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How to Sketch Water

When it comes to sketching water, there are a few techniques you need to incorporate to make sure that the water looks genuine. It's very important that your lines stay consistently smooth, with soft curves and nothing sharp. Although a delicate touch is required, sketching water is quite simple in

Oil Painting Techniques for Artists

Knowledge of oil paint techniques may take some of the mystery out of this ancient painting style. Often oil paints remain the least favorite among beginning artists due to the unique properties they possess which require more supplies such as turpentine thinners and a longer drying time. Oils also

Chrono Crusade

An intriguing setting and some fun plot developments can't completely redeem this show's second half plunge into shameless melodrama.

How to Draw Goth Girls

Drawing Goth girls adds personality to basic figure drawing. Goth is a punk subculture characterized by music and fashion, with an emphasis on individualism, creativity and gloom. Goth girls wear primarily black with touches of red and purple. Their clothing is ostentatious with a lot of varying tex

How to Strip Car Paint

There are several ways to strip car paint. There is the labor intensive method of sanding the paint off, the quick but toxic method of using a chemical paint stripper and the “greenest” and quickest method which utilizes a sandblaster. This is the method that the following steps will s

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Cosplayers, panelists, and events from the East Coat's largest anime convention, Otakon.

How to Make a Diorama of M.C Higgins the Great

"M.C. Higgins The Great" is a novel for young adults written by Virginia Hamilton and published in 1977. Main character Mayo Cornelius Higgins is 15 and lives on Sarah's Mountain, named for his ancestor who escaped slavery to claim the land. M.C.'s family and their life on the mountain is threatened

How to Draw an Oval Shape

An oval has an oblong shape and it is made up of two pairs of arcs. A proportional oval can be difficult to draw by hand and cannot be easily replicated using a compass. However, you can fashion your own oval-drawing tool with string and a few pins, which will allow you to draw a handsome oval every

How to Use Plaid® FolkArt® High-Definition Paint

Oil paints are typically used by many painters to create rich, luxurious textures and stunning color. However, oil paints are smelly, difficult to remove from brushes and skin and take days (sometimes weeks) to dry. Plaid® FolkArt®, a popular craft paint brand, produced what they refer to

Online Fine Art Paintings for Sale

Go online to find fine art paintings for sale and ensure that gallery you visit has good market reputation. Original art work is loved by people! People are ready to pay good amount of money ...

What Is Naval Jelly?

Naval jelly is a product which is commonly used for rust removal. The product is available at most local hardware stores, and it can be ordered online from certain retailers.

Easy Dress Up Ideas for Movies

Francis Ford Coppola's premonition has come true. In a 1991 documentary, the filmmaker hoped that "these little video recorders are around and people who normally wouldn't make movies are going to be making them." With the added convenience of digital editing and sound software, every aspiring filmm

How to Build a Spinning Merry-Go-Round

Spinning on a merry-go-round is one of the funnest things to do when it comes to playing at a park. You want to ensure that the merry-go-round is safe, but also that is spins easily by pushing yourself around with your foot. Watching the world spin by is something that is not only fun to do, but pas