Arts & Entertainment Quick Guides

Adobe Photoshop Elements is a popular and powerful image editor created for beginners and novices. Learn some of the basic functions and how to create photo projects like DVD covers. Series by Richard Burke, EHOW Imaging and Photography Expert.

Quick Guide Sections:The Basics, Projects

Film festivals are a great way to showcase genre films as well as discover new and upcoming Indie film makers. If you're a movie buff, check out our list of annual festivals and learn how you can submit your own movie.

Quick Guide Sections:Attend a Festival, Submit a Film, Genre Festivals

First stop hobby store, next stop... the Metropolitan Museum of Art? Maybe you're no Van Gogh, but it can't hurt trying! Get out the paint set and brush-stroke your way to happiness and potential fortune primed with the following advice.

Quick Guide Sections:Prep for Painting, Perfect Technique, Sell a Masterpiece

Know how to use your electronics as a DVD player? Or how to watch a film like a director? Check out this guide to find out how to maximize your online entertainment.

Quick Guide Sections:Formats for Watching Movies, Watching Movies

The musical is one of the great American traditions and putting on a show--in a local hall or highs-school--is something that binds communities across the country in annual vibrant celebrations of talent. If you love musicals, this is for you.

Quick Guide Sections:On Stage

Just about everyone has made doodles on a notepad during a long telephone conversation, but not everyone can make a recognizable drawing. Learn some skills and take your doodles to the next level with this easy guide to drawing.

Quick Guide Sections:The Basics, Learning to Draw Specific Shapes

Before there was Guitar Hero, there was the guitar. Get back to the basics with the good old wood and strings combo and play music the old fashioned way--which is to say without a TV.

Quick Guide Sections:The Starter Guide to Playing the Guitar

Going from stick figures to "Mona Lisa" may seem like an impossible transition, but... Well, okay, that probably is impossible, but if you practice the following techniques, they will at least help you get closer to the Da Vinci side of the spectrum.

Quick Guide Sections:Drawing Techniques

While most people judge magicians based on their individual tricks, the true test for them involves how well they can work with their spectators to cause the most dramatic reactions. Spectators drive the tricks and performances should focus on them.

Quick Guide Sections:Working With Spectators

Adobe Photoshop is the largest selling Image Editing software in the world. Learn more techniques and how to use specific tools in Adobe Photoshop. Learn about the history panel, magic wand and other tools from EHOW Photography Expert,Richard Burke.

Quick Guide Sections:Techniques, Tools