I'm a pretty faithful sketcher of still life, birds and landscapes. But I can NOT draw faces for the love of the sweet baby jesus. Seriously the average seven year old can render a more accurate version of a person. Please help me learn how to draw faces properly - techniques/books/youtube/anything welcome!
posted by everydayanewday
on Mar 20, 2013 -
14 answers
Looking for tips on interviewing a celebrity musician about his career to write liner notes for upcoming re-releases of his catalog.
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posted by hippybear
on May 24, 2012 -
10 answers
What are the best paints and other supplies for creating your own graphic tees/t-shirt art? Where can I buy the soft, plain tees for it?
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posted by sunnychef88
on Mar 16, 2012 -
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What are some ways to kick up my cooking skills and techniques? I need to add a little more variety.
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posted by stormygrey
on Mar 15, 2012 -
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MisterBen needs recommendations for a very specific kind of Indian cookbook – one that’s organized by technique, not by course or ingredient. Imagine if Alton Brown or Mark Bittman wrote an Indian cookbook. The idea is to learn reusable techniques and general concepts of what flavors are used together.
What he already has: Madhur Jaffrey’s classics, Raghavan Iyer’s “660 Curries”, and Vikas Khanna’s “Flavor First”, which are used as bibles. Almost all Indian ingredients can be found in our area, and he is comfortable at making his own masalas, so feel free to recommend books you might think of as advanced.
posted by matildaben
on Feb 6, 2012 -
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I would like to read blogs and other internet resources on the appreciation and production of music videos. What are some of your favourites?
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posted by ultrabuff
on Jan 13, 2011 -
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About 30 years ago, I had a cassette tape I used to help me go to sleep as an adolescent boy. It was relaxing music with an over-dub male vocal telling me to tense, then relax, muscle groups from my head to my toes. I would like to find it again now, to help my early teen daughter sleep. Does this ring a bell with anyone?
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posted by jwhowa
on Dec 29, 2010 -
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Please point me and my boyfriend to your best resources for vegan/vegetarian cooking instruction for absolute beginners.
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posted by ocherdraco
on Sep 14, 2010 -
21 answers
As part of an art project I'm trying to find out what substances and techniques can be used to deliberately deteriorate and decay raw unprimed canvas (no paint) or other materials (wood, plastic, wallpaper etc). Preferably I'm looking for something that can be put on to do its deteriorating work, then washed or somehow taken off again so that process of deterioration is stopped.
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posted by halcorp
on Aug 29, 2010 -
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I am getting married in a month. I'm not keeping my maiden name or taking my husband's name, but choosing something entirely new (although somewhat rooted in tradition). I am absolutely dreading having to explain this to 150 guests at my wedding in 150 conversations with each one. What should I do?
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 13, 2009 -
40 answers
What's your favorite technique for getting things done in the office. Answers to this question can span the topics of communication, psychology, politics, organization, time management, technology, etc.
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posted by jasondigitized
on Nov 6, 2008 -
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I was recently listening to Achtung Baby in the car again, and remembered how much I loved it, and a lot of it was because of the sound of the drums. So, how did U2 and Brian Eno get THAT sound on the drums in Achtung Baby? Anyone know any specific pieces of kit or techniques that they used? Mics used? Drum kits used? So on?
posted by geekhorde
on Sep 25, 2007 -
18 answers
Does anyone have any good tips for giving a kitten amoxicillin? It's in liquid form and pipette; I can't seem to bring myself to give her the dose the way the vet described; she's got to have 2 doses a day.
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posted by uncballzer
on Feb 20, 2007 -
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Do you have any favorite oblique strategy style things that are specific for the art you use them for? Like one sentence techniques that go around creative blocks and allow you to do great things?
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posted by Brainy
on Oct 11, 2006 -
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How do I clean and prepare a crab and its parts so that it becomes edible?
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posted by Jon-o
on Oct 7, 2005 -
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I'd like to build some furniture without advanced (or possibly any) woodworking skills. Say I wanted to make a basic chaise (seems easy enough) or a
Stokke Ekstrem knockoff (harder.) What are some easy ways to put together some just-for-me modern furniture? For example, you can put together some simple stuff with PVC tubing, but it isn't very attractive and isn't that versatile. Are there easier materials/techniques to work with?
posted by callmejay
on Feb 9, 2005 -
9 answers
Any horse handicappers here? What are your favorite techniques? Which race
factors do you tend to zero in on? What sort of
betting strategy or angles do you employ? Do you parlay? hedge? do straight tickets? dabble in the exotics? play it ultra-conservative? do birthdates?
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posted by RavinDave
on Jul 6, 2004 -
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SexFilter: Chaps, how do you postpone the little death? An intriguing office discussion (sparked by a picture of Margaret Thatcher) has brought out the most amazing answers to this...
(Ladies you can play too, although I guess the question is how do you hurry it along?)
posted by bonaldi
on Jul 4, 2004 -
41 answers
OK, I'm trying to write my latest masterpiece, and I'm doing everything but... Any tips on writing routines? Not blocked, as such. Plain lazy is a definite possibility. But seriously, anybody have a fail-safe way to get up in the morning and get going?
posted by klaatu
on Apr 14, 2004 -
21 answers
