, it partially blocks out the underlying color. Washes and glazes can be used for painting large colored areas, such as sky. To make a wash or a glaze, thin down your paint with thinner to an almost water-like consistency, and use a wide brush to paint swaths. Artist Bill Martin uses washes and glazes in his paintings.StippleTo do the stipple technique, leave your paints thick, as if you're doing an impasto. Lightly dip your paint brush into the paint using just the very tips of the bristles or the lower half of the bristles. Then, lightly "hammer" the canvas rapidly with just the tip of your paint brush. This will leave small dots of paint, and you can create many different effects. Bob Ross used this effect when he painted trees.flowers oil paintings for sale. This technique can also be seen in Claude Monet's (a famous painter of the late 1800's) work, entitled "Coquelicots." As with other techniques, practice on scrap canvas to develop your own style.FadingTo achieve fading from dark to light areas, make tints and shades. Do the following: Pick a color. This is called your "base color." To make a tint, add in white paint to the base color. This can be done in small varying degrees to suit you tastes. The more white you add in, the lighter the tint, until it becomes almost white. To make a shade, add in black paint to the base color.famous oil paintings for sale. Again, this can be done in small steps. The more black you add in, the darker the shade, until it becomes almost black. Use the shades and tints in your work to fade in (or blend) from the shadowed areas to the light areas. Take some scrap practice canvas, and experiment with fading from shadow to light.Combine TechniquesBy combining techniques, you can create some dramatic effects. For example, you can create a wash sky with a blue tint wash. Then use impasto for the clouds and glaze over them with a shade glaze for darker areas. For flowers or trees, you can stipple on paints, allow to dry, and then glaze over areas you want to accent with another color.
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| Tips for Fine Oil Paintings |
[18 Sep 2012|06:06pm] |
Tips for Fine Oil Paintings
Oil painting is the process of creating fine art using pigments mixed with oil, such as linseed oil. Some of the most famous works of art in history are painted in this style, including Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa. While oil painting is a difficult skill to master there are some tips that can help improve your work. Other People Are ReadingHow to Paint Mountain Scenes in OilOil Painting Techniques for Tree TrunksPrint this article KeroseneClean your brushes with kerosene when you have finished painting to keep them soft while still keeping their spring. Do not use kerosene during a painting session as it can darken oil paints.Fix as you PaintDo not wait for a mistake to dry to paint over it. While the paint is still wet, use a palette knife to scrape off the error.animal oil paintings for sale. A ghost-image will remain on the canvas and can be wiped away with a paint rag dipped in solvent. Sand it down with fine sandpaper and it is ready to be repainted.Wet-on-WetCover the canvas in a thin layer of liquid white, also call liquid clear, a type of creamy paint that can be applied to the canvas evenly and smoothly. This can be purchased from online art supplies stores. Apply your colors to this wet background. Do not hesitate to paint over the top of a previously painted area; it is the whole point of this technique, known as wet-on-wet.abstract oil paintings for sale. The gloss allows wet paint to be added to wet paint, delivering soft edges and blends. It also lightens and pales the colors, making for stunning skies.WavesAdd white spirit to your paints. Apply your paint in brushstrokes, long or short, and the colors should overlay. Painting waves can be a precise process that requires patience. Using this technique, simple horizontal strokes can be enough to paint beautiful seas..Brush and Paint TipsBefore you begin, draw your main shapes using a small round brush and paint thinned with solvent. For coloring large areas the paint should be a little thicker and you should use large flat brushes. Add detail with smaller to medium-sized brushes. It's important to mix colors rather than applying them straight from the tubes but don't combine more than three colors at once or you will more often than not end up with an undesirable mud color. Paint the darkest colors first and then work up toward the lightest.
