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Advice on keeping koi carp healthy and happy.

Because as a draftsman everything you draw must be drawn accurately to some scale, it is essential that you become thoroughly familiar with scale drawing.

273: Be Ready For Your Closeup

We're all familiar with the poker face and the overactive face. A poker face is all right for playing poker and an overactive face is fine for the life-of-the-party. But neither is much help to the actor. A poker face transmits nothing at all, and an overactive face soon becomes a meaningless blur.

274: Two Easy-to-Make Hats

Here are two easy to make hats: a starched lace hat and a crownless brim hat. Both are attractive and will be a pleasure to wear.

275: Avoid Common Painting Mistakes

There are some important factors you must remember if you are to become a successful portrait painter.

276: Choosing The Right Underlining Fabric

AN UNDERLINING of firm, lightweight, pre-shrunk fabric is used to back a section of a garment, or the complete garment, depending on design and fabric. Most fabrics, such as soft silks, matt jersey, wool jersey, woolens, lace, fine cottons, linen and knit fabrics, should be underlined for good fit and shape retention.

277: Watercolor Painting For Beginners

There are times when one is struck, by a breath-taking scene that may never be encountered again. Should you lack a camera in such a situation, put your pencil to use and do a quick sketch of the scene with detailed pencil notes about the actual color.

278: What You Need to Start Knitting

Learn everything you need to know about knitting. Get started today in this fun, time-honored hobby.

279: The Art of Stamp Collecting

Few hobbies are as widespread as stamp collecting. There's a huge variety of stamps, and it is a relatively inexpensive collectable, making it accessible to anyone. Find out here how to get started in this fascinating hobby.

280: Start Your Own Sword Collection

Start your own sword collection! Learn how to buy and care for these beautiful pieces of art and history.

281: Creative Homemade Christmas Cards

If there's anything that brings out the creative urge in us, it's Christmas. A Christmas card with a photograph of our family is usually the first kind of handmade card we think of, and rightly so; it's intimate and unique. No one else can send it, nor would we send it to anyone except warm friends and relatives.

282: Digital Camera Ratings For Kodak Easyshare Digital Cameras

Kodak is a trusted name in cameras, and the Kodak Easyshare digital camera line is one of their most popular products. These are great point and shoot cameras that many people really love.

283: Race Cars Are Fun For Kids

Every kid dreams of having a racing car. Little boys would especially love to drive a race car. There are various types of race cars that are manufactured for the kids.

284: Digital Camera Best Buys

Most of the top rated camera brands offer a value priced model that is affordable for everyone. Here is a look at some digital camera best buys.

285: Ashton Drake Dolls As Collectibles

Real looking Ashton Drake dolls have found a dedicated group of buyers who collect them as a hobby and collectibles.

286: Voyage Of Dolls From Wood To Silicone

Dolls have a special place in the memory of almost every girl child. Now, with the advent of technology and creativity, they have become popular with adults as well.

287: How Does Online Bingo Work?

Online bingo sites guide

288: How To Be A Horrible Singer

Learn what horrible singing is all about so that you can sing beautifully.

289: Sculpting A Human Figure

There are many sculptures which can be made from clay. Here are instructions to make a human figure using coil construction.

290: Oil Painting for Beginners

Once you have selected your canvas or panel and set your palette, you have only to pick up some color on your brush or knife and begin to paint. It's as simple as that. Of course, how you hold your brush or knife and the manner in which you apply paint to canvas can make a very great difference in the kind of picture you will paint.

291: How To Get Started In The Great Sport Of Fishing

Tips and information on how to get started fishing. Neccessary equipment for fishing. How to cast, what kind of equipment is needed. Tieing knots, bait, fishing poles, fishing reels

292: Make Your Furniture Shine

There are two general types of finishes for furniture, classified according to whether they are transparent or opaque. The transparent finishes, designed to bring out the natural beauty of the wood are oil, water, and spirit stains, rubbed oil and wax finishes, shellacs, varnishes, and clear lacquer. The opaque coatings include paint and lacquer enamels.

293: How To Make Your Own Corsage

Flowers not only beautify our surroundings, but have a great tendency to lift our spirit and brighten our appearance if we wear them. They are a principle accent in our attire for many occasions. A bride would look empty handed without her bouquet. There is a special glow in the eyes of a teenager when she receives her first corsage from a beau.

294: Learning How to Bet on Sporting Events

The number one rule to betting on anything whether a sporting event or not, is to never bet more than your budget allows. Once you have figured this out and put it to good use, the learning process becomes that much easier.

295: Chess Rules: Learn The Rules Of The Road

In chess, rules play a very important part in making sure the game is both engaging and fairly played. They need to be uniformly followed regardless of where the game is played.

296: Sharpening Tools, The Importance Of A Keen Edge

All metal edges that are used for cutting need to be sharpened at some point for them to retain there edge, no amount of technology will ever change that. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, before man even discovered that he could obtain metal from ore he realised that his tools needed to have a keen edge to obtain best results.

297: Scrapbooking: From Hobby to Business

You know that you love scrapbooking as a hobby, but have you ever considered scrapbooking full time, as a business? Statistics show that the most successful businesses are those in which the owner of the company thoroughly loves and enjoys what they do

298: From Photo Albums to Scrapbooks

If you have ever wondered how scrapbooks began you are not alone. Most people are familiar with the photo album and understand that once the camera enabled people to have their own photos, these photos were stored and organized in a sensible manner. However, scrapbooks are a bit more detailed than photo albums.

299: The Beauty of Garden Fountains

Just a few of the benefits from a garden fountain.

300: Building the Best Koi Pond

A description of the tools and tricks of the trade needed to build a good Koi pond.

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