Looking to add specimens to your paper garden? Make a bell-shaped paper flower with origami, the traditional Japanese art of paper folding. This free origami video lesson presents complete instructions for making your own paper flowers from a sheet of folded paper. For more information, and to get started making colorful, cone-shaped paper flowers yourself, take a look!
This makeup look is perfect for anybody wanting to wear blue jeans and a tee shirt and still look glamorous. If this sounds like the look you want, check out this video tutorial which will teach you how to apply this vintage rose makeup look. It shouldn't take too long to apply, but it fits perfectly with your relaxed look.
Are you in college? Too lazy to make a proper meal? Too cheap or poor to go out to dinner? But, still have that sophisticated pallet, this video will show you exactly how to eat like a king and make a perfectly juicy meatloaf to enjoy any night of week. Don't be afraid to enter the kitchen after watching this video you'll be eager to have dinner guest.
We don't know about you, but making selections around oddly shaped areas of an image is one of the most frustrating single tasks in Photoshop. Odd shapes are really hard to navigate around by hand and often you can't get a perfect cut. Luckily, this Photoshop tutorial will guide you through how to make complex selections easily in Adobe Photoshop CS5.
The video shows us how to create bevels in Xara web designer. Firstly using the rectangle tool hold down the Ctrl key to create a square. The problem with the Xara web designer is that it hasn't got a convert to edit the shape features which actually means that you cant select individual nodes with the shape editor tool which may create some other line. However you can select individual nodes by going to arrange/combine shapes/add shapes with selecting the rectangle. And by doing changes the ...
Drawing a glass of water is one of the most basic things you'll ever learn in art class, but it is also one of the most important studies you'll ever make about form, color, tone, and shape.
Liven up the classic British staple with just an apple corer, paprika and a kitchen knife. Learn how to make a more elegant plate with these improved potatoes. Make mushroom shaped potatoes with this how to video from The Bowmore Way.
Learn how to cheat like hell to produce realistic sounding piano flourishes, amazing rolls, and perfectly harmonious music in FL Studio. This tutorial uses examples from other FL tutorials on this site so you may have to watch more than just one. Check out this advanced music theory tutorial and get some great cheating tricks to help your music production in FL Studo.
In this video tutorial you will learn to use custom shape clipping masks in Photoshop CS2. The masks offer you great control over your design. This example involves the use of layers and layer style.
You're probably wondering why in the world you would throw an aluminum can into an oven to bake, but differently shaped aluminum cans are actually a polymer clay hobbyist's best friend when it comes to shaping clay and making the shape stay.
Interested in making a turtle-shaped pull-apart cake with cupcakes? It's easier than you'd think. So easy, in fact, that this free video cooking lesson can present a complete overview of the process in about two minutes. For more information, including the full recipe, and to get started making your own turtle or tortoise-shaped pull-apart cake, watch this video guide.
In this Fine Art video tutorial you will learn how to draw with basic shapes and apply them. The four basic shapes are spheres, cubes, cylinders and cones. A sphere is a three dimensional circle. On paper it will look flat without shading. Make sure you practice all kinds of circles. A cube is a three dimensional square. You can make a basic cube by drawing two squares and then join the corners. Cylinders are tubes or pipes. Draw two ellipses and join them by lines. If you are just starting o...
Remember baby Maggie from "The Simpsons" and the adorable Christmas tree-shaped star bodysuit to Lisa's sax recital? Babies look cute in almost anything but somehow wrapping them up in star-shaped blankets/costumes puts them at their cutest.
Do you have a flat butt or a butt that is too plump? If you have troubles with your backside, check out this tutorial. In this clip, learn how to firm your bum and shape it so that you feel healthy and confident. This video will show you some very simple exercises that you can do every day to keep your buttocks in shape.
Shape keys are one of the most basic and important parts of making 3D graphics. This video will teach you how to use them in one popular 3D modeling suite: Blender. Also covered are how to apply your shape keys in animations and in the game engine that your graphics will be running in.
In this video tutorial by Tasktutorial, learn how to make a paper scroll in Photoahop. Select the rounded rectangle tool and draw a shape similar to the shape shown. Open layer options. Go to gradient. Select the indicated gradient and delete the marker shown. Adjust the other markers as indicated and use the control+g shortcut to duplicate the layer. Position the shape as shown and using the pen tool draw the paper outline by clicking and holding to obtain the required shape. move the paper ...
This video goes through the steps needed to cook a hard boiled egg. Firstly, you will need to boil some water in a saucepan. You can then add the egg and boil for exactly 7 minutes; this will give you a slightly soft egg. Then, drain the water off and toss the egg around in the pan, which will crack the shell. Add some cold water to the pan and let the egg cool down, until you can pick it up. An easy way of peeling the egg is to roll it between your hand and a hard surface; you will now be ab...
Turn on your heart light!! Watch this instructional arts and crafts video to make a fabulous heart shaped lamp shade for Valentine's Day. You will need a heart shaped box of chocolates, a beaded curtain, duct tape, string, ribbon, and a lamp shade. So what are you waiting for? Craft this handmade heart light and impress the one you love.
