Painting is one of the easiest and most effective ways to revitalize or redecorate a room, and walls will inevitably be the largest portion of the room that is painted. But before you pry off the lid on a gallon of paint, it's important to do some preparation and have a plan of attack for how you'll

Printing is the reproduction of text and images on paper. It is usually done in large scale for books, newspapers and magazines by using a printing press, which was invented in the 15th century and is still the primary method of publishing to paper.

Undertones make painting easier by creating shadows and light to overcoats of color. They act as a foundation. Skin, fur and feathers are best underpainted. Hair is often done by underpainting parts of it first. This method takes shading to a much easier-to-handle level of painting. Grisaille (proun

Thermal tracking stains are results of dirt and soot collecting on your walls. One way this can happen is if you frequently light a fire in your fireplace or burn scented candles. These activities release soot particles into the air.

Every Christmas children leave a plate of cookies and a glass of milk for Santa Claus in eager anticipation for him to come down the chimney and deliver their presents. Carrying presents all around the world is a hard job, but luckily Santa has the support of his wife Mrs. Claus, who waits at home f

Eyes in a painting can come alive when they appear to have a luminous quality. Anyone can achieve this technique with practice. Experienced painters may begin by painting the face and eyes, but less experienced painters or beginners, should always sketch out the face before painting. This will allow

Oil pastels are composed of pigments, wax and oil. They typically come in the form of sticks and are used for drawing. When you draw with oil pastels, the texture that they have on paper is smooth and shiny. However, sometimes they can be messy and it is possible to stain the tile floor while trying

Just as the name implies, log homes are constructed of stacked tree trunks. Although log homes can be left in their natural wood state, staining them seals the wood and protects it against pests, UV damage and moisture. Before you stain a log home, the logs must be properly cleaned to remove dirt an

Instead of using a shiny glaze, watercolor glazing involves layering one color thinly over another to achieve a third color. Artists use this technique to create shading, patterns and new colors. You can glaze watercolors yourself, but it takes time and practice. You must prepare the paint pro

Megumi Seki as Ayumi Yamada in Honey and Clover (Hachimitsu to Kuroba), the movie from VIZ Pictures. Honey and Clover is a live-action Japanese romantic comedy based on the shojo manga series by Chica Umino, starring Yu Aoi, Sho Sakurai and Yusuke Iseya.

Relief ink prints are made by carving into the smooth side of a wood block or piece of printmaking linoleum. The areas of the image that are carved away remain white in the print. The raised areas are inked with a tool called a brayer and create the image. Relief printing is one of the least complic

Conductive silicone adhesive is a type of adhesive that will carry an electrical current. These adhesives are often used in electric circuits and similar objects where adhesive is necessary, but you need current to pass through. Graphite is a conductive material as well. Adding it to silicone adhesi

If your electric baseboard heaters stand out from the rest of your home, you can help them to blend in better by coating them with the appropriate type of paint. Because baseboard heaters are metallic, they are ill-suited for adhesion. You must coat the heaters with a special type of primer, or they

Learning anything on your own can be challenging because you do not have a teacher to help you when you make mistakes. Drawing can be especially difficult when you do not understand why your sketch looks nothing like you thought it would. That is why learning visually makes a great alternative for a

Pastels were initially used to lay color in initial sketches. The pastels were made from the same pigments as oils. As oils have been found to cause health problems, many of the ingredients have changed. This has made painting in any medium much safer today than it was in the days of such artists as

See preview pages from the English language edition of the revamped January 2011 issue of Shonen Jump Magazine, published by VIZ Media. See photos, pages and manga previews including descriptions of Yura: Rise of the Yokai Clan, Psyren and Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's.