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Types of paint safe for children to make handprints out of, on canvas

I am looking to help our boys (5 and 7 years old) make their mother something like this for her birthday, but I have zero experience with painting beyond whatever I did in elementary school! I'm looking to (likely) put this on a canvas and need the…
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Why would using an eraser holder be better than using a normal rectangle eraser?

I saw this today: It's a Staedtler Mars Plastic Eraser Refillable Holder. Well, if you tell me that it can be used to clean corners, yes initially it would but soon its edges would become round like other erasers. How will that be helpful? If you…
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How to clean a plastic eraser?

If I rub it in sandpaper then it's sharp edges will become round in my opinion. Cutting the eraser means wasting the eraser. Can plastic erasers be cleaned by soap or any such thing by which I can protect the sharp edges.
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How can I completely clean an old candle container?

I buy lots of candles, which means I end up with lots of candle holders. I want to be able to reuse these containers, in some cases for food storage since some of the candles are in jars. This means I need to completely eliminate all of the wax. How…
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What's this art style?

I've seen a couple cool pictures with drawing on certain parts. I was curious if there was an actual name for this style. You can see the background and parts of the subject are the photo, and then there is drawings over other parts. Any ideas? Here…
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What is the name of my drawing style? Black and white?

I'm looking for a term for my art drawings. I'm going to post a gig on Fiverr and I don't know what to call it (black and white art/drawing?). There has to be a name for it. I have been drawing using black ink on white paper ever since I was a kid,…
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Evenly spaced increase

I have a knitting project in which I have 94 stitches on my needle, and I’m supposed to do an evenly spaced increase of 50 to get 144 stitches. I know how to increase, but I do not know if I need to start with the first stitch and how I should knit…
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In comic making, what purpose does cutting a single image into panels serve?

Basically, sometimes, there will be a single page or a large portion of the page dedicated to a single scene or image, and this will be cut into panels. But if the gutters were removed, the image would be whole. So what purpose does cutting it do…
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Storing Oil Paint in Bottles

Can I store oil paint in an airtight bottle? I read in a lot of forums that the space in the bottle (air) will dry out the oil paint. This confuses me, why can we store linseed oil in a bottle but not the oil paint? I really need a container. I…
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How to paint a ghost with oils?

I'm a beginner, and I'd like to paint a ghost with oil paints. The effect that I want is something similar to this picture: The only difference would be that my ghost should be purplish. But that's only a detail, I suppose. I'd like to know the…
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What material should I use for the frame of my lighter-than-air craft?

I'm toying around with the idea of making an RC lighter-than-air craft, probably a Zeppelin or Blimp shaped one. I'm pretty sure I'll just use a candle or two to get the lift so it isn't a Hydrogen bomb waiting to go off. Anyway, I've figured that…
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Gold nibs vs steel nibs in fountain pens - Does it really matter?

I recently purchased a steel nib fountain pen of Parker. I saw that the gold nib one was more expensive and I thought that gold nib might be for style hence I didn't purchase it. What are gold nibs made of? Are they worth the price? Do they serve…
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What is that dial on top of my sewing machine? What purpose does it serve?

I have a Brother CS6000i sewing machine. I noticed that on the top of the machine, there is a dial that goes in slow increments, between 1 and 5. I've tried turning the dial, and it doesn't seem to affect the operation of the machine in any way (the…
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Can you measure the amount of tooth that a piece of paper has?

When shopping around for art paper there doesn't appear to be a measurement for amount of tooth. The paper does have a specified weight and whether it is rough or cold/hot pressed. Can the amount of tooth be measured, allowing comparisons between…
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Book binding with hot glue

I watched a couple of videos on YouTube regarding book binding with hot glue: in short, they were presenting that the pages should be put together in a press and then hot glue is applied on the side. However, I am not confident in this method,…
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