Phlox Canvas

Phlox Canvas

A popular plant especially during summer. Phlox is known for its blooms, slender stature, and long flowering season. An awe-inspiring canvas that will add a touch of nature to your room. With this print in your room, you will be able to create an atmosphere that is serene and cozy.

Lovely flower canvas

Lovely flower canvas

Beautiful and adorable blooms to make the room look inspiring and interesting. Bring out the best in your home by displaying a cute and captivating canvas art. It does not only evoke feminity, the canvas can also create a room that is filled with love and motivation.

Roses 1890 Canvas

Roses 1890 Canvas

Roses was painted shortly before the release of Vincent van Gogh from the asylum at Saint-Remy. This is one of the two paintings of roses in full bloom. It is believed that the blossoming plant represents celebrations of birth and renewal.

Surreal Bianca No2 Canvas

Surreal Bianca No2 Canvas

Never leave your wall empty as this special canvas will always make it look awesome. A truly captivating print that features a special person adorned with lovely blooms. Display this in any room and create a focal point that will be envied by your family and friends. A perfect gift for any occasion. 

Clever Ways To Personalize Your Walls

Personalized minimalist family poster in wall interior

If you acquired a new home or apartment, the interior may not fit your style. The previous owner or tenant may have painted their colors of choice or installed hardware details. How can you make your new space feel like you? Here are some creative projects you can do to make your living space feel like home. 

Make it colorful

Work the paint color of your choice and start cleaning the walls for the painting project. Focus on the front door and add a pop of color that makes it look like you. Create an accent wall to add a focal point to your room. 

Level up the kitchen

Make a small change to the kitchen by giving it a modern touch. We all know there is a lot of foot traffic in the kitchen. Upgrading its appearance is one of the creative ways to personalize the kitchen. Be smart and choose the items that will stay within your budget. For instance, add faucets, cabinet hardware, and drawer pulls coordinated. Don’t forget to boost the kitchen walls by hanging some art pieces. Artdesign.ph has a beautiful gallery of posters that will upgrade the kitchen’s overall appearance.

Decorate the walls

Most of us have treasured pictures on our mobile devices in this digital age. Make them real-life art by ordering personalized framed prints for your walls. Hang a path of photos leading up the staircase, or create a wall gallery in the living room. Try to mix and match frames for a more beautiful wall design. Personalized framed prints will definitely bring smiles to you and your family. 

Add some greens

Many home decorators recommend treating your home with a bouquet now and then. A simple vase of blooms on the kitchen table or dining table will make a perfect centerpiece. Potted plants are also an ideal choice to make your home look great and purify the indoor air. 

Make the entrance look enticing

Time to style your front door. Whether the hallway is narrow or spacious, decorating the entryway is a simple way to spruce up your home. Remember, first impressions matter. Add a console table and put a rack underneath it to stash your shoes. Put a dish on the table to drop your keys. You may also use a bench with storage underneath and hang a row of wall hooks above. These will keep jackets easily within reach when going out. 

Style your home with fantastic lighting

Changing out the light fixtures in your home is one way to style your space. Chandeliers look great in the hallway or above the kitchen table. Do not break the bank and add floor lamps and table lamps to make a significant impact on the room. 

Make your space look comfortable

Give your home a warm and welcoming ambiance. Add pillows on the chair and couch, light candles on the mantle, and layer rugs. Decorate the walls with colored prints to add the right vibe. 

The Flower Month

Lovely white flower poster

It is a few weeks before February ends, and there is one more event that we have not yet discussed. If you plan to go north soon, you better stop by Baguio for the Panagbenga Flower Festival. The festival is for five weeks and starts February 1 and until the first week of March. The flower festival is one of the most attended celebrations in the Philippines. Visit the summer capital of the country, Baguio, and you will be up for the activities of your life since the pandemic started. 

