Step-by-Step Guide: Using a Caliper for Precise Measurements

Modeling to Scale In order to model something to scale, you first need the right tools to do so. For larger objects, things like tape measures and rulers work fine. But when trying to measure something smaller and more precise, a tool called a caliper works best. In this tutorial, I will show you howContinue reading “Step-by-Step Guide: Using a Caliper for Precise Measurements”

Landscape Painting Tutorial

Before you start working with watercolors, it’s good to know that when working with watercolors, you always want to start with light and go dark instead of doing the opposite. If you start dark and just so happen to make a mistake, it’s going to be much harder to fix that mistake by simply coveringContinue reading “Landscape Painting Tutorial”

Fresh Cuts: Baseboards

“Measure once, cut once” Ever wondered how to cut a baseboard? In this thread I’m explaining my measure and angle techniques. Step 1. First I need to make an interior miter cut at 45 degrees to fit in my other baseboard (Example 2). Before I do that I need to change my “chop saw” toContinue reading “Fresh Cuts: Baseboards”

So you wanna be better at painting?

We all know that painting isn’t the easiest thing to do. We see paintings in museums or on the internet and we think – “Man… I wish I could do that.” Well, it’s actually not as hard as it seems. Most of us have painted to some degree, at some point, in our lives butContinue reading “So you wanna be better at painting?”