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| How to Use Oil Paint for Soft Vinyl |
[30 Aug 2012|12:24am] |
How to Use Oil Paint for Soft Vinyl
Even though some soft vinyl surfaces feel matte, most reject paint just like a glossy surface does. Vinyl is very nonporous, so the paint does not stick well to the surface. To use an oil-based paint over vinyl, you need to abrade the surface and use the right kind of primer. Without this important prep work, your new paint peels off the surface in a matter of weeks. Instructions 1Sand solid vinyl surfaces with 150-grit sandpaper. The 150-grit sandpaper abrades the surface for better adhesion.landscape oil paintings for sale. Soft vinyl is sometimes used to coat other materials, such as particleboard. If you are painting over a thin vinyl veneer, don't sand down the vinyl. Only sand if the item is a solid vinyl piece.2Wash the surface with a trisodium phosphate cleanser to get rid of dirt and sandpaper dust.3Prime the soft vinyl with high-adhesion alkyd primer.flowers oil paintings for sale. A general-purpose primer won't stick well to soft vinyl, but high-adhesion primers are designed for nonporous surfaces. These special primers are available at most hardware stores. Make sure the primer is also labeled as "alkyd," since alkyd primers work better with oil-base paints than latex primers. Apply the high-adhesion primer just like normal primer or paint, using a paintbrush or paint roller. Wait 24 hours for the primer to cure.famous oil paintings for sale.4Paint the soft vinyl surface with oil-base paint. Use a paintbrush or roller. Let the surface dry for at least two hours and apply a second coat if needed.5Remove the painter's tape and plastic tarps after 24 hours.
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| How to Paint a Horse in Oil Paints |
[25 Aug 2012|08:38pm] |
How to Paint a Horse in Oil Paints
Oil paints work well with many styles of painting (including abstract, realism and impressionism), making them an ideal choice for animal portraits, whether you paint your own or one that you've come across in your travels. Many painters paint from a photograph; but you can look at other paintings of horses for inspiration or paint your own scenario, incorporating or deleting items from the landscape as you see fit. Utilize a combination of oil painting techniques to design your own oil painting of a horse. Instructions 1Sketch out the backdrop of the scene, adding a horizon line and any large objects like buildings, fences and trees. Determine where the horse will be placed in relation to the backdrop.2Outline the shape of the horse in proportion to the rest of the scene.seascape oil paintings for sale. If using a photograph, keep it on hand as a reference point.3Begin layering in color to establish depth. Use a range of shades as opposed to using a flat brown or black. Layering the colors allows the patterns and textures of light and shadow to show in the painting. Shadowy colors like grey, blue, black and brown are a good starting point.portrait oil paintings for sale.4Play with different oil-painting techniques, including glazing, blending, gradation and underpainting, and decide which will work best for the vision you have of your painting.5Begin adding vibrant colors to flesh out the scene and give shape to the horse. Blend patches of red with tones of brown; use of blue to add depth to gray and black. Play with the color until you are satisfied. You can always test the results of layering before you begin painting with a test paper or canvas.pet oil paintings for sale.6Finish the painting by adding in final details. Blend white into the colors to show your light source and to add fine detail. Either let the painting dry completely (overnight) and add finishing details on top or continue layering in detail until you are satisfied with the end result.
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| How to Use Water Soluble Oil Paints |
[25 Aug 2012|08:38pm] |
How to Use Water Soluble Oil Paints
Oil paints that are water soluble eliminate the need for solvent mediums. Solvents evaporate into vapors that require open ventilation in large airy rooms. An artist can use water soluble oil paint in a relatively small room with the windows closed if necessary. The oil binders in water soluble paints are specially refined to break up in water. Water is the only thinner needed for painting, and canvasses dry in about half the time as traditional oils. Then brushes and palettes come clean with soap and water. Instructions 1Stand a canvas up and lean it against a tripod or desktop easel.animal oil paintings for sale. Squeeze small amounts of selected oil paint colors into the cups of a palette. Pour lukewarm water into two cups and keep them near the easel.2Thin the consistency of the oil paints with water. Typical oils are as thick as peanut butter. Dip an artist brush into a water cup to transfer small amounts of water to the paints on the palette. Blend the paints into the water to yield thinner consistencies. The more water added, the thinner the paints will spread while retaining their colors.abstract oil paintings for sale.3Dampen a wash rag to catch running drips on the canvas. Thinned paint will run if it is mixed with too much water or applied with a saturated brush.4Clean brushes in water immediately after use. Drop the bristle end of a brush into a water cup after finishing with one color. Remove soaking brushes from the water cup and shake out excess water to use with other colors in the course of the project if needed. Return the brushes to the water cup after each use.. Clean brushes with mild soap and running water after the painting is completed.5Clean water soluble oil paint from palettes upon project completion. Lather mild soap into a wash rag and scrub palettes under running water to remove water soluble paints.6Allow two to five days drying time for finished canvasses. The water evaporates from an oil painting quickly but the oils must oxidate before the canvas dries completely.