Use everything you've ever learned about drawing inanimate objects to draw the human figure. You will need to use efficient lines and accurate perspective to draw a number of basic shapes that will come together in the shape of a human body. Watch this instructional drawing video to begin drawing figures in perspective. Even if you are not an expert at anatomy, you can calculate what simple shapes look like in perspective and carve back into the basic forms.
This sequence will show you new ways to think about your eyebrows and how to use Anastasia to make great looking eyebrows.
Watch this video to lean how to make a cool wave ring. Follow every step of measuring, sawing, annealing, soldering, sanding and buffing.
In After Effects, there are several effects that will help you to edit simple shapes into more complex images. Here is a procedure to create a spline that looks like a frosty or "icey" shape using a mask, stroke and distortion blur.
My favorite finishing touch to any dish is a tuile. Small, elegant, and simple—even its name makes it sound delicate. Tuiles are garnishes that are malleable when directly removed from the oven and crisp up as they cool down. I love them because they complement both savory and sweet dishes and can add a nice alternative texture to creamy dishes. Read on to learn how to transform this warm, workable dough into a variety of crispy, light accents.
Composite figures are composed of several geometric shapes and are three-dimensional shapes. The first composite shape is a combination of a rectangular prism and a pyramid. To find the volume of the entire shape you find the volume of each individual shape and add them together. The second figure consists of a cylinder and a hemisphere. Check out the video below for the full lesson.
You've got a great gift for your sweetheart on Valentine's Day. Awesome. Now, how are you going to present that lovely gift of yours? Wrapping paper? Cardboard box? Decorative bag? If any of those things are your answer—you're not trying hard enough.
In this video, we learn how to make an Escher-esque tessellation. Start with construction paper, then make an equilateral triangle onto it. Next, make a shape on one end of the triangle, making any shape you would like. Now cut your shape out, then trace it onto another piece of construction paper. After this, rotate the shape over on the second piece of paper, then trace it out again. The lines should match up equally. You will then have one side left, which you will use to make any shape yo...
Triangles, squares, pentagons, and hexagons? Crocheting projects often sound a lot like geometry class, with basic shapes being the foundation of all your knitting projects, whether beginner or advanced.
No two eyebrows and faces are the same, so why should you think that just one eyebrow shape looks the best? Each face shape demands eyebrows with a particular angle, curve, and length in order to look the most attractive.
La Carmina and her Scottish Fold cat, Basil Farrow, demonstrate how to make cute heart and star-shaped hard-boiled eggs... using bento molds from Japan!
Check out this DIY video tutorial from Curbly, the best place to share pictures of your home, find design ideas, and get expert home-improvement advice.
If you've ever nommed on a cake pop before, then we're betting that more likely than not your cake pop was a chubby, round mass of vanilla or red velvet cake. But you don't have to think so inside the box when it comes to cake pop shapes.
In this tutorial, we learn how to curl your hair perfectly with a flat iron. First, brush your hair out and then spray in some heat protector to all of it. From here, you will section your hair off into small sections and then heat up your iron. Now, clamp the iron to the root of the hair and then twist it 180 degrees. Slowly pull the iron down from the hair. The slower you pull the hair, the tighter the curl is going to be. When you release it, curl the hair with the finger and then move on....
In this gamer's guide, you'll learn how to use rail shaping in Shaun White Skateboarding for the Sony PlayStation 3. For all of the details, and to get started using the rail shape controls yourself, watch this video walkthrough.
In this gamer's guide, you'll learn how to use ground shaping when playing Shaun White Skateboarding for the PS3. For all of the details, and to get started using ground shaping yourself, watch this video walkthrough.
In this video, we learn how to make a simple paper airplane that flies far. First, fold the paper in half and make sure it's perfectly even. From here, unfold the paper and fold the edges into where the crease is. After this, do the same on the other side and make it perfectly even. Then, fold the side over to the middle again and do the same on the other side. Next, make sure the creases are solid and then fold it in half. Now, to make the wings you will fold one side down, putting the tip d...
Teach your young child about shapes! This tutorial shows you how to make a teacup out of rectangle shapes - both perfect and trapezoidal. All you need is some colored paper, glue and safety scissors (and markers or colored pencils to decorate your tea cup)
Balloons too, can be used to make complex geometrical shapes if aligned properly and made skillfully. For this video however, you would only need standard cylindrical shaped balloons.
In this clip, you'll learn how to make use of the ever-useful Shape Builder tool when doing design work in Adobe Illustrator CS4 or CS5. Whether you're new to Adobe's popular vector graphics editing software or a seasoned professional just looking to better acquaint yourself with the program and its various features and filters, you're sure to be well served by this video tutorial. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, watch this free video guide.
Are your hamburgers always falling apart on the grill? Does that meat ever even make it that far? Something could be wrong with your forming technique, and Chatelaine is here to show you how it's done. For a perfectly formed burger, make sure you even distribute you ingredients, mixing the meat with your hands or a fork. Try not to over-mix though, cause you will toughen your burger. Check out the rest of the tips in this video.
Dressing a plus-sized shape can seem difficult. However, if you dress correctly for your body type, you can easily look stunning! Make sure that you determine your body type, which is all about the proportions of your body.
