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Some children use only paper for artistic expression while others seem intent on making a permanent statement by drawing on the walls. Curbing your young Rembrandt's urges to mark the walls while still encouraging his creative endeavors, requires effort by all members of the family and any caretakers. Children like to scribble at approximately age one, according to the Play and Learning Program of the Department of Health Western Australia. During your child's development, your walls start to become an attractive canvas.
While you likely view the walls in your home as a place to hang pictures, your child may see them as a blank slate for his next creative masterpiece. Although you don’t want to stifle his artistic tendencies, you do want to limit his drawings to more appropriate art surfaces -- and let him know it’s not OK to draw on the walls.
Drawing lines in Java doesn't require you to have years of experience in Web design. Draw lines in Java with help from a computer science and media production specialist in this free video clip.
Drawing eyelashes on masquerade masks is something you can do in a couple of different ways depending on your preferences. Find out how to draw eyelashes on masquerade masks with help from a longtime and distinguished crafts expert in this free video clip.
Drawing plumbing lines on a floor plan is a great way to make sure that your project is ready to go. Draw plumbing lines on a floor plan with help from a contractor with over ten years of experience in this free video clip.
Drawing a line with Android is surprisingly simple and doesn't require years of experience with the platform. Draw a line with Android with help from an expert with 18 years of PR and marketing experience in this free video clip.
White eyeliner is not a natural shade so the key is to use it sparingly to highlight parts of the eye. This creates a stunning wide-eyed look without becoming garish.
Drawing a mummy tomb mask is easier if you break the process down into a series of manageable steps. Find out how to draw a mummy tomb mask with help from an experienced artist in this free video clip.
Drawing an Egyptian mask is a lot easier if you start out with the mask's eye. Find out how to draw an Egyptian mask with help from an experienced artist in this free video clip.
Drawing a joker's mask requires you to have a piece of paper that's larger than the general size of your face. Find out how to draw a joker's mask with help from an experienced artist in this free video clip.
Drawing shadow letters on a whiteboard is a great opportunity to experiment with things like perspective. Draw shadow letters on a whiteboard with help from a graphic designer and illustrator in this free video clip.
Flash is a very powerful animation program that can truly be the key to unlocking your own imagination. Find out how to draw stars in Flash with help from a graduate of Art Instruction Schools in this free video clip.
Turning a picture into a line drawing is a great way to get some experience with a few different elements of your art. Turn a picture into a line drawing with help from an accomplished artist in this free video clip.
Drawing interior design plans can help save a lot of time and frustration later on when the actual work begins. Draw interior design plans with help from a lead designer in this free video clip.
Drawing circles in Photoshop is something that you can do in one of a few different ways. Learn how to draw circles in Photoshop with help from a well-versed web, graphic and illustrative designer in this free video clip.
Drawing custom letters in Illustrator is a lot easier than you might be assuming. Draw custom letters in Illustrator with help from a well-versed web, graphic and illustrative designer in this free video clip.
Drawing border art can be accomplished in a few different ways depending on your overall preferences and the resources you have available to you. Draw border art with help from an experienced traditional and digital artist in this free video clip.
Drawing a ski hat in Photoshop isn't going to be nearly as difficult as you might be assuming. Find out how to draw a ski hat in Photoshop with help from a well-versed web, graphic and illustrative designer in this free video clip.
Drawing glass shards in Photoshop is a great way to experiment with things like depth and dimension. Draw glass shards in Photoshop with help from a well-versed web, graphic and illustrative designer in this free video clip.
Drawing a rapper's hat in Illustrator is a great way to have a little fun with your drawing. Draw a rapper's hat in Illustrator with help from a well-versed web, graphic and illustrative designer in this free video clip.
Drawing vector engraving designs in Illustrator is the perfect way to get practice with a variety of different tools that are built into the program. Draw vector engraving designs in Illustrator with help from a well-versed web, graphic and illustrative designer in this free video clip.
Drawing with border frames in Illustrator will require the use of the paintbrush as well as a few other tools. Learn about drawing with border frames in Illustrator with help from a well-versed web, graphic and illustrative designer in this free video clip.