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| Portrait Oil Painting Tutorial |
[25 Aug 2012|08:36pm] |
Portrait Oil Painting Tutorial
Portrait painting is a great tradition in art. This is not a skill that comes easily, and most artists may find themselves painting portraits again and again to get the process right. Oil paint is a practical medium to start portrait painting with. The slow drying time of oil paint makes blending easy enough--a real advantage when it comes to producing soft shadows, as would appear on the subject's face. Instructions 1Choose a photograph to paint from. Portrait painting is traditionally done from live subjects, but live subjects are problems for their own reasons. Live subjects need to move and change positions. If you paint from a live subject, you are limited in the amount of time you can spend in a single painting session because your subject will need breaks, and changing light conditions will force you to paint at the same approximate time for each different session. If you insist on painting from a live subject, take photographs of your subject, so you can paint/touch up areas even when your subject isn't available.animal oil paintings for sale. In addition, mark the position of your subject with chalk to make repositioning easy.2Draw several studies of your subject before drawing an outline of the subject and a few major features--eyes, nose, mouth-on the canvas.3Paint a thin layer of paint on the canvas, covering the entire picture plane. Use a medium or medium-large brush. Don't paint highlights or shadows--only paint the base colors of subjects. To produce a thin layer of paint in oils, mix the paint with turpentine or whatever paint thinner you happen to be using. Compare what you have on the painting to what you see in the photograph. Amend the painting as necessary.abstract oil paintings for sale.4Begin to build up layers of paint. Oil paint dries very slowly. After a certain point of painting, you may decide that the painting is too wet to continue. If this becomes the case, the painting will need to sit overnight (or possibly longer) before you can continue. Many painters who work with oil paint find it efficient to have several paintings going at once, so when one painting becomes too wet, the artist can move on to something else.5Build up details slowly. Switch to smaller paintbrushes as you start to paint smaller details. When blending areas of paint, like shadows and highlights, with the paint in the background, you may find it helpful to use a dry brush to feather the edges.. For shadows on flesh, shades of brown or blue are usually more appropriate than shades of black or gray.If you find yourself struggling to line up the details in the face, try painting some mapping lines on the face. Mapping lines are lines drawn over the horizontal and vertical axes of the face that allow you to arrange details on the face in a way that is symmetrical. If you still feel like the features of the face are asymmetrical, even after establishing mapping lines and painting the features along them, try turning the piece upside down.6Set the painting aside when you feel you are close to being done and don't return to the painting for a few days or more. This will help you gain a fresh perspective on the steps to producing a completely finished piece.
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| Adding Newspaper to Oil on a Canvas Painting |
[03 Aug 2012|10:13pm] |
While not intuitively a good material to use because of its acidity, which can often erode the surfaces it encounters over time, newspaper has a few common uses when combined with oil paints for canvas. Newspaper is a relatively inexpensive material that can easily be found in abundance. Other People Are ReadingHow to Add a Mosaic to a Canvas Oil PaintingHow to Paint on CanvasPrint this article MaterialsIn order to add newspaper to your oil painting, it's important that you have gesso or another acrylic primer that will work as an adhesive between the newspaper and the canvas. You'll also need paint, water and newspaper, of course.Why Use NewspaperAdding newspaper to an oil canvas painting can give it added texture. It gives a painting a three-dimensional appearance. It's a flexible material that can be twisted and rolled into different shapes. It is a good material to use on oil paintings because it is so easy to paint on when used in thin layers.ProcessNewspaper is an acidic material and it should be placed in water before applied to a canvas, as it can erode both the paint and the canvas of a painting. It's acidic content can be diluted with water. After placing small strips of newspaper in water, it can be applied to the canvas. It should stick. Once the general shape of the newspaper is set, the gesso or primer should be painted onto the canvas. White primer is best because it will not change the composition or color of the painting once the oil paint is applied on top if it. The primer should dry before the oil paint is applied.DesignNewspaper on top of a canvas surface can be painted to create action within a painting. For example, an arm can be painted to appear to come out of the canvas itself because of the newspaper. An elephant's trunk can stand out from the rest of its body, and made to look as though it's thicker than the other surfaces of its body. The logs of a cabin can be made to look even more rustic as the the boards are given a rougher appearance from the texture of a newspaper.
