Raku pottery artist Simon Leach feels that while most people who work with ceramics are taught how to make them, very few are taught how to decorate them. Simon will show you how to draw inspiration from your ceramic pots that will lead you to the perfect decorations. He shows you both how to decorate a ceramic pot in order to enhance its shape, while also showing you that sometimes it is the decoration that truly makes a ceramic pot special.
The narrator in this video shows you how to accurately make a line that is perpendicular to a given line using a compass. This technique involves using a compass to create two points on a line, which will be used to mark an "X" above the given line. Afterwards, all that is needed is to connect the points to create the line.
Drawing a manga elf princess is a breeze after viewing this video. The process takes about 10 minutes. Begin with a standard face shape, and add the ears. They should be extended and pointed. Add her eyes, making sure you keep the eyes looking real. Bangs are wispy and fun to pencil in. Details are added, making your princess more personalized. You'll learn how to keep her a little more feminine looking than a male elf. And clothes are added last, covering her in a fancy looking dress. And no...
Ever had your grandmother or grandfather say they miss the better days? Well if you follow the steps on this video you will see why and the reason why the 1940's and 1950's were years for glam. Drawing from inspiration from Drew Barrymore's character in Grey Gardens, you can achieve that truly glamorous looks that the mid 20th century woman personified. Don't think that just any makeup and eyeliner will do, closely follow the onscreen guide. Just follow the on screen guide and you will look f...
This video explains how to draw a picture of a strip mall. It starts with squares and rectangles, and makes them three dimensional. As the video progresses, there is more and more detail added to the picture including color, using art markers. More detail is added such as windows in the buildings and people in the street. It is completely non verbal, so by taking it frame by frame it is a good tool to learn or improve your art style.
Create a butterfly on your nail with this video tutorial. •First take some black nail polish.
Internal linking is a valuable way to improve search engine optimization on your website or blog. This component of organic search engine optimization we going to focus on web copy threading.
This is a great food project for the holidays. Melt some chocolate, make a piping tool, draw your chocolate decorations, and refrigerate. You'll have plenty of chocolate goodies to last you for at least a month. That is, if they're not all eaten up by then.
Gloobus Coverflow is a new program on Linux that lets you view all of your files without actually opening them! It's very similar to Apple's Quicklook, but is made for Linux.
Dive into the world of Chinese brush painting, a traditional art where each brush stroke of the painting is neither improved upon nor corrected. The artist must get it right from first to last stroke!
Dive into the world of Chinese brush painting, a traditional art where each brush stroke of the painting is neither improved upon nor corrected. The artist must get it right from first to last stroke!
Dive into the world of Chinese brush painting, a traditional art where each brush stroke of the painting is neither improved upon nor corrected. The artist must get it right from first to last stroke!
Dive into the world of Chinese brush painting, a traditional art where each brush stroke of the painting is neither improved upon nor corrected. The artist must get it right from first to last stroke!
Dive into the world of Chinese brush painting, a traditional art where each brush stroke of the painting is neither improved upon nor corrected. The artist must get it right from first to last stroke!
This is one of my favorite tricks. I still don't have it mastered yet, but figured I would put it out there to hopefully draw some advice or suggestions to make it better. Watch this magic tutorial to learn how to do the revolver magic trick.
Studying to be a nurse? Then follow along with this how-to video to learn how to start an IV on a live person. IVs are an important part of a nurse's everyday routine. When inserting an IV needle, be sure to enter at a 30 degree angle. The nursing students in this video, Moe and Drew, insert the needle at 10 to 20 degrees.
In this audio editing software tutorial you will learn how to create complex mixes and special effects using Automation in SONAR 5. Learn how to use SONAR's Automation drawing features to get more control over your mix and special effects. Originally recorded for SONAR 5
Looking for advanced yoga poses? Learn how to do the King Pigeon Pose in this yoga video clip. To do the King Pigeon pose you should open hip, chest & heart, bring leg forward, square hips, draw toe closer to head and breathe properly. With this how to video you will be able to incorporate the King Pigeon pose into your yoga routine.
Chinese tradition has always honored lotus flowers. Essentially, the lotus flower represents peace, creativity and purity amid adverse surroundings. This is a perfect subject matter for sumi ink painting. Watch this instructional painting video to practice painting lotus flowers with ink and watercolors.
Watch this instructional painting video to paint an orchid with India ink and watercolor on Chinese rice paper. This fluid style of painting takes lot of practice and does not allow for mistakes. Every brush stroke counts. Get out some newsprint to practice painting these beautiful orchid flowers.