Roof lines for a house addition need to be drawn in a very specific way to be as accurate as possible. Draw roof lines for a house addition with help from a registered interior designer in this free video clip.
Drawing a building floor plan to scale means paying close attention to the proportions of your drawings. Draw a building floor plan to scale with help from a registered interior designer in this free video clip.
Drawing hidden lines in Photoshop requires you to keep a few very important things in mind. Learn about drawing hidden lines in Photoshop with help from a multimedia and post production professional in this free video clip.
To build a shelf strong enough to support the weight of books, figurines or anything else you plan to put on it, you must build strong joints. The dado joint is the strongest possible joint. A dado joint is a groove in the side walls that the shelf slides into. With the appropriate tools, such as a table saw, you can create dado joints in a matter of seconds.
ViewSonic's A90f+ is a 19-inch CRT computer monitor with a maximum resolution of 1792 by 1344. The display produces saturated colors and high-contrast image output using ViewSonic's proprietary UltraBrite 3X and SuperClear technologies, the latter of which incorporates enhanced phosphor treatment and a glass filter. Although the A90f+ uses various optimized refresh rates to prevent flickering, scan-related problems and other issues may arise.
Building a Danish Modern daybed is a similar process to building any other kind of bed. Danish Modern is vintage minimalist furniture style with clean, body-forming, sculpted lines. Construct a stable frame from solid pieces of wood by measuring and cutting pieces of 2-by-4 lumber to length. Cut mortice joints in these pieces and securely fasten them together. Screw oak slats to the bed frame to form a stable and good-looking piece of furniture that will provide you with many years of service.
Making a line drawing look like pencil in Photoshop doesn't require any type of advanced degree. Learn about making a line drawing look like pencil in Photoshop with help from a professional 3D/2D animator in this free video clip.
Divergent describes items that start at the same place but move in two directions, or split apart. One of the better ways to graph divergent items is a line graph. Lines can take the place of mathematical equations, where a point's y-axis has its value plotted to its x-axis value. Using a line graph to plot divergent items can be done as easily as playing connect the dots. You need two items, such as sales for different years, to graph divergent items.
A lally column is a steel pipe filled with concrete that is installed as a support for floor beams. The standard lally column is 8 feet long and 4 inches in diameter, but it can be purchased in other lengths and diameters. The column, typically installed in a basement, rests on a steel plate on a concrete floor footing. Another steel plate at the column’s top supports the beam.
Soffits are the flat, horizontal underside surfaces of buildings, commonly found underneath a roof overhang or the bottom edge of a drop ceiling. Soffits can be installed for decorative purposes, but often they are used to conceal ducts or pipes in your home that extend beneath the ceiling, or to protect the roof rafters where they extend past the exterior walls of your home. When constructing a soffit, 2-by-4 boards are often used. Cutting the 2-by-4s is a basic do-it-yourself task.
Lace tablecloths and curtains make a room look more elegant and vintage, but may appear too plain if the lacework is sparse. One option is to embroider decorative patterns and pictures onto the lace to add a splash of color. Embroidery on lace is delicate and intricate work and must be carried out with the aid of craft materials, such as an embroidery hoop that will keep the lace taut and stationary as you work.
Adobe Illustrator includes the "Symbol" feature which allows access to precreated designs, from pencils to stars, that can be incorporated into larger projects. The library is extensive, but not everything is included. For example, specialized business logos need to be imported separately.
An archway over a gate makes the gate a focal point. The arch can be a single frame, or you can create an arbor-like entry several arches deep. You use the same basic techniques to create each arch, so it is easy to expand your arch into an arbor later if you want to add more drama. Use a good exterior wood like redwood or cedar so that your arch will last for many years.
If you are looking for a fat suit that looks real, it must jiggle like real fat does. Anyone can stuff pillows into a shirt, but to make a fat suit that jiggles requires a few extra steps. Your suit can be worn under clothes as a costume for Halloween, a play or a demonstration. You can make your suit as fat as you wish by making it yourself. Customize the suit for a specific individual or make one that can fit several people.
