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"A good artist has less time than ideas" Caamo is the social platform for artists. Where we enjoy art and believe every artist have the power to inspire this world. Drop email at caamo.com to receive invite and know more about what we are doing. #oilpainting #paintinglove #paintings #caamo #artgallery #oiloncanvas #canvas #artmarket #artistic #creative #contemporaryart #artoftheday #brushes #portraits #portrait #art #color #artist #love #pallete #time #fineart #ideas #joinus

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" Portraits should allow the subject to say what they want to say about themselves at that time in their lives " #painting #artist #love #paintings #caamo #portrait #art #girl

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I like to keep all my brushes at one place it helps me to make quick selection of right brush while painting #art #artist #paintings #caamo #brushes #love #creative

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" Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. " #artist #painting #artists #creative #caamo #artmarket #gallery #artoftheday #art #artcollector #oilpainting #canvas #brushes #beauty #portrait #girl #colorful #color #feelings

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"Art is communication" Caamo is the social platform for artists. Where we enjoy art and believe every artist have the power to inspire this world. Drop email at caamo.com to receive invite and know more about what we are doing. #artmarket #art #artists #creative #caamo #paintings #gallery #canvas #brushes #artlover #love #artcollectors #artteacher #artuniversity #artschool #artoftheday #oilpaintings #fineart #moderart #abstract #watercolor #painting #sketch #drawing

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"I leave you my portrait so that you will have my presence all the days and nights that I am away from you " Caamo is the social platform for artists. Where we enjoy art and believe every artist have the power to inspire this world. Drop email at caamo.com to receive invite and know more about what we are doing. #oilpainting #paintinglove #paintings #caamo #painting #artiststudio #art #artist #artshow #abstract #abstractart #artgallery #oiloncanvas #canvas #artmarket #artistic #creative #contemporaryart #artoftheday #brushes #portraits #portrait #canvasart #love #feelings #fineart #joinus

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Starting an art based startup Caamo

As an artist, I always loved to do paintings, sketching and drawing different subjects on the back of my course note books. Whenever my work got completed I shared it on my Facebook profile to see what people have to say about it. And I always found people like my work which made me happy and encouraged me to do more.

But views on my work were limited by number of Facebook friends I had. I wish my work could reach more people and I could get more appreciations and feedback which will help me to improve as an artist.

So I started searching different online platforms where I can post my work, can read and learn something new about art. More than that where I can meet and show my work to different artists and get their feedback. After searching for many days I discovered there was no such platform in existence. Most of the art based platforms are interested only in selling artworks and their prints. But for me, it was not something about money. I wanted to gain more knowledge about what is happening in the world of art, where can I meet and showcase my work to artist of different countries, where can I get good feedback on my work which could help me to improve as an artist.

So I was thinking “what now ?”. Thought came into my mind lets start a Facebook page. So I started it and named it Focus49 based on my college roll number which was 6049 .It was the coolest name I thought at that time :) .

On this page I planned to share my artwork, learning and knowledge related to art. Facebook page solves the problem of reaching more people which was not limited to my number of friends now. But after some days I realized I am not the only artist who is facing this problem.

So I started inviting artists to share their work and knowledge on this page. My vision was one artist knowledge could be helpful for some many other artists. I started meeting various artists in my city. From their conversations I was introduced to various other issues faced by artists these days.

So one day I decided lets make something which will provide solutions to problems faced by artists. For this I needed to go beyond one Facebook page. I needed a platform with vision to add value to the artistic career of an artist not just getting commissions by selling artists work. Later that day I discussed this with one of my college friend. He showed interest and joined me as co-founder.

So we were a team now. We started talking to more artists to get clarity about issues in the life of artists. We started giving everything that we could either it be money, time, canceling parties, trips etc. We brainstormed everyday so that we can make something that actually solves problem and make someone’s life better.

Now we needed a name for the product, after looking a lot of synonyms, dictionaries we did’t find anything interesting and simple. And finally we came up with name “Caamo”, which means captured art moments. It made sense and sound cool :). So we finalized platform name as Caamo.

We had no money to invest or hire someone to develop website for us. So what we decided was one of the best decisions we ever made. We planned let’s do it all by ourselves.

