February 8, 2011 – 10:02 am
West Aurora takes art seriously AURORA – Senior Mia Sanders painted diligently working on the details of an agreement. She worked on her painting to public view Saturday at the annual Festival of the West Aurora School District Fine Arts, West High. Her oil painting "portrait Anatomy," Sanders offers take some family portraits classic 1950's [...]
December 22, 2010 – 7:27 am
I am trying to identify a hand painted china plate? I purchased an older plate that appears to be hand painted. The only identifying marks are the words “North” painted on the back and three straight lines which are each about 1/2 ” long that are actually grooves in the china. Can anyone identify it [...]
September 8, 2010 – 1:46 pm
Polish Pottery Being Hand Painted Japanese Sometsuke Bowl Set includes 4 Bowls $27.34 Set of four bowls with four different Japanese design patterns. Packaged in a black gift box. Made in Japan…. Portmeirion Botanic Garden Bristol Mug, Set of 6 $117.00 Bristol Tankards – Set(s) Of 6 – Various Flowers Portrayed With The Name And [...]
August 22, 2010 – 11:49 am
Picture perfect: A new festival is celebrating Normandy’s artistic heritage A dab of blue. Then several more. A hint of yellow, followed by a touch of red and brown. But oops, I’d overdone it. I raised my hand, and Edith, our infinitely patient art teacher, came to the rescue. As she blended in my maroon [...]
August 19, 2010 – 5:09 am
I had condensation on my wall I let it dry but it stained I painted over it but the stain showed through? The condensation left a stain on the wall which has wallpaper on it. I don’t want to strip off the wallpaper as the room is big and I reall =y cant paint it [...]