Panagbenga Flower Festival is to celebrate the blooming of flowers in the region. Not only that the city takes pride in the different varieties of flowers, but the festival also is a celebration of the booming economy since the pandemic happened. A series of activities are lined up, including Grand Street Dancing Parade, Cultural Dance Competition, Fluvial Parade, Landscaping Exhibition, and the popular Grand Flower Float Parade. 

Baguio City is known for many tourist spots that foreign and local nationals visit throughout the year. As a tourist destination, the City of Pines has many hotels, inns, and transient houses to choose from. Restaurants and other eateries are widely distributed, so you will not have to worry about them. 

Speaking of flowers, you too can make your room vibrant, like the flower festival. Decorate your home with blooms and see how beautiful your home will be. Sprucing your home with flowers has many benefits in terms of health and aesthetics. If you are looking for fresh flowers, you can see many flower shops around that take care of arranging them and recommending the best ones to decorate your room. If you are up for a little adventure and some savings, you can visit the Dangwa flower market and feast your eyes on all kinds of blooms. 

You can also choose to decorate with artificial flowers or prints, which are perfect in any room. Artdesign.ph has a wide range of flower prints that will level up your room. Gone are the days when flower decorations are only for girls. Nowadays, any room can be decorated with floral prints, and the effects are simply gorgeous. Whether you choose roses, sunflowers, or daisies, our floral prints will make a big transformation to any plain wall. 

Check them out and bring the flower festival to your home. 

Home Decorating Ideas For The Chinese New Year

Red Chinese Lantern I Poster

Chinese New Year is one of the important celebrations in the Chinese calendar. It is also known as Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year. Chinese New year is traditionally celebrated from the evening preceding the first day to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first calendar month. 

The Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year is a popular celebration due to myths and customs. This is the time the Chinese honor their deities and ancestors. The activities involve using firecrackers and giving money in red envelopes. 

Many establishments, homes, and offices prepare for the celebration. Glittering decorations are usually displayed to capture the magic and energy of the holiday. It is common to see colors red and gold, bright lanterns, and auspicious plants and flowers. 

Decorating your home for the Chinese New Year

Traditionally, homes and various establishments are decorated with the following: red lanterns, orange and mandarin trees, banners with messages of good fortune and prosperity, and cherry blossoms. 

Red lanterns

Red lanterns are the most popular items to spark the Chinese New Year and symbolize vitality and prosperity. The lanterns come in all shapes, sizes, and colors and have become a symbol of Chinese culture. 

Red and gold banners

Red and gold banners with New Year messages of good luck offer a warm welcome and wishes of prosperity and good fortune for the upcoming year. The decorations could be at the room’s entrance or near the main entrance. Red and gold are considered lucky for the Chinese, as red symbolizes the vitality of life and happiness, while gold is for wealth and prosperity. 

Garlands and wreaths

In the Chinese tradition, firecrackers made out of bright shiny paper hanging alongside door entrances are used instead of using garlands and wreaths. These decorations add a festive and lively atmosphere to the house since they represent the season’s loud, happy, and cracking noise. Firecrackers are believed to scare away evil spirits when they are lit.

Yuanbao

Yuanbao or Sycee are boat-shaped gold ingots. They are traditionally made of silver or gold and used as money in Ancient China. They represent wealth and prosperity. 

Chinese Knots

Chinese Knots are hung or given to loved ones as good-luck charms to the loved ones. They protect an individual from evil spirits, and the endless knots signify everlasting life or longevity. 

Lucky coins

Coins are known to be associated with wealth and prosperity. It is common to see coins with a square hole in the middle used as decorative tokens. It is common to see charms with three coins tied with red string for good luck. 

Fruits, plants, and flowers

Since the Chinese New year is a celebration marking the end of winter and the beginning of spring, fruits, plants, and blooming flowers are essential decorative items. These represent the earth returning to life and wishing for prosperous new beginnings. 