My friend only knew “C language” and for me doing “Hello world” was like hell. But still we didn't loose our hope and started step by step. Now me and my friend have done complex programming and developed the product.

We are planning to launch soon. With this platform we wish to make artist’s life easy and more cheerful.

Thanks :)

For more details about product, suggestions and feedback please reach us at given links

Website : www.caamo.com

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/CaamoArts

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Painting my dream

People believe darkness is scary, but to them I say, try seeing light where you don't expect it to be seen and it might change your perception about the fear of darkness.It was the night of full moon and I was trekking uphill on a mountain unknown. The blue light shone from the moon and made everything illuminated in a very strange and uneasy way. I wondered how come the moonlight is blue, when the moon itself is white ? While I was pondering over this strange observation, I hear a wolf howling and I turn towards, from where the voice came... And I wake up ! But the dream was too vivid to have escaped the imagination ever so easily. I recently had read a famous saying of Van Gogh, “I dream my painting and paint my dream !”. I knew what I had to do.

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Finding an artist in me

I painted this, when I had no idea that I could paint. My drawing skills were good since childhood but I had never tried my hands at painting. I remember it was around the time I started college and I was in habit of drawing caricatures of people who sat around me in class. During one such habitual drawing session in the class, a friend saw it. He liked it and encouraged me to pursue my artistic interests. And so it happens, more people saw it and more people gave me same advice. Drawing fun caricatures of friends in class is one thing and producing serious art is another. And I didn't know yet what form of artistic creation I enjoyed the most, so I tried hands at various forms like charcoal sketching, pencil shading, oil painting. And soon I realized I like to play with colors, water colors. I had often stood outside Arts department at my college, admiring various artworks displayed on their walls. I imagined how wonderful it would be if one day a painting made by me was displayed on that wall. And this thought struck with me for several days and lead me to start this water painting. This painting holds a special place in my heart, because not only it was my first artwork to be showcased (yes, on the same wall !) but also it got me much appreciation from friends and peers, and above all motivated me to become an artist.

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Indeed

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Art Business - How to promote your art business 

This video gives very clear ideas about how to boost your art business.

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Painting underwater in the shark infested waters

International Fine Artist Philip Gray pushes artistic boundaries in his Extreme Art Project by Painting underwater in the shark infested waters of the Bahama's. View Philips work at www.buckleyfineart.com

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How to start with oil painting ?

To start with oil painting, first of all you need proper surface to paint. You can start with pre ready canvas or you can prepare your own canvas at home.

If you have no ideas about how to prepare canvas, you can watch various youtube videos like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jcaXp6EHPk

Once your canvas is ready you can start painting. If you are beginner start with something simple. Google the images which you believe you can draw or best is use your imagination.

Once you know what to paint, lets start painting. If you are comfortable to paint directly without drawing the subject you can start directly by choosing the brush of your choice. If not use pencil colors to draw the subject. Don't use charcoal pencil it is difficult to cover it with paint layers. Once your subject is ready to paint, start painting coat wise.

The first coat of paint you should dilute the paint with your chosen sovent. we recommend using an odorless solvent. 

The next coat of paint, which will be applied after the first is dry, will have less solvent added.On this stage you will cover the earlier coat with more consistent paint and begin what's called modeling. The next coat will take the longest. You can use the paint without any medium, at the consistency it comes out of the tube. Coat by coat you will start noticing you subject or imagation coming into picture.  If something is not statisfying you can remove oil paint using alcohol.

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I started this painting the same day i had lost my grandfather

The Doors : By Kushagra Kushwaha

I finished up watching "Grave of the Fireflies" today. Made me share this moment with everyone. This was my first ever attempt to play with oil colours on the canvas. I still remember i had this instinct of trying my hands on them. I started this painting the same day i had lost my grandfather. I remember my time with him when he used to share his knowledge about things with me and later we would  play chess together.Time flies. I get up every morning and i see this piece kept in my room, i feel his imprints somewhere here, somewhere on the canvas. So this painting is very special for me beacuse it reminds me about my grandfather and his teachings.

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Drawing the Human Eye

learn to draw a realistic eye using pencil. a step by step tutorial to get realism

Learn to draw a realistic eye using pencil. A step by step tutorial to get realism

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Painting by  Pranav Davar

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Painting by  Pranav Davar