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		<title>Understanding Colour in Visual Art</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 06:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Throughout history, humans have associated colour with their experiences, their joys, hopes, pleasures and sadness. And many artists use colour to express themselves more forcefully than the image alone can do. They might express hope by a light yellow against a dark background or lovers&#8217; passion by the radiance of the sun. But whilst a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Throughout history, humans have associated colour with their experiences, their joys, hopes, pleasures and sadness. And many artists use colour to express themselves more forcefully than the image alone can do. They might express hope by a light yellow against a dark background or lovers&#8217; passion by the radiance of the sun. But whilst a visual artist needs to study colour theory and the use of colour as a means of expression, for the viewer, a formal understanding of colour does nothing to enhance the appreciation of an artwork or affect their instinctive reaction to it.</p>
<p>Many articles on colour try to explain the theory of colour as if by understanding colour theory the viewer can better appreciate the art. But a human&#8217;s reaction to certain colours is a fundamental biological response. We are, of course, also influenced by colour associations from our culture and, very importantly, our own individual preferences. So an understanding of colour theory will not affect our personal response to a particular painting. And whilst the ideas and inspiration behind a particular painting are a very important element in our appreciation of a work of art, the specific colours and how they are used together are also a major part of our emotional response to what we see.</p>
<p>Sometimes the initial emotional response to the colours is so strong that it can make us instantly like, or dislike, a work. This is often the case when the artist has used a colour specifically to express a strong emotion rather than the natural colour of an object in the painting. Or has used an unnatural colour for a familiar object.</p>
<p>It is well known that colour can be used by an artist to create a calming effect, or to draw the viewer&#8217;s eye to a particular part of the composition. And everyone is familiar with the concept of &#8220;warm&#8221; and &#8220;cool&#8221; colours. Warm colours such as red and orange appear closer to the viewer and cool colours such as blue and green appear to recede.</p>
<p>Colour can also be used to create the illusion of movement and excitement in a painting when the artist uses extremes of colour very close together. Our eyes can also perceive a visual rhythm by the use of alternating sequences of colour.</p>
<p>In visual art, colour should create a balanced visual experience. Without balance or harmony, the art is either too bland and doesn&#8217;t engage or excite the viewer or it is too loud and demanding and the viewer simply turns away.</p>
<p>There are some of the emotions and effects an artist is trying to represent with various colours through Colour Symbolism. But it is important to remember that all colours can provoke positive and negative reactions depending on their context. And the experience and culture of those viewing them can affect their perception of the artist&#8217;s message. Colours are capable of so many variations that making absolute statements about meaning is impossible, which is why an understanding of the artist&#8217;s inspiration and intentions in a painting add to our appreciation and enjoyment of a work of art.</p>
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		<title>How to Find the Best Oil Paintings For Sale</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Oil Painting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Depending on one&#8217;s budget and tastes, there are many choices available in today&#8217;s oil painting market. Fine art auction houses exist in most American cities, and may be a good starting point for serious collectors and people buying art as an investment. Some of the most beautiful pieces of art or oil paintings for sale [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Depending on one&#8217;s budget and tastes, there are many choices available in today&#8217;s oil painting market. Fine art auction houses exist in most American cities, and may be a good starting point for serious collectors and people buying art as an investment. Some of the most beautiful pieces of art or <a href="http://www.saleoilpaintings.com">oil paintings</a> for sale in local art studios and major art galleries all across the world. This style of painting is truly an amazing site to see. To see an artist take a blank canvas and armed with nothing but paint, paint brush, and creativity create a masterpiece.</p>
<p>Oil painting is something that is both taught and is also a talent that some or born with. It requires a certain set of skills that can be taught and some passion that you must already be equipped with. A steady hand and a open mind or just two of many abilities some one must possess if the what to be considered a skilled oil painter.</p>
<p>Most all painting done in this style or done on stretched canvases made of either cotton or linen. Choosing the right canvas can be just as important as choosing the right paint. If not done with a careful eye it can be a disaster waiting to happen.</p>