Mandarin and Orange trees and kumquat plants are more than just decorative items. They represent good fortune, wealth, and prosperity. They are commonly given as gifts and decorated with shiny red ornaments, red envelopes, and good luck messages. 

Chinese also love “Lucky Bamboo” plants, commonly seen in homes and offices. This plant is widely used in Feng Shui and is associated with health, resilience, abundance, and a happy home. Bamboo is also believed to attract positive Chi energy. 

Surreal Bianca No2 Poster

Surreal Bianca no.2 Poster in Black Frame

Never leave your wall empty as this special poster will always make it look awesome. This is a poster of Ms. Bianca Manalo adorned with lovely blooms. Display this in any room and create a focal point that will be envied by your family and friends. A perfect gift for any occasion. Upload a photo and we will customize it for you!

Oishi Park Mount Fuji Japan Poster

Oishi Park Mount Fuji Japan Poster in Black Frame

Oishi Park gives you an excellent view of a lake and Mt. Fuji. Flowers bloom along the lakeside and this is one of the favorite destinations of many tourists.

Try These Amazing Watercolor Techniques

Philippine map watercolor poster by Local Artist Siara Gogh

Are you still wondering why many people are so engrossed with watercolor paintings? Then you just have to look at some of them to see how awesome they are. This painting may be intimidating for some, especially for beginners, but there are many techniques that you can try to see and experience the beauty and versatility of watercolor painting. Read on to learn more about these techniques and you can try some of them and have them displayed in your rooms.

Watercolor washes

Laying watercolor wash can be done on a wet surface or a dry one. Although mistakes can be committed, the secret is not to try fixing them. Just let them be since adding another layer once the original stroke has dried is more obvious. Washes are the backbone of watercolor painting. The wash can be differentiated by the size and swipe of the brush. Washes are used to fill in large background areas, or to create underlying forms that will have more detail and deeper tones. 

Wet-In-Wet painting

This is one of the basic techniques in watercolor painting. You may not realize it, but you have probably done this technique before. Start by brushing water onto the paper. Dip the brush in paint and spread it over the water wash. As such, the paint will weather and diffuse.

Underpainting

This technique is a monochrome wash that is used for the first layer of the painting. Add layers of transparent washes over the underpainting and these will provide a realistic and luminous effect. 

Gradients and color blending

In a simple watercolor wash, only a single color is used. However, depth can be added by using more hues in a gradient, You can start adding fresh watercolor to a wet paint surface. The second color can have a more intense version of the same hue of a different hue. With a wet surface, the colors will blend slightly and create a natural gradient in the tones. 

Layering watercolors

Dimensions can be created by adding layers of the watercolor once the color of the paint has dried. Be sure that the paper is also dried, or else the colors will unwantedly blend together and get messy. Do not add much water to the second color since this can dampen the initial color, thus blending the colors. 

Dry brush

This requires little paint and water to create a scratchy brushstroke. This can be used for an entire painting but is still perfect for creating texture. Mix your pigment, making sure that the paint mixture is not that wet. Dip the dry brush into the paint and remove excess moisture. Brush lightly across the surface and this can highlight the texture of the paper. 

Watercolor blooms

Blooms can be created when very wet paint spreads on a drier area of a painting. When you apply wet paint on a damp wash, the liquid forces the original pigment out and creates irregularly shaped splotches. Lay down a colorful wet wash and let it dry a little. Load the brush with water and touch it lightly to the paper. Blooms are created by drops of water. 

Lines, Hatching, and Crosshatching

Lines of any size and shape can be painted with the use of watercolor. Place lines beside each other or layer them perpendicular to each other for a hatching or cross-hatching effect. For clean lines, you can use a small, pointed brush and load it with pigment with the use of a dash of water. Paint a line on the paper and the shade can be determined by the amount of water used. 

Sponge painting

A textured sponge is also an unimportant tool to paint foliage on trees or sand on a beach. All you need to do is to dip it into the pigment and press it on the paper.