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80s T-Shirt Designs With Spray Paint

T-shirts styled after vintage tops from the '80s can add a vintage touch to your look. Unfortunately, it is difficult to find '80s T-shirts that have been unworn and still have their original bright colors. One great way to get around this problem is to make your own vintage-inspired design for your

Mildew Prevention with Paint

The damp corners of bathrooms and basements are unfortunately great places for mildew to grow. It's tempting to think that painting these areas with a mildew resistant paint is an easy way to rid your house of the smelly, unsightly pest, but there's a limit to the help you can get from paint alone.

How to Draw a Demon Face

There are many interpretations of what a demon actually looks like. Since there is no solid interpretation as to what a demon should look like, drawing your own interpretation can be very imaginative. You can give the demon face certain qualities that you associate as evil. Try a few different detai

How to Draw Manga and Anime-Like Cats

Drawing an anime cat is a creative way to replicate comic book images. Manga anime cats are Japanese cartoons with familiar, human-like features. Create the details of your cat by first generating the outline. Once the outline is in place you can explore various nuances and details. Practice sketchi

How to Draw a Stagecoach

A stagecoach is one of the iconic symbols of the old West. The stagecoach also is an ideal subject for the beginning sketch artist. Drawing a stagecoach isn't difficult, even for someone with little experience drawing. If you want to practice your drawing skills and create something immediately reco

How to Remove Latex Paint From Varnished Surface

Unfinished wood is porous. This causes paint drips and splatters to absorb deeply into the fibers, thus leading to stains that can be difficult if not impossible to remove. Fortunately, if you need to clean latex paint from a varnished surface, you're in luck, as varnish topcoats provide a nonporous

Superman Fights Dragonball Z's Goku

In anticipation of the upcoming Superman: Man of Steel movie slated to open in theaters this summer, some serious fans of the Kryptonian demigod made a very interesting video take on Superman vs. the mighty Saiyan from the DragonBall Z franchise, Goku. The main thing that stands against Goku in a ba

Commercial Painting for Decorating Application

The word €commercial' means related to business in other words we can say that those activities which are related in the source of business is said to be as the business of commercial. Paintings are ...

How to Set the Mood for a Still Life Painting

The process for setting a mood for a still-life painting is mostly one of making choices. Every choice you make when you paint, from the time you spend setting up your subject to the time you spend painting, will establish an atmosphere or mood that the viewer will internalize when seeing your art.

How to Paint on a Palm Leaf

When expressing yourself artistically through a painting, there is no reason to limit yourself to traditional materials such as canvas and paper. Look to nature for inspiration and create your next work of art on something organic such as a large palm leaf. The separated leaves and waxy skin of the

Landscape Painting for Kids

One of the important kids art lessons in an art classes for children are landscape painting. Before teaching the kids to paint, the teacher should teach them the colour chart. They should have a knowledge ...

How to Turn My Picture to an Emo Picture

In the early 2000s, emo music seemed to take the country by storm, with its melancholy music and confessional style lyrics. The popular music also inspired fashion and culture. The emo fashion style is characterized by dark clothes, skinny jeans, studded belts, dark jewelry, dramatic hair styles and

How to Draw Leaves on the Ground

Drawing leaves on the ground is like drawing a field of objects. When we look straight down, we lose sight of the horizon, and the objects within view are close up. This viewpoint creates a still-life effect. The additional issue is that if you are drawing leaf-covered ground, all you see are leaves

Picasso: From the Blue Period to Gold Art

When talking about art and artists during the 20th century, it clearly appears that Pablo Picasso had his word to say. Indeed, Pablo achieved in making an highly impactful stay on planet earth. The Spanish ...

How to Fix a Stretched Oil Painting

A stretched oil painting sometimes gets too stretched or loose. In addition, if you bump the canvas or put pressure on it, the threads can loosen more and the painting will sag. You want to address this, as looseness in the painting can stress the paint skin and potentially cause cracking. Also, if

Gifting Portraits From Photographs

Personalized gifts are gaining importance especially during the specials. When it comes to gifting the loved ones you will have to come up with thoughtful and personalized gifts. When you visit a regular gift shop, ...