<p>Canvases come in a wide variety of different sizes and designed. Depending on what you are painting you can choose a stapled or spline canvas. You can also choose a less expensive rolled canvas that you have to stretch yourself. Stretching out a canvas also requires skill, it is a tricky process to pull off at first but with enough practice you will be able to pull it off with your eyes blind folded.</p>
<p>When you are looking at oil paintings you can purchase you want to pay close attention to the details that not only went into the painting itself, but also the frame work. Although the frame only hold the painting; if the painting is not placed in the frame correctly with care you could find yourself paying to have your artwork re-stretched and re-framed which could become real costly.</p>
<p>If you are looking for the best way to purchase you oil paintings you have a couple of options to choose from. The traditional method which is going in person to various auctions, art galleries, or your area art shop. This is always a good option to choose because if you buy the painting in person you can take the time to exam and inspect the quality of the art you are buy before you make the purchase.</p>
<p>Another popular method of acquire oil art is buy visiting the information super highway. When you shopping online you may not be able to inspect the product but you get to choose from a much larger selection of galleries and stores. The world wide web allows you to sit in the comfort of your bed room in Miami Florida and shop a exclusive art gallery in Melbourne Australia.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.saleoilpaintings.com">Sale oil paintings</a> gallery have more than 1,000 master oil painting artists, they just offers oil paintings for sale with 100% hand painting oil on canvas at meseum quality, and before shipping, they will show the oil painting pictures to buyer for confirm quality, else they will refund money for buyers lost.</p>
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		<title>Site of the Month for July 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 03:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Site of the Month for July 2011 is about Arts Resources. Painter Gallery is Painter directory and arts Resources for artists, galleries, realism, watercolors, seascapes, reproductions, posters &#038; prints, portraits, pastels, oils painting, illustration, impressionism, egg tempera, drawing, classical realism and abstract expressionism.]]></description>
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Site of the Month for July 2011 is about <a href="http://www.paintergallery.com/">Arts Resources</a>. Painter Gallery is Painter directory and arts Resources for artists, galleries, realism, watercolors, seascapes, reproductions, posters &#038; prints, portraits, pastels, oils painting, illustration, impressionism, egg tempera, drawing, classical realism and abstract expressionism.</p>
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		<title>Learn To Create 3D Images</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 09:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Animations have come a long way since Walt Disney´s cartoon characters from 1920&#8242;s appeared. Just look at movies such as Finding Nemo and Jurassic Park. Even TV shows such as Babylon 5. Now, the computer may speed up the creative process as well as the time required for getting film or television shows on the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Animations have come a long way since Walt Disney´s cartoon characters from 1920&#8242;s appeared. Just look at movies such as Finding Nemo and Jurassic Park. Even TV shows such as Babylon 5. Now, the computer may speed up the creative process as well as the time required for getting film or television shows on the screen. Even Julie Andrews has said &#8211; while working on the Shrek 2 movie &#8220;film animation has come a long way since we frolicked with carousels cartoon penguins, sheep and ponies in Mary Poppins&#8221;.</p>
<p>The computer is only a tool though. Without an artist skilled in work with the drawing board or computer mouse it does not create anything unique. And artists need proven solutions and programs which they can rely on when creating beautiful images. Suitable computer software helps with teaching the skills necessary for a successful outcome. Computer animation could be described as a well-functioning marriage between art and science. One of the largest and most rapidly evolving areas in computer graphics and animation is the computer-games field. Computer animation and software are constantly improving to keep pace with the graphics which is still complex even the hardware technology is simplified.</p>
<p>Children can learn to create 3D images as well as some other skills designed specifically for their age. Many features of educational software (such as interactivity) are completely identical with the educational principles. That is a huge benefit. If you have children you might be interested in educating them in computer animation. Then simply choose from the programs available for these purposes. Through fun games, cartoons, guides and even a simple vocabulary children learn basic computer skills they will need to use other computer programs. Take a look at a couple programs some of which have even got bonuses as a mouse pad or book publications such as My first software and more.</p>
