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How To: Make a professional surface cast mold

This video covers creating a detailed professional surface cast mold for creating mechanical parts. Ideal for working on medium-sized projects, this process of pouring a high quality material around a lower quality core creates a highly accurate, yet economical part. This process can be used in automotive, mechanical, fine art and film special effects uses.

How To: Make rigid molds with fast-cast urethane

This excellent detailed video demonstrates how to create rigid molds with a fast cast urethane. Ideal for smaller models/molds with a flat side, fast-cast urethanes are widely used for their ease of use, low cost, and quick de-mold times. However, their use requires careful application of release agents. This process can be used in automotive, mechanical, fine art and film special effects uses.

How To: Make a urethane rubber mold

This video illustrates in great detail how to create a perfect urethane rubber mold. Urethane Rubber molds are widely used when a flexible mold material is required and a more expensive or less abrasion-resistant silicone rubber is not desired. However, their use requires careful application of release agents. This process can be used in automotive, mechanical, fine art and film special effects uses.

How To: Mass cast complex parts with a parting line

Check out this detailed video that covers how to mass cast an object with no flat sides. This video is only for very experienced mold makers or the particularly ambitious. When mass casting a part without a flat side, you must create a two-part mold. We create a two-part silicone rubber mold with a clean parting line and then cast the part with Repro. This process can be used in automotive, mechanical, fine art and film special effects uses.

How To: Make a Physiogram & photograph it

The Photo 101 podcast explains how to make Physiograms with a flashlight & photograph it.

How To: Make a Polaroid transfer

Photography 101 podcast discusses alternative processes and demonstrates how to do Polaroid transfers onto watercolor paper.

How To: Do infrared photography

Watch this Photo 101 podcast on how to do infrared photography.

How To: Draw Boba Fett from Star Wars

Easy to follow step by step instructions for drawing the Star Wars character Boba Fett.

How To: Make mosaic pots with Rosie O'Donnell & Wynonna Judd

Springtime is just around the corner so get a jump-start by creating your own mosaic flowerpots! Enjoy this fun blast from the past as Rosie O'Donnell, Bobby and Wynonna Judd demonstrate how to turn a regular clay pot into a mosaic work of art in this craft segment from The Rosie O’Donnell Show. Make mosaic pots with Rosie O'Donnell & Wynonna Judd.

How To: Pin a toga

A step-by-step instructional video starring Patricia Fahie, Kirsten Pearson, and Elsje Dijkman. Tie a toga correctly and you'll be oh so fashionable whether you're in ancient Rome or the college quad.

How To: Make a toga out of a sheet for a female

How to make a toga for a female. Easy step by step instructions on how to get a great looking toga for your forthcoming toga party.

How To: Draw a squid with sumi-e ink

Watch this Japanese ink brush demonstration to learn the technique used to draw a squid. The transparency of the squid is expressed by oozing black ink over lighter black strokes. Add ten legs, also known as parapodia. Don't forget the oozing.

How To: Draw a tiger with sumi-e ink

This Japanese brush painting demonstration shows the technique used to draw a suibokuga tiger in sumi-e ink.

How To: Draw small flowers with sumi-e ink step by step

This Japanese brush painting demonstration shows the technique used to draw small flowers using sumi-e ink and a brush. Pay careful attention to the line. Balance is important.

How To: Draw a rose with sumi-e ink

Watch this Japanese ink painting demonstration to learn the technique used to draw a rose with sumi-e ink.

How To: Draw bamboo with sumi-e ink

Watch this Japanese ink painting demonstration to learn the technique used to draw bamboo with sumi-e ink. Create bamboo using straight strokes. Five leaves are drawn with one single brush of ink.

How To: Draw sumi-e ink grapes

Watch this Japanese brush painting demonstration to learn the technique used to draw grapes. One brush of ink is used to draw one group of grapes. The leaf and branch displays a gradation that adds shade and light.

How To: Draw sumi-e ink bird & maple leaves

This Japanese brush painting demonstration shows the technique used to draw sumi-e ink maple leaves and a bird.

How To: Digitally paint Bill Murray in Photoshop

Illustrator/Character designer Joe Bluhm talks about his process and philosophy as he paints a caricature of Bill Murray (as Steve Zissou from the Wes Anderson film "The Life Aquatic...") as part of an illustration for a Canadian Pop Culture Magazine called the Naked Eye (available in USA, as well). Using Adobe Photoshop, Joe renders the face in very little time to demonstrate his approach to an entirely digital painting, with a cartoony and loose feel to the art.

How To: Digitally photograph lightning

How to take pictures with your digital camera of lightning. What settings must be used on your camera to avoid noise. Also if you have noisy long exposures how to remove the junk in Photoshop.

How To: Do gelatin plate printing with natural dyes

Watch this four part series to learn how to make a gelatin plate and print with it. Great printmaking lesson for beginners!

How To: Draw Angelina Jolie

Make your celebrity drawing pencil real. Show you how to draw Angelina Jolie in a step-by-step course.

How To: Master the techniques in water color painting

Demonstrated by expert artists, it is a comprehensive guide to all the basic skills and materials needed to paint a wide range of popular subjects, and packed with practical hints and tips.

How To: Paint on glass

Demonstrated by experts in the craft, it is full of practical hints and tips, as well as giving a guide to all the basic skills and materials that are needed to complete a range of stunning projects based on plain glass items.

How To: Stretch watercolor paper

This video will show you how to stretch watercolor paper using the traditional methods.

How To: Embellish fabric with paint sticks

Transform any fabric in minutes by using paint sticks to transfer a surface texture to the cloth. Watch as Laura Murray shows you how to use surface rubbings over a textured surface to create original and creative fashions.

How To: Choose the aperture setting on your camera

This video shows you step by step how to choose the aperture to produce drastically different effects. The is the opening by which light enters your camera.

How To: Paint a harbour-side scene with acrylics

Part 1 of a three part video showing how to paint a tranquil harbourside scene in acrylics. Part 1 deals with the composition and tonal values. Part 2 continues by adding the base colours and developing aerial perspective. Part 3 concludes with the details and highlights.

How To: Build a multi-color stringer for making glass beads

This two part video shows you how to build a multi-color stringer for making beads for lampworking glass necklaces.

How To: Set up a pocket wizard system and use mixed lighting

Mark Wallace shows how to set up a pocket wizard system and use mixed lighting for photography.

How To: Use lighting in a three part set up for photography

Mark Wallace explains how to use basic lighting principles and lighting equipment to set up a three light set up.

How To: Use lighting equipment for photography

Mark Wallace explains the use of lighting equipment (grip, light modifiers, and light sources). Part 1 of 3 - How to Use lighting equipment for photography.

How To: Use a light meter

Mark Wallace explains how to use a light meter, how it works (incident and reflective meters), and what type to purchase. Use this for still or motion cameras.

How To: Use the basic principles of lighting in photography

Mark Wallace explains the basic principles of light and how it relates to photography.

How To: Use flash photography

Mark Wallace explains shutter speed, sync speed, and key shifting by explaining basic flash photography.

How To: Set up butterfly lighting for photography

Mark Wallace explains how to set up butterfly lighting (AKA Glamour Lighting; AKA Paramount Lighting)with three light sources. This video shows a nice soft lighting underneath the nose. Used if you want to create a strong powerful look, or if your subject has strong cheekbones or jawline. This type of lighting was used in the filming of "Sin City".