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The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters a Review

London’s Royal Academy of Arts is currently running an exhibition called “The Real Vincent van Gogh. It is due to end on the 18th of April 2010. The exhibition includes his paintings and personal letters. Thinking of Vincent Van Gogh brings a lot thing to mind. It could be sunflowers, the missing ear or the tragic suicide that took his life. This exhibition allows you to discover the man behind the legend. It is the first major exhibition in over More

Vancouver Cultural Olympiad – Celebrating Arts And Culture

Is the Vancouver Cultural Olympiad the “celebration of the contemporary imagination” as aspired by the organizing committee? The Winter Olympiad 2010 is about to start and Vancouver has already proved that it can organize a long and well appointed series of festivals and events that demonstrate and present the cultural heritage of the country and the city in the best possible way.

Vancouver is the first city in the history of the Olympic Winter Games to host a cultural Olympiad More

How To Mix Pencil Crayon With Oil Pastel.

It’s very difficult to come up with some sort of original technique in art. Sure, they are lots of clever ways of mixing different mediums and doing different things, but they are what other artists have thought of. Coming up with your own idea is not so easy, but when you finally do you will feel pretty smug!

I managed to find a new way of drawing a while back. Well, at least I think it’s a new way. More

The Joke That Is Art.

‘It’s hard these days, being an artist.

It’s even harder when you’re socially conscious.’

That’s something from a song by The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy that I think is very true indeed.

The reality of today’s art scene is that anyone can be an ‘artist’. You do not need to be able to draw and even if you can, then the quality of your work is not important. You don’t believe me? Have a look in a London gallery.

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Welcome

Welcome to the newly revamped Fuel 4 Arts page, soon we will have all of our normal networking services up and running again, but until then I will be posting regularly on this blog to keep you up to date. Hope that you enjoy what we are doing and I look forward to creating a new community with all of you!