Posts Tagged ‘painting’

How to Read a Painting

Art is a great status symbol in modern society and because of that it can be quite intimidating to the casual viewer. For many the first impulse is to blow it off, to see it as a worthless plaything for the rich and boring. This is too bad, not only because art can be a great source of pleasure in our lives, but because even a passing… Continue reading

October 5 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: art, education, learning, painting | 48 comments»

How Room Color Affects Your Mood

Ever feel more creative in a yellow room? I worked in a building that had big, bright yellow wall to encourage creativity. Apparently that's what the color yellow does. People are more likely to lose their tempers in a yellow room. Babies also seem to cry more in a yellow room. This color tends to create feeling of frustration and anger in people. This color is the most fatiguing on… Continue reading

April 26 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: color, emotion, environment, environments, painting | no comments»

Interior Paint Calculator

Having trouble on estimating the amount of paint you need for your DIY interior painting? There is a handy calculator online to help you estimate the amount of paint you may need to paint a room. Enter Room length, width, height, baseboard, width of trim, number of windows and door etc and it will give you the paint in gallons and quarts (Use tool like this to convert gallons

July 27 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: online, painting, software | 2 comments»