When I tell people that I know how to write gothic calligraphy, I often get questions like, “what is the use of knowing how to write calligraphy, you can do anything on the computer now?” If I didn’t write calligraphy, I would probably ask the same exact thing. Throughout this article, I will tell you …
My daughter loves Emo Style, and I wanted to investigate it a bit further, she wanted to know how to draw emo, and her and her friends would doodle some cute emo style pictures (whats emo, I explained it to it kind of reminds me of Goth but a bit more colorful!) Emo style is …
Using pastels as his favored medium to paint with, the Canadian artist Nicholas de Grandmaison spent over forty years of his career doing portraits of Native Americans or the First Nations of North America. Born in Russia from an aristocratic lineage, Nicholas de Grandmaison lived and created art in Canada for most of his artistic …
It is not often that you can find an art contest that has cash as an award these days, but that is what the new Essence of Shaker Square Art Contest is offering as a prize to the top two contest winners. Shaker Square store owners Paula Atwell, of Lake Erie Artists Gallery, and Dewey …
It might surprise you to learn how many art galleries are tucked away in and around the city of Cleveland, Ohio. Most people do not really think of Cleveland as being an art town, unless you start to dig a little deeper into the city’s culture. But if you think about it, it is not …
As part of the responsible effort to go green and recycling, architectural salvage items are growing in popularity as an affordable option for home décor while preserving the beauty and artistry of the past. In the simplest terms, architectural salvage is the process of rescuing items and materials from buildings and homes that are …
Olde Good Things rescues treasure trove of architectural antiques from demolition and makes them available to collectors, interior designers, and homeowners. Everybody wins with this recycling effort. Imagine seeing a vast collection of the most beautiful decorative antique items you’ve ever seen in your life, then finding out that the place where you saw them …
Lake Erie Artists Gallery, located in historic Cleveland shopping center Shaker Square, is one Cleveland, Ohio art gallery that focuses on local northeast Ohio artists. The gallery used to be at Tower City Center, but moved in 2009 to its current location next to one of the city’s oldest restaurants, Balaton. The space is open …