You may have found the perfect birthday gift for the man in your life. But relating your sentiments and birthday wishes through a card will provide the finishing touch to your offering. Store-bought cards might have witty or touching things to say, but there is nothing like a card that you have crea......[Read More]

Oil paintings are based on different themes like nature, feelings, religion etc. Inspirational oil paintings are very exciting because some of the best oil paintings that the world has ever seen were based on religion. ... ......[Read More]

Caulk fills small holes and cracks in a wide variety of materials. From bathtubs to exterior molding, caulk is often used to make minor repairs. Silicone caulk is a durable and long-lasting variety that seals and waterproofs. Its drawback is that paint will not stick to it. However, it is possible t......[Read More]

Woodwork is often ornate in design with deep grooves. When woodwork is painted the paint gets in these grooves and when it comes to stripping the paint out of the those groove; it can seem impossible. Thanks to the development of chemical paint strippers woodwork can have the paint stripped from eve......[Read More]

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There are numerous different animator careers that budding young artists can go into, but the one common trait for most of the jobs in this field today is the use of computer technology. While there are still some animation jobs that rely on pencil and paper, they are becoming scarcer by the minute.......[Read More]

Crocosmia flowers are in the Iris family, with blossoms that grow several along a stem, red, orange or yellow in color. Crocosmia flowers are native to South Africa. They grow best in full sunlight and good soil. To draw a Crocosmia flower, it is best to look off of a picture, unless you're very acc......[Read More]

It sometimes seems to me that the pace of life can be rather too quick. We spend so much time worrying about work and the stresses of daily life, meaning that we are unable to ... ......[Read More]

You can paint the inside of a dryer drum as long as you choose the proper coating. Before you begin, consider that many dryer drums are composed of bare galvanized metal. Paint will not adhere to bare metallic surfaces unless they are conditioned with a special acidic primer. Once the drum is proper......[Read More]

A coat of paint is an easy way to decorate a room. Unfortunately, paint may eventually be chipped, stained, or rubbed off. If only a small area is affected, you can do touch up painting of the wall instead of repainting the entire area. The touched up area may not completely match the original paint......[Read More]

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Kitchens always need a fresh update after a few years. A great place to start is those tired-looking laminate cabinets. Laminate cabinets, in an active kitchen, can easily fall prey to difficult stains and lackluster design. Though it can seem like a huge task to paint laminate, all it takes is some......[Read More]

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You're a budding print artist, and you put your heart and soul into making your lithographs. That's often the easy part--the hard part can be pricing and selling your work. Here are some tips for coming up with a fair price--one that pays you for your effort and materials but isn't so far off the ch......[Read More]

In certain theatrical productions, costumers want to distress their work to make it more appropriate to the show's setting. Some materials, such as leather, are more difficult to age or weather than others. Leather is a lot tougher than other fabrics, so costumers have to use a different process whe......[Read More]

Drip lines are a painter's worst nightmare. When too much paint piles up, runs or drip lines occur. Gravity pulls these heavily painted areas downward, forming lines on the surface. It's often difficult to notice these lines before they dry because of poor lighting conditions. Fixing a line in semiw......[Read More]

Hidden objects appear in numerous paintings by famous artists almost since the invention of oil painting. Throughout the Renaissance and Baroque period artists have hidden letters, numbers, portraits, animals and other images and objects in their pictures. The practice was continued by the impressio......[Read More]

The best place to buy paintings is San Diego art gallery. Are you looking out to buy a beautiful painting? In that case the best option with you is to buy the painting from the ... ......[Read More]

The best way to speed the drying time of a base of oil paint on your painting is to use additives. Cobalt drier is added directly to a pre-mixed oil painting medium and will decrease drying time considerably. It must be used sparingly, however, as too much can damage a painting. Alkyd resin mediums ......[Read More]

If the pitch of your harmonica suddenly goes flat, a reed is broken. An inexpensive diatonic harmonica should just be replaced, but the reeds of an expensive or favorite harmonica can be fixed if you are willing to put in a little effort.......[Read More]