30 Times Artists Shared Their Work Online Proving They Worked Hard On Improving Their Skills

It's impressive how consistent practice over some period of time can improve our skills. This applies to various kinds of things, but today, we'd like to focus on artistic growth. The Reddit community ‘Art Progress Pics’ allows artists to show their work and prove how hard work pays back. The members share the photos of their works and compare how they looked when they were starting, and how they got better after they invested some time and persistently practiced to master their skills.

Lessons from Around the World: 11 Skills to Learn on Your RTW Trip

One of the benefits of long term travel is the ability to spend several days, or even weeks, immersing yourself in a new skill. Here are some suggestions on places where you can learn to do everything from surfing to French cooking.

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Optics On Safari- Best Canon Lenses for Wildlife Photography

When it comes to camera gear, shooting wildlife is undoubtedly one of the most financially demanding areas of photography.

Artist Places Modern Magazine Covers over Classic Paintings

In his most famous painting, Sandro Botticelli showed Angelina Jolie rising from the sea on a half shell. That at least is this interpretation by Eisen Bernard Bernardo, an artist in Los Baños, the Philippines. For his series Mag + Art, he takes photos of celebrities from magazine covers and places them neatly over the images of people in famous works of Western art.-via Visual News...