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| Antonio da Crevalcore |
[24 Jul 2012|06:10pm] |
Antonio da Crevalcore Antonio (Leonelli) da Crevalcore(b Crevalcore; d before 1525). Italian painter and musician. Although Antonio da Crevalcore was highly regarded by his contemporaries as both a painter of still-lifes and a musician, his artistic oeuvre remains the subject of debate. It has been suggested that he trained in Ferrara, because of the stylistic similarities his work shares with other Ferrarese painters working in Bologna, such as Francesco del Cossa and Ercole de’ Roberti. The influence of Cossa’s Bolognese painting on Crevalcore is clear, especially of the Pala dei Mercanti (Bologna, Pin. N.), but the connection between Cossa’s Ferrarese works or Ercole de’ Roberti’s later Ferrarese paintings and Crevalcore is less evident.The Holy Family with St. John as a BoyThe Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist and another SaintDeposizione di Cristo dalla Croce
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| Giovanni Bernardino |
[23 Jul 2012|03:51pm] |
Giovanni Bernardino AzzolinoAzzolino, Giovanni [Giovan] Bernardino (b Cefalù, Sicily, c. 1572; d Naples, 12 Dec 1645). Sicilian painter and sculptor. He was probably trained in Sicily, yet he is recorded in Naples from 1594, and his artistic roots are Neapolitan. The painting of the Presentation in the Temple (1599; Naples, S Maria la Nova) is his earliest datable work. It demonstrates that Azzolino was already aware of trends in late 16th-century Neapolitan painting and that he knew the art of Belisario Corenzio, Fabrizio Santafede and Luigi Rodriguez ( fl 1594–1606). He took his lead at first from Corenzio and was, like him, an expert fresco painter. In 1599 Azzolino was commissioned to execute the decoration (untraced) for the church of the Spirito Santo, Naples. In the canvases and frescoes that he painted between 1606 and 1610 for the church of Gesù e Maria, Naples, and in the earlier Pentecost for the church of S Francesco at Caiazzo (in situ; his only signed work) it is possible to discern the influences of both Corenzio and Santafede. An awareness of the new clarity and naturalism of the Florentine reformers Lodovico Cigoli, Agostino Ciampelli and Domenico Passignano had spread in Naples through Santafede, whose role in the development of Azzolino’s style was fundamental. Both artists subsequently remained faithful to the devotional art of the Counter-Reformation, although they later demonstrated an awareness of the innovative work of Caravaggio. Azzolino countered both the excessive intellectual subtleties of Mannerism and the experimental naturalism of Caravaggio with serene and familiar renderings of sacred stories such as the Circumcision (1607; Naples, Capodimonte); these works, like the art of the Florentine reformers, retain a classical sense of design.The Holy Family The Ascension
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| Art Deco |
[21 Jul 2012|03:05pm] |
Art Deco. Descriptive term applied to a style of decorative arts that was widely disseminated in Europe and the USA during the 1920s and 1930s. Derived from the style made popular by the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes held in Paris in 1925, the term has been used only since the late 1960s, when there was a revival of interest in the decorative arts of the early 20th century. Since then the term ‘Art Deco’ has been applied to a wide variety of works produced during the inter-war years, and even to those of the German Bauhaus. But Art Deco was essentially of French origin, and the term should, therefore, be applied only to French works and those from countries directly influenced by France. d'Erte Cleopatra
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| Archaic |
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Archaic. In Greek art, the period с 700—480 вс, especially in sculpture, e.g. the kouroi and korai (nude youths and draped girls) from the Acropolis. Figures are stiff and formalized (Egyptian influence) gradually becoming more naturalistic. In vase painting the a. period includes Corinthian, Attic black-figure and the earliest red-figure, in 1 architecture early Doric (e.g. Paestum) and early Ionic (e.g. 1st temple of Artemis at Ephesus). Kleobis and Biton, kouroi of the Archaic period, c. 580 B.C. Held at the Delphi Archaeological Museum.
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| Acconci Vito |
[20 Jul 2012|11:46am] |
Acconci Vito (1940— ). Pages:1U.S. artist, 1st noticed as a poet (1964—8), who then turned to Performance, Installation and Action and Body art (1969) attracted by the experimentation of groups such as The Judson Church, and the conceptual framework established by such artists as LeWitt, Andre, R. Morris, Kosuth, Weiner, D. Graham, Oppenhenn and Burden. His most notorious work in the 1970s was Seedbed (1972) in which he lay under the floor of the gallery loudly voicing his sexual fantasies while masturbating. In the 1980s he started making constructions, e.g. Sub-Urb (1983) and furniture, e.g. Sleeping Dog Couch (1984). Home Entertainment Center (green)1991Home Entertainment Center - 12 sex dolls Series
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