Watch this instructional painting video to paint a hummingbird with India ink and watercolor on Chinese rice paper. This fluid style of painting takes lot of practice and does not allow for mistakes. Every brush stroke counts. Get out some newsprint to practice painting these beautiful birds.
This tutorial demonstrates how to create a flexible tail in Second Life. It uses a simple cone primitive and blue plasma texture. Second Life is much fun to draw in as this tutorial will show you.
Heidi Hewett demos the Action Recorder feature in AutoCAD 2009. Recording actions with the Action Recorder can increase your productivity by automating repetitive tasks you have to perform on every AutoCAD 2009 drawing. You can record actions from the command line, toolbars, ribbon panels, and more. See how in this AutoCAD 2009 lesson.
This CAD drawing software tutorial shows you how to model a stand or stool in Pro/DESKTOP. Learn how to extrude subtract and use the pattern features in PTC Pro/DESKTOP as well as learn how to use the different views. The stand itself may not be very interesting but the methods involved in modeling it are important to learn. This ProDESKTOP tutorial is best viewed full screen.
Inference locking is the ability to draw or move in only one locked direction in SketchUp. This SketchUp tutorial will teach you how to use the inference lock technique and show a few examples of inference locking in use and the advantages it has for modeling and navigating the SketchUp viewport.
Hand spinners who want to master long-draw drafting for woolen spinning need their fibers in a special form: carded rolags. Combed fiber won't do it -- neither will carded batts. This introduction shows you how to make carded rolags. Start by washing your fleece....
Want to draw a stop motion animation but need some advice as to how it's done? This animation tutorial video shows you how to create a simple set up and provides you with 9 creative techniques that will help you get started on your own stop motion animation video. Watch this instructional video and learn some creative tips.
Try out a layering technique using spray paint. Always wear a mask when painting with spray paint indoors. Create interesting compositions on old shopping bags. Add depth and tone to stencils by building up layers of material texture, drawing and spray paint. Dry your work with a heat gun if you have one.
Venepuncture is the process of collecting venous blood. Or more simply, it's the process of drawing blood from a vein for medical testing. Watch this video medical health tutorial and learn how to prepare and perform venepuncture.
Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to use the axes tool in Google SketchUp. The axes tool will be particularly helpful if you want to draw rectangles and lines in a different orientation. This tutorial covers how to reorient the default red, green and blue axes, and tips for quick axes orientation.
Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to use the circle and polygon tools in Google SketchUp. This tutorial covers drawing a circle or polygon, changing the number of sides of a circle or polygon, and viewing additional information through the entity info dialog box.
This Adobe Photoshop tutorial shows you ho to give an image a comic book look. Sure, most people draw comic books from scratch, but you don't have to when you have this tutorial to show you how to create a 'comic book' effect in Photoshop.
Check out this easy method for transferring images to wall art. Watch and learn how simple it is to use an opaque projector to transfer your favorite characters onto your bedroom wall. This is interior design made simple.
Watch this how to video to get tips and tricks on how to insert screws into hardwood. This simple soap method makes driving screws into hardwood far easier. Start my marking spot where the screw is to be inserted, draw pilot holes, run the screw across a bar of soap and finally drill it into the wood.
The Professor of Silliness returns with some paper. All you need to do is draw or fold a bow out of a piece of paper. You can then act out an old favorite amongst silent movie fans, "The Rent." You can say the lines yourself, or have someone hold up cue cards for the audience. "The Rent" can always be performed as a pleasing dinner trick.
Watch this instructional harmonica video to learn a quick tip on how to incorporate the same note (draw 2 and blow 3) into a jam or riff. This tutorial is great for beginners and harmonica enthusiasts.
Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to include your company logo in the background and add a watermark in just a few quick steps with Microsoft Visio 2007. And you can reuse this background on every page in your Visio drawing.
Take a look at this instructional video and learn how to use a Microsoft Office Excel worksheet that contains employee data to create shapes, connect them according to your organization's structure, and add data to each shape in your drawing automatically.
Make a lime, ginger and raspberry martini - a unique and zesty cocktail mixed by bartender extraordinaire Steve Drew. You will need ginger, lime, raspberry vodka, and Chambord raspberry liqueur. Watch this video beverage-making tutorial and learn how to mix a spiced raspberry martini cocktail.
The Orient Express is a lychee-flavored vodka-based cocktail with lychees, lychee liqueur, ginger, lemongrass and jasmine green tea. This specialty drink is a smooth original by BarDelicious bartender extraordinaire Steve Drew. Watch this video beverage-making tutorial and learn how to mix an Orient Express cocktail.