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		<title>Best Places to Find Oil Paintings for sale</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 04:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Philips</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are an art collector then you are going to want to know where to find oil paintings for sale for a low cost. Now granted you can find the reprints and prints for a low cost, but the originals can end up costing you quite a bit more. The first place that you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are an art collector then you are going to want to know where to find <a href="http://www.oilpaintings-sales.com">oil paintings</a> for sale for a low cost. Now granted you can find the reprints and prints for a low cost, but the originals can end up costing you quite a bit more. </p>
<p>The first place that you can check would be with an art gallery that specializes in paintings. Shopping at these can be a fairly expensive option, but if you are an avid collector then cost will not be an issue for you. Shopping at these locations will also help provide you with some protection from people selling reproductions as originals and they might even be able to provide you with paperwork verifying authenticity.</p>
<p>The second place to check for these items would be your larger craft shows. You might not think about using this venue, but at some of these you will be able to locate local artist that are selling their paintings here for a reasonable cost. By purchasing here though you will also notice that the art will usually have the artist that made it present as well.</p>
<p>The third place to look for these would be at various flea markets. Flea markets might not seem like a great place to shop for art, but if you consider that some people will end up clearing out attics to provide products for these locations you might be able to find the diamond in the rough here and obtain it for a low cost.</p>
<p>The fourth place to look for these would be on the internet. With the internet becoming so popular today you will notice more people are selling items of all shapes and sizes on here. You can at times manage to find some excellent oils on the internet at a very reasonable price. If it is possible you will want to make sure that they are able to provide you with a certificate that they are authentic paintings and not reproductions.</p>
<p>The fifth place that you can find these for sale at would be estate sales. If you are a buyer of art then you will notice that many people have estate sales when they pass on hosted by their families. At times the families will not know what all the person has in the home and sell everything. Some times the items that they are selling can include the original oils that you are looking for.</p>
<p>As an art collector you probably realize that original paintings will cost you more than prints. However, finding the original oil paintings for sale can be a challenge at times. The five places that are mentioned above will provide you with a great start as to where to look to find these items. You will also want to realize that other places will be able to provide you with what you are looking for as well.</p>
<p>Welcome to <a href="http://www.oilpaintings-sales.com">Oilpaintings-sales.com</a>, shop famous paintings such as:canvas paintings,abstract paintings,original paintings,landscape paintings, flower paintings, horse paintings, famous paintings for sale online. They offer large framed famous oil paintings for sale online supplies from Chinese gallery to the world arts stores &#038; painting buyers. They supply paintings for sale by painting artists: edward hopper, egon schiele, paul klee , caspar david, riedrich rene magritte, edvard munch, henri rousseau, georgia o&#8217;keeffe paintings, william blake, frida kahlo paintings, tamara de lempicka, paul cezanne, leonardo da vinci paintings, franz marc, john william waterhouse, salvador dali paintings, shop famous paintings by artists from oil paintings for sale online gallery.</p>
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		<title>How to Make Your Nail Art Design</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gurpreet Sekhon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fashionable Nail]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[All art is a communication! The artist is creating his/her vision via any artistic outlet such as drawing, painting, sculptures, photography, graphic design or filmmaking etc. Have you found your fingernails lack of some fashionable nail art? Yes, recently, many girls personalize their fingernails with beautiful designs to decorate your nails with your fingers. Isn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All art is a communication! The artist is creating his/her vision via any artistic outlet such as drawing, painting, sculptures, photography, graphic design or filmmaking etc.</p>
<p>Have you found your fingernails lack of some fashionable nail art? Yes, recently, many girls personalize their fingernails with beautiful designs to decorate your nails with your fingers. Isn&#8217;t it time you treated your nails with nail printing? Digital nail printing plays important in nail art design. Since some of nail arts are extremely significant for different occasions. Besides that, the toenails can also be decorated with finger art. The foot model has perfectly manicured toenails for a very healthy clean look. The hands and feet need a lot of care, particularly the nails. This is not only for beauty reasons, but also for health and hygiene reasons.</p>