The fascia runs around a home's perimeter directly under the roof. This is the board that the gutter gets mounted to. Directly underneath the fascia is the soffit panel. The soffit panel is held in place by two F-channels. One F-channel gets installed along the fascia's bottom edge and a second F-channel gets installed directly to the side of the house. The soffit panel then slides into the F-channels' grooves; however, the soffit panel must be installed before the fascia.
While other areas of the home are dedicated to individuality, the functionality of the kitchen means many homeowners benefit from symmetry. Because of key aspects in their design, draw line cabinets are one example of the benefits of kitchen symmetry, combining in numbers to offer advantages that a single kitchen cabinet could not.
Personalizing your gunstock allows you to make the fit of your stock more comfortable as you shoot, increasing your accuracy and the length of time you can enjoy firing. The comb of the gunstock runs along the top and is one of the sections of the stock that’s most commonly cut for sizing. The comb is designed to support your cheek while sighting, and if it's too high it can interfere with forming and maintain a proper sight group. Cutting the comb down slightly can help you to find the height that produces the best results.
Drawing plumb lines is an important first step in many home repair and design projects. The lines are created using a tape measure and level and are simply parallel lines across the installation surface, such as a ceiling. The purpose of plumb lines is to keep the installation of ceiling tiles or other objects straight, even if the ceiling is not perfectly square. The process of drawing plumb lines is fairly straightforward, but it is tiresome since the work is above you.
Rev-A-Shelf is a company that specializes in products to help with the organization of closets and drawers. The company makes cut-to-size cutlery and silverware organizers, peg systems, spice organizers, utensil organizers and knife organizers. Cutting your Rev-A-Shelf drawer insert is a simple process and depends on the type and the material from which it’s made.
Installing bullnose stair treads follow the same method as installing other types of treads. Featuring a half-rounded front, bullnose treads give stairs a softer, rounded appearance as opposed to squared treads. Bullnose treads are ready-to-install, eliminating the need to form complex router cuts in wood planks to achieve the desired circular finish. The rounded edge also makes it easier to fit carpeting tightly over the stairway, thereby preventing slips and skids commonly associated with loose runners.
In-wall shelves make use of the space inside a wall that normally does not get used. This can add useful storage where you normally don't expect to find it, such as the wall a door opens against. Another option makes the shelf a focal point for displaying knick-knacks, memorabilia or collectibles. If you place the shelf between two rooms, you can leave the front and back open for a see through display case.
Drawing a black circle with InDesign is a great way to get practice with some of the program's basic features. Draw a black circle with InDesign with help from a graphic designer in this free video clip.
A key part of building a waterfall in your backyard is installing the irrigation system that provides the water for the waterfall. Although you will need to add water to the ponds at the edges of the waterfall to account for loss due to evaporation, most of the water used by the waterfall is pumped from the lower pond to the upper pond, where gravity carries it back down the stream bed.
Mitering is a common technique used in carpentry and woodworking that involves cutting sections of wood at an angle to avoid rough, exposed ends. This can help give furniture, molding and other wood objects a clean, finished appearance. Mitering is accomplished typically with a miter saw. However, if a miter saw is not available, you also can miter edges using a router. This method takes longer than using a miter saw, but can produce the same results.
You'll want to depict a fence that stretches across a landscape in a very specific way on your designs and plans. Draw a fence across a landscape with help from an artist in this free video clip.
Lexan is a polycarbonate resin sheet that is manufactured by SABIC Innovative Plastics and is a type of amorphous engineering thermoplastic. You can silkscreen hidden letters onto a piece of Lexan using a glow-in-the-dark ink. This is done by camouflaging the letters so can they are only seen in the dark when no light is present. One type of application for this project is a sign or message board.
Handmade corner cabinets are a simple storage solution for almost any room. Whether you require extra storage space for dishes in the kitchen or for toiletries in the bathroom, a corner cupboard can provide you with what you need. Building a corner cabinet is a project that most homeowners can complete in just a few hours.
A main foundation beam supports the weight of the house to ensure load-bearing walls and floor joists do not sag. Sagging structural supports damage wall finishes and can lead to a dangerous situation if the supports sag to the point that they fail. Building a main beam often requires nailing multiple pieces of lumber together. This includes nailing the lumber along its length and connecting lumber end to end. Both types of nailing must be completed correctly or the beam will fail over time.
