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  • Four Fun Projects for the Family
    With the help of a responsible adult, any young child can have a lot of fun completing these simple woodcraft projects.
  • Develop Your Aesthetic Instinct for Harmonious Paintings
    Lacking the guidance of definite rules and regulations for color harmony, the artist must rely to a considerable extent on what we rather loosely term the aesthetic instinct or the "eye." This vague, subconscious power helps him in many ways. Strangely, he can often depend on it more than on his conscious judgment.
  • Creative Homemade Christmas Cards
    If there's anything that brings out the creative urge in us, it's Christmas. A Christmas card with a photograph of our family is usually the first kind of handmade card we think of, and rightly so; it's intimate and unique. No one else can send it, nor would we send it to anyone except warm friends and relatives.
  • Creating a Masterpiece
    One of the advantages of watercolor painting is that it calls for but little in the way of equipment. We shall consider briefly the materials needed before you can start to work. By following these few simple pieces of advice, you will be well on your way to creating your own masterpiece.
  • Manipulating Clay the Right Way
    Pottery is a wonderful hobby, and below are details to construct two objects: a hand sculpture and a pinch bowl.
  • How to Understand Color in Painting
    Unlike some teachers of watercolor, I advise students to start painting as soon as a satisfactory drawing is completed. So let's start right in with a simple explanation of value and color.
  • How to Understand the Qualities of Color
    Let us consider color as an artist sees and uses it. Color has three main qualities: hue, value and intensity.
  • Essential Tools for the Model Ship Builder
    Before beginning to fashion the model, materials, tools and supplies must be collected. It is good practice to begin with only essential items, because these things have a habit of accumulating.
  • Materials Needed to Build Old-Time Ship Models
    The building of old-time ship models is one of the most fascinating of hobbies, the work is clean and simple, can be carried out practically anywhere by either sex, without fuss, bother or mess; the result is a picturesque reminder of the spacious days of romance and high endeavor.
  • The Preparation and Care of Clay for Ceramics
    There are two main types of clay used in ceramics: pottery clay and sculpture clay.
  • How to Teach Woodcraft
    Teaching woodcraft to a group of children can be a pleasure or a plight, depending largely upon how the activity is approached by the instructor.
  • Materials Required For Watercolor Painting
    My attitude toward materials may be summed up by paraphrasing the old adage that just as you can't be a good carpenter without good tools, so you can't be a good watercolorist without good materials.
  • How to Begin Model Ship Building
    Assembling model kits is a straightforward job comprising well made parts with detailed instructions; some of them are illustrated and show each stage of assembly clearly.
  • The History of Model Ships Explained
    Contemporary models of old-time ships are nowadays very scarce and precious things; most of them have found permanent homes in the great museums of the world, others in the collections of wealthy connoisseurs.
  • How to Set Up A Workshop for Furniture Making
    There are few occupations for pleasure or profit, as satisfying as working in wood. And this satisfaction is nowhere more fully realized than in shaping wood into things of beauty and utility that add charm and comfort to the home.
  • Tools for Pottery Explained
    Beginners learning how to make pottery and sculpture in clay, will need a minimum of tools. Those basic tools required are outlined below.
  • Getting A Feel For Oil Paint
    Finding the right brushes and becoming familiar with the texture and nuances of oil paint is critical to successfully using this medium.
  • Useful Accessories For Ceramic Work
    When you're building up your ceramics workshop you're going to need a litany of tools including a wedging wire, wedging board and soft hair brushes for decorating your work. Though these tools are important, there are other tools that will help you create wonderful ceramics including plaster bats and banding wheels.
  • Equipping Your Ceramics Workshop
    You're going to need several different tools to fully equip your ceramics workshop.
  • Making Puppets With Next To Nothing
    Pulling together a puppet using minimal materials is a great skill to have. Especially on a rainy day when you're kids can't go outside and have nothing to do.
  • Homey Homemade Gifts
    Homemade gifts are always great for family and friends because they're thoughtful. So on a cold winter day before Christmas, rally the kids and get them to create an Indian notepad, cookie tray or colorful shelf trimming paper.
  • How To Make Fondant And Cream Candies
    Fondant and cream candies are simple and delicious candies which can be made perfectly after a little practice. This article provides recipes to make the perfect little treat for any occasion.
  • Discover The Way To Make Candy
    Everyone loves candy and what better way to brighten up the holidays than make your very own candy. Follow the recipes in this article and you're on your way to spreading holiday cheer with some delicious sweets.
  • Hints for Making Candy
    Candy making is generally so simple that any school girl or boy may concoct for themselves or friends the finest of candies at very little expense. Below are hints on tools needed and other generalities to make candy making even easier.
  • Tips for the Beginner Wood Carver
    You, as a beginner wood carver, may be ready to think of designing something yourself. Before doing so, look at some really good wood carvings. Photographs can remind us of things seen but for proper appreciation it is better to see the actual work.
  • Seeing 1,000 Items And Creating One Picture
    When you get ready to paint your first picture, a great thing to bear in mind is that you are working in a specific and defined space or shape. You have, not infinity to deal with, but a canvas, measuring so many inches wide by so many deep.
  • A Basic Guide To Gathering Ceramics Tools
    The way to build up your ceramic tool set is to start slowly. This will help you save money and avoid confusion.
  • Flying a Kite Well
    First to be considered is the place from which the kite is flown. There are certain do's and don'ts which operate here. For example, avoid a spot where the kite might become entangled with trees or overhead wires, or where it might sail over a busy road.
  • A Brief Look at the Historical Development of Picture Frames
    The picture frame, as it exists today, is derived from the doorway or entrance to temples, palaces and cathedrals. The earliest examples of frame-like decorations or borders bear a great resemblance to door frames.
  • All the Tools You Will Need to Do Upholstering
    Perhaps the most important one is the upholsterer's hammer. Upholstery hammers are specially made for this specific craft. There are three types, the favorite one being that with the round ringed shaft.
  • Choosing the Right Materials When Beginning Quilting
    To begin with, I want to say something as trite as it is important and that is, "Use the very best materials that you can afford for any and all handwork." Extravagance is never smart, but good quilt materials are not expensive. It's the sleazy ones, unreliable dyes and starched cloth that prove expensive in the end.
  • A Brief Look At The Beginning Of Kite History
    Kite flying is one of the oldest pastimes in the world. No one can say with certainty precisely how old it is, but we do know that it goes back for many centuries, and that the beginnings of the story have an eastern setting.
  • A Brief Look At Present Day Picture Frames
    Picture framing follows all general changes in sound decorative style, so no one can expect to produce a frame which need never be changed. By keeping the principles of good taste always in mind, we will not turn out something faddish or freakish.
  • Ensuring The Quilt You Make Is Warm And Well Lined
    On to practicalities, the warmth of the quilt will depend upon the thickness and kind of interlining you use. If warmth is desired, have a thick interlining which means that the quilting lines must be farther apart. If the quilting is to be close and elaborate the interlining must be thin.
  • A Brief History of Upholstering
    It is widely thought that the craft of upholstery evolved from that of the tent-maker. And it does seem a likely development. Although tent-making is now quite a separate and a very prosperous trade, it is not so many years ago that many branches of that trade were carried out by the upholsterer.
  • Who Else Wants To Learn How To Complete Different Wood Working Projects
    One of the most important things for the novice wood worker who wants to make this a permanent hobby, is to keep your tools clean and in good repair.
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