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How to Oil-Paint Shiny Objects
Shiny objects are typically nonporous and more difficult to paint than rough surfaces. However, the right prep work makes the job much simpler, and your glossy item can accept even thin oil-base paints after just a few minutes of work and a day of waiting. With just a little background knowledge, a
How to Draw Crazy Flowers
Flowers come in all permutations, making them great inspiration for artists. Whether you aim to draw crazy flowers for decorating purposes, as an original work of art or just for fun, you are walking on a well-trodden path. Consider the blurred beauty Claude Monet's water lilies, the strange jungle
How to Mix Sage Green with Acrylic Paints
Sage green is an earthy gray green color that tends to be more neutral than bright. You mix it by using sap green as the base, combined with zinc white, raw sienna and ultramarine blue. Traditionally, sap green was created by extracting a dye from buckthorn berries. The organic plant pigment wasn't
How to Touch up Digital Pictures
Digital cameras makes taking pictures a snap. Even if you aren’t talented behind the lens of a camera, you can make up for it with a photo-editing program. The industry standard in graphic software is Adobe Photoshop but many other programs will also allow you touch up your digital pictures.
How to Remove Old Oil-Based Paint Drips From Baseboards
Professional painters employ meticulous preparation strategies before they begin interior painting projects, because they know that thorough preparation drastically lowers the odds of paint mishaps. Unfortunately, many do-it-yourselfers undervalue the preparation process, leading to unfortunate mess
How to Remove a Guitar's Paint Job
Removing the paint from a guitar is a slow, painstaking process. Plan on taking an entire day to strip the paint away from a guitar's body, and do not rush any step of the process. If you rush the job, you can end up with a guitar with unintentional ridges and indentations, which will ruin the look.
How to Paint Horses With Acrylic Paints
Horses have been subjects of paintings since their images appeared on the walls of caves in Spain and France from 15,000 to 10,000 B.C. The grace and beauty of these noble beasts has been the subject of countless paintings across many cultures and time periods. Ancient Chinese and Indian Mogul artis
Chemical Compositions of Marble Dust That Makes it Possible to Be Made As a Chalk
Marble limestone, a form of calcium carbonate, can be ground into dust and used to create chalk. The nature of the mineral makes it ideal to be made into chalk and used as a component in many writing implements, as well as for use in other products. However, chalk commonly found in classrooms is not
Recommended Paints for Over Ospho
Ospho is a metal treatment used to prepare rusted surfaces for priming and painting. Manufactured by the Skybryte Co., Ospho is a water-thin acidic solution that chemically reacts with rust and etches metal to enhance surface adhesion. No type of paint will bond to bare metal treated with Ospho. For
Epoxy Flooring vs. Staining
If you're planning to finish your floor to enhance its beauty or prolong its life, accomplish your goal by applying either a natural-looking stain or durable epoxy. Learn the pros and cons of each finish before you begin, or you may end up with unexpected results.
How to Make Textures Large
Texture can be added to give dimension to paintings that would otherwise be fairly flat on the canvas. Large textures are easier to create with acrylic paint, because it dries faster than oil paints. This allows less time for peaks in texture to fall or settle, resulting in higher peaks. The best wa
How to Draw a Gangster Joker Face
A gangster, or mobster, is typically characterized by a smirk and features that make him look tough. Adding evil clown-like features to the typical gangster look can help you draw a gangster with the appearance of a joker, similar to the famous Batman villain of the same name.
How to Make a TV Antenna Booster
Sometimes you don't get the TV reception you want even when you have a good wireless TV antenna because the signal is too weak. With a TV antenna booster, you can amplify the signal that's received on your wireless TV antenna. You do not have to spend a lot of money on a store-bought amplifier; you