Art Fun Cheap

Shrink plastic is used commercially for many purposes. Stacks of boxes are sometimes shrink-wrapped for easier storage and transport. Gift baskets are often covered with decorative shrink-plastic film. Disposable plastic drink cups are made from it, too.
Someone accidentally shrinking the clear top of a delicatessen container is said to have led to the invention […]

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Sometimes you want more than the normal flat watercolor or acrylic colors. Daniel Smith, for example, offers lovely interference (changeable, depending on angle of view), metallic, and irridescent/pearly colors. But what if you just want to try such colors without investing in professional-quality paints?
You can buy inexpensive ones. Or you can make your own. […]

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