<p>However, you can also custom yours by your own. Just use digital printing to make art design. You can paint with a soft shade of light pink polish and modestly decorated with thin pretty white tips on your toenails. It is a very simple style but it looks so nice. This new pedicure is perfect summer beauty idea. Therefore, with digital printing, you can choose distinctive images of gallery inside the printer. If the picture is not large enough, you can change the size of images, matched with the size of fingers. That will add the amaze for yourself. Also, you can choose the color to match your clothes.</p>
<p>Nail printer makes electric files which are very powerful. The speed can be adjusted by a dial from slow to super fast and the direction switched from forward to backward. The printer with PC and touch Screen is specially made, which is suit for your beauty. The nail printer&#8217;s software include about 3000 designs and patterns.</p>
<p>Digital nail printer is designed to print several color and pictures on fingers within one minute! You can put any designs into computer which connect with the digital printer, then you will get &#8220;amazing art design&#8221;.There is standard quotation, sometimes with promotion price. Nails Design pictures and lot&#8217;s of them&#8230; many more nail designs in the main galleries. If you&#8217;re interested with finger design, you can try and design your own.</p>
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		<title>Visual Arts-As Old as Civilization</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visual Arts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[All art is a communication! The artist is creating his/her vision via any artistic outlet such as drawing, painting, sculptures, photography, graphic design or filmmaking etc. It&#8217;s any art we see! The natural landscape is a powerful tool artists have used throughout time. We seem to want to recreate what we are looking at and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All art is a communication! The artist is creating his/her vision via any artistic outlet such as drawing, painting, sculptures, photography, graphic design or filmmaking etc.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s any art we see! The natural landscape is a powerful tool artists have used throughout time. We seem to want to recreate what we are looking at and at the same time change it to put our own nuances and character into it.</p>
<p>Art is not limited to drawing, painting, sculptures etc. There are the living visual arts such as the painstaking shaping of the Bonsai tree or creating the next beautiful hybrid rose. We started with the incredibly gorgeous vintage rose and now we literally have hundreds of different kinds of roses in various sizes, colors and fragrance.</p>
<p>Dancing, figure skating, gymnastics, ballet, and even acting are also considered visual art forms.</p>
<p>You are basically taking something that has been done before, or a piece of life, and are making it new by changing or adding your own character to the piece. That&#8217;s all imagination is!</p>
<p>Just in the 20th century alone we have created new forms of art such as art nouveau, pop art, ethnic art to name a few. The subject of art is so vast that there is literally no ceiling to creativity and that is what makes this subject so incredibly interesting.</p>
<p>For as long as man exists, we will find a way to create new and interesting things to look at. It is after all in our nature to do so!</p>
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		<title>What is Graphic Design Art?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 03:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bobby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people may be confused about what exactly is graphic design art, recent technology has opened up a variety of new fields, but in essence, graphic design is art. In fact, graphic design can be as simple as a sign telling you something to do along the road that&#8217;s done with imagery instead of text. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many people may be confused about what exactly is graphic design art, recent technology has opened up a variety of new fields, but in essence, graphic design is art.</p>
<p>In fact, graphic design can be as simple as a sign telling you something to do along the road that&#8217;s done with imagery instead of text. Any time you see a picture instead of words, you&#8217;re looking at graphic design. While some of it may not be called art, it is in fact graphic design and someone used graphics and design tools in order to put this picture together to convey a message.</p>
<p>For example, one of the most well-known graphic designs in the world are those that depict a man or a woman. These types of design symbols are universal. You may also see those that are emergency services related such as phone booths, exits, the very well known H for hospital, or the no swimming sign. All of these are a part of graphic design, and yet, graphic design can also be extremely complex.</p>
<p>The design world is huge, and you&#8217;ll find graphic artists involved in a variety of different types of occupations. From those that are simple copywriting designs, to those that are working with marketing on a huge marketing campaign with logos, business design, or Web design graphics. The fact of the matter is that anyone who is trying to convey a message to the public is actually working with graphic design.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re interested in becoming a designer and enjoy conveying messages through something besides text or the written word, perhaps exploring the different positions that can be available via the Internet would be a good start. Children enjoy drawing, and in today&#8217;s world, a graphic designer is a good job. So whether they&#8217;ve been drawing since they were a toddler or it&#8217;s something that they finally realised that they enjoy and have a knack for, people can find a variety of positions within a design agency.</p>
