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What is this palette knife called, and where could I find it?
I have this palette knife and need a new one, but I can't find one. What would this palette knife be called? Better yet, do you know who might have made it?
It was a gift, and the label has well and truly worn off.
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Print drawing on water color paper, is it possible?
I would like to know if is possible to print a digital drawing, just the outline, on watercolor paper.
I would like to do it to test different watercolor result on the same drawing without redraw the same subject and mixing digital drawing with…
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How can I decorate on a mug or plate with paper?
I remember when I was in school and the teacher gave us just newspaper. We cut words from it and decorated our mug or plate. I don't remember how we glued or adhered to the plate or mug so it was permanent.
Do you know a way how to fix pieces of…
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Thread slipping out of tension discs, off spring, upper lever or bobbin thread slips out of tension
While sewing along a nice straight line the thread bunches, I look at the thread path and it is out from between the tension disks or not on the spring or the bobbin thread is out from under the tension. I do not understand what "machine gremlin" is…
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Frosting on a glass surface to have specific patterns
I was trying to create crystal patterns on a glass like in the following video:
Crystal pattern example on YouTube
But how should I proceed in order to get a snowflake pattern, for instance, or other specific design using the above similar…
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How can I attach a large satin applique to a skirt?
I'm making a skirt, and I'd like to attach an applique of a thin satiny fabric to the thicker base fabric. It's going to be in the shape of a city skyline, with the satiny stuff as the buildings. It's a circle skirt, like this:
except the buildings…
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How to draw duplicate items in perfect proportions and equidistant from each other in Mandala drawings?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandala
I am not able to keep the proportion and the distance as desired if I simply pick up the pencil and start drawing the actual design.
How to draw duplicate items in perfect proportions and equidistant from each…
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How to cast silicone beads?
I want to make custom, food-grade silicone beads that have a hole down the center for stringing them.
When I google molding silicone or any variation on that, all the results are to make silicone molds! Not for making silicone products or…
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How can I loosen the joints on my action figures without breaking them?
A craft I'm interested in is action figure customization. Basically, you can utilize new or old action figures and you take them apart and combine/mix-and-match them while also adding custom sculpts, paint, etc.
One problem I have with some of the…
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How do I resize (smaller) baby bootie crochet pattern?
I am crocheting a set of baby booties for an infant using this pattern:
http://lacycrochet.blogspot.ca/2014/01/crochet-baby-booties-size-0-6-months.html
I need the booties to be about 3/4 the size for which the pattern is written. I am using a…
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Why do artists use pigments instead of dyes in paintings?
Is there a reason why many famous paintings and artists use pigments instead of dyes as colorants? Some pigments are quite expensive and I am not sure why artists chose them over dyes, which are usually cheaper.
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What does a pigment's richness refer to?
This is for a research paper and I used the term richness to refer to saturation and value. Is this a valid term to use for the combination of the two?
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What range of wall color options would be generally considered aesthetically viable for a room with colored light bulbs?
I have recently installed LIFX colored light bulbs in my room. However, my wall is currently painted a fairly saturated blue, against which some of the bulb colors strike me at least initially as unpleasant. For unrelated reasons, my room will be…
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How to determine the "correct" scale for your art project?
The very fist step in traditional art painting, drawing, sculpting, and such is:
Determine the scale of the work!
The painter must select their canvas, a drawing requires the right size sheet of paper, and a chisled statue requires the right size…
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