1. Prep correctly and take the time to sand. No need to sand it to the bare wood with an electric sander. A 5 – 10 minute going over with medium grit sandpaper on a sanding block will do the trick. It can never hurt and will only help with adhesion. Sanding briefly over the surf...
As time goes on, with most cannabis strains the pistils start to curl in and darken. These hairs turn yellow, red, or brown, or even purple or pink, depending partially on the strain, and partially on growing conditions. A general rule of thumb is to harvest when 50-75% of the ...
Neon signs are retro and cool, but not everyone has the tools to blow glass and safely handle neon gasses at home. In this step by step tutorial, we show you how to make a neon sign in Photoshop, which is both quicker and safer.
that has a foul smelling residue which is colloquially referred to as the “skunk smell“. They’re small, hobbling creatures that scare very easily. Instead of running away like most prey animals, these guys rear their hind quarters to threaten any animal that might think of it as food ...
the tiny nymphs emerge to begin their life. The nymphs generally resemble the adult in appearance and behavior, but, are smaller, do not have wings or wing pads, and frequently have a somewhat different color. Newly molted nymphs are white, but will darken to the normal color within a few...
However, you can’t just use a super small aperture like f/22 for every photo, even if it gives you more depth of field. On one hand, apertures like this darken your photos quite a bit; they start to be impractical unless you use a tripod or a flash. But beyond that, small apertu...
The completed cat portrait. A great deal more graphite has been added to darken the background, using a 7b pencil using small circular strokes to build up a dense fill. Short pencil strokes against the direction of fur growth have been used to build up fur texture, smoothed along the direc...
Create a curves layer and darken it so it looks like a shadow. Do this for both legs in the front. Flatten your layers and save your new file. Reflection Shadow Furniture-Reflection Shadow<fromPixelzonVimeo. Duplicate the chair layer so you have two layers of the same image. ...
power to negotiate, do what you can to get them to sell to you even though their electronic registers do not operate. By all means, offer merchants $20 for a loaf of bread or a brick of cheese if you must. They will think you are crazy, but in a few ...
I used a black enamel paint to darken the etched area. I cured the magless at 325* for 45 minutes. I polished the cooled tiles. I like stronger and darker powders in combination. This technique reminds me of paper marbling in terms of making patterns. It has many possibilities. Pt 4 ...