<p>There are many different mediums for design artists today, from those simple logos for stationery, to computer graphics for websites, video games, or other computer media outlets, there&#8217;s plenty of jobs available.</p>
<p>In fact, there are many freelance design artists that are making a good living helping others design websites or logos. You don&#8217;t have to work in a big design studio in order to be a successful graphic artist. Take your favorite media, whether it&#8217;s artistic or whether it&#8217;s conveying a message to the public, and then enjoy being a graphic artist and getting paid for your thoughts and designs.</p>
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		<title>Knowing About China Oil Paintings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 03:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Johnson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[China Oil Paintings is a kind of painting very special in the artists, both professional and novice. If you have the opportunity to study painting, do it. You’ll never regret this decision. Oil painting’s techniques always begin with the sketch on the surface; this will help you in your work. The oil allows faster drying [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>China Oil Paintings is a kind of painting very special in the artists, both professional and novice. If you have the opportunity to study painting, do it. You’ll never regret this decision.</p>
<p>Oil painting’s techniques always begin with the sketch on the surface; this will help you in your work. The oil allows faster drying of paint. Many artists prefer oil paintings because it permits greater intensity and brightness in the works.</p>
<p>If you are an art lover, you ought to buy China Oil Paintings; your family will appreciate it and your home will have a touch of distinction. Today, our famous artist is Pablo Picasso. He was a Spanish painter and sculptor (Malaga 1881 – Mougins, France 1973). Picasso is considered one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century. His first oil painting was “El pequeño picador” at the age of 8 years.</p>
<p>Picasso’s work is divided in two periods. For example, Picasso was influenced by Van Gogh and Gauguin in the blue period (1901 – 1904). The other is the period known as pink period (1904 – 1906).</p>
<p>By the end of World War II, Pablo Picasso had become a globally known artist and personality. He created a large number of artworks during his existence. Besides painting, he made etchings, sculptures, and several different types of prints.</p>
<p>The talent for painting is hard to find, if you have conditions, make good use of your ability. But remember, you need to study art, skill is not everything. A good recommendation is investigate China Oil Paintings. Obviously, there are more styles and kinds of paintings but it is one of the most important to learn.</p>
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		<title>Buying Paintings For Relatives</title>
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		<dc:creator>David Stewards</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most important considerations when buying a painting for someone else is the content or theme of the painting. If the relative you are thinking of buying a picture for has a home that has modern furnishings a painting of the old west would probably be out of place. The opposite is true [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the most important considerations when buying a painting for someone else is the content or theme of the painting. If the relative you are thinking of buying a picture for has a home that has modern furnishings a painting of the old west would probably be out of place. The opposite is true as well; a Picasso would look dreadfully out of place in a home furnished in early American or country decor.</p>
<p>Of course you have to think about the size of the painting too, if the person has an average size home with eight foot ceilings a six foot tall painting is just not going to work. You should know where the painting would be placed before you buy so you can choose one that will fit the wall properly.</p>
<p>Sometimes religious themes can work well when buying for relatives. In contrast to buying for a friend when you may not know their religious background you will in all likelihood be very familiar with the religious preference of a relative.</p>
<p>Another very smart idea is to buy paintings from artists whose works the relative already has. It is pretty much a guarantee that if they like an artist enough to have his paintings hanging on their wall, they would welcome another.</p>
<p>If you know that the person likes a particular area or vacation spot that can make for good subject matter to look for in a painting. If their favorite vacation was in a small town in Italy, a painting of a quaint little cafe would go nicely. If you know that they have a penchant for the Caribbean and their home would receive such a painting in good taste you could buy a seascape of a Caribbean beach or island.</p>
<p>Some people really like the paintings by the Old Masters like the Dutch artist, Rembrandt or the romantic styles of Monet. While buying an original is quite likely cost prohibitive, you can find reproductions that are very well done and will be loved by the person you are giving them to.</p>
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