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• Beginner's Guide: Playing the Trumpet

  By Carl Hose

  The trumpet is an instrument found in many musical genres, from jazz groups to marching bands. While you might not play like late jazz great Dizzy Gillespie right away, you can learn to blow your horn with a style all your own.

• Painter's Palette

  By Lindsay Morris, eHow Editor

  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

• Online Entertainment

  By eHow Editors

  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

• Put on a Show

  By eHow Editors

  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

• Beginning Drawing

  By eHow Editor

  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

• Play the Guitar

  By eHow Editors

  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

• Guide to Becoming a Better Artist

  By ehow Editor

  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

• Performing Magic For Spectators

  By Eric J. Seidman

  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

• Intermediate Photoshop Techniques

  By Richard Burke

  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

• Situational Photography

  By Richard Burke

  Good photographs are a record of an instant told in a dramatic fashion. It is all about situations that may require different equipment and a different perspective. Follow some situational techniques from our expert Photographer,Richard Burke.

  Quick Guide Sections:

  People and Animals , Outdoor Situations , Travel

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