Archiving Work Part 2
Cloud StorageBy Armand CabreraNetwork storage has been around for quite a while but system access was limited to a company or possibly a University. In 2007 Dropbox created the first public...
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Magnetic StorageBy Armand CabreraMagnetic storage is what most people think of when they think of computer storage. It is the most popular form of storage for electronic devices and it is also the...
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Optical StoragebyArmand CabreraOptical Storage is the most permanent form of commercial storage available. Optical storage are discs like standard CD and DVD and Blu-Ray discs which can be marked in...
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Armand Cabrera Fine Art on Facebook
ByArmand CabreraI've recently have split my Facebook presence in two. I now have an Armand Cabrera Fine Art page on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/ArmandCabreraFineArtThis will be the place to get...
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Passion and the Professional Artist
byArmand CabreraTowards the Coast 24 x 30 oil on linenI think one of the most important things that happened when I became a professional artist was I let go of...
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Photographing Your Art Part 1
By Armand Cabrera It is always good to have high resolution images of your paintings for possible licensing deals, illustrations and editorial write-ups. If you can’t afford professional services hi...
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Photographing Art Digitally Part 2
byArmand CabreraDigital images are easier to manipulate than traditional film. Digital tools allow anyone with the money to buy the software and with a little study and practice be able to edit their...
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Process versus Outcome
ByArmand CabreraI was having a discussion the other day with some people online about the importance of a degree as an artist going into the entertainment industry. It was interesting to listen to...
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Ten Year Anniversary
I’m coming up on my ten year anniversary of writing articles for the web. We started publishing April of 2004 with a site called Outdoorpainting.com. I started the actual writing that March. The site...
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Painting Greens
Spring is officially, if not actually here for most of the country and I thought I would talk about green paintings again. To read my first posts on tackling green in the landscape go here.I am going...
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2014 Armand Cabrera Workshops
I am teaching two workshops this year the first will be in Highlands North Carolina at The Bascom Center for the Visual Arts. My workshop, Practical Solutions for Painting Anything will focus on...
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Old Town Warrenton Demo
The weather has finally warmed up and so I spent the weekend painting outside in Old Town in Warrenton.I spotted this scene earlier in the year and finally got a chance to paint it.With buildings like...
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Paintings as Objects
By Armand CabreraAn important part of any painters’ growth is museum time. Seeing master paintings in person is critical to maturing as a painter. Learning why certain paintings are revered is...
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Taking Time to Heal
By Armand CabreraIf you have read this blog or know me personally you know I’m a straight ahead, sleep when you’re dead kind of guy. I let very little get in the way of my art. I make my living as an...
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Competitions and the Business of Art
ByArmand CabreraI get asked to do a lot of competitions; these days for the most part I politely decline. I find most of these shows poorly run and badly structured for an artist to make money at. The...
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Split Rail Fence Demo
I had a few people show up for the Free demo yesterday Out at the old stone bridge in Battlefield Park Manassas. I painted a 16 x 20 painting from start to finish. Total painting time just under two...
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The Cult of Ignorance and Entitlement
ByArmand Cabrera"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and...
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Uninterrupted Time
ByArmand CabreraIf you are serious about being an accomplished artist uninterrupted time is important to the success of any painting endeavor. When you have a series of interconnected problems to...
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Great Falls Workshop
My workshop in Great Falls still has a few more spots open if anyone wants to get in at the last minute. The workshop helps raise money for the Great Falls Foundation for the...
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Workshop Barn Demo
ByArmand CabreraThis is one of the demo’s I did for my last workshop. Each day I tackle a specific problem in about an hours’ time to show the students how an organized approach and a firm grasp of the...
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