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Arts 

Arts > Calligraphy

• HowTo get started with calligraphy.  Everything you need to know about calligraphy including guidance on the least expensive way to get started, seems to be provided at the virtual Known World Scriptorium.

Arts > Computer Graphics

• HowTo adopt a globe. Cute and pretty animated web graphics version of the snow globe. Free to download and post on your website in exchange for a link back to JMD Globes. Here is the one I chose for Valentine's Day.

Arts > Digital Imaging

• HowTo do digital imaging.  Kodak's Digital Learning Center Free online courses, tips, activities and projects. Very nice resource.
  
• HowTo make a cartoon from a photo.  Visit the Kodak online playground. They provide several sample pictures for you to check out their cartoonizer as a guest. If you sign up as a member, (its free) you can upload your own pictures to cartoonize or enhance using this terrific resource.
  

Arts > Drawing

• HowTo draw pencil portraits.  Discover How You Too Can Draw Lifelike Pencil Portraits by Paul Wilkinson at Celebrity Portraits. Excellent tutorial covering materials, gridding, blending, shading and drawing methods. This site was number one on Spa Search's Top 100 Drawing Sites and it's easy to see why. The author has numerous examples of celebrity portraits he's drawn on the site as well.
  

Arts > Music Lessons 

• HowTo learn to play guitar.  Cyberfret College has free online guitar lessons using " video, audio, MIDI, tablature, pictures...what ever it takes to get you playing the guitar as fast as possible" This terrific site is presented by Shawn Bradshaw a professional private guitar teacher with extensive training and experience.
  
• HowTo learn to play guitar in the Metallica style.  Guitallica how to play guitar in the Metallica style -primers and tutorials from beginner level up. Tutorials use Metallica songs in their exercises. You will also find a nice glossary of guitar terms, a sheet music search engine and the latest Metallica news and links.
  

Arts > Painting

• HowTo do Micro pointillism.  Free online crash course by Stephen Goodfellow who invented the medium in 1977.
  

Arts > Photography

• HowTo take great pictures of holiday lights. Tutorial from the New York Institute of Photography.
  
• HowTo make good photographs.  Free online photography course from Agfa Photography, (updated always on the second week of the month) by pro photographer Michael Nischke, author of "Photographer's Laboratory Handbook".
  
• HowTo do black and white photography.  The B&W Lab Course - another free online photography course from Agfa Photography by pro photographer Michael Nischke, author of "Photographer's Laboratory Handbook".
  

Arts > Photography > Film making.

• How to make your own printing device for your 8mm film. The author says it "is simple and inexpensive".

Arts > Poetry

• HowTo write Haiku. The Process of Composing Your Own HAIKU A Lesson Plan to introduce HAIKU by David McMurray There didn’t appear to be a link from this page to the rest of the site, so this link will take you to their home page. The Shiki Haiku Salon.
  

Arts > Stained Glass 

• HowTo  repair stained glass in place. Repairing Stained Glass In-Place - by Arthur J. Femenella.
  
• HowTo get free stained glass patterns.  This page has several very nice patterns for stained glass that you can print out. Permission is given by the various artists for two printouts or photocopies for personal use. Those from Glass Patterns Quarterly have instructions also.
  

Arts > Writing 

• How To write an ad.  This article gives you a formula for writing good ads with clear explanations of how to use the formula. There's even a link for placing a free ad.
  
• HowTo revise and improve your essays. See also this handout from the Writing Center 
  
• HowTo write essays.  Basic Guide to Essay Writing by Kathy Livingston. Great refresher course. if you're feeling a little rusty. 
  
• HowTo Write Well.  If you are looking for a writing course with a personal tutor, write 101 has just that. This writing course was put together by an Australian English teacher with 20 years of experience. You can do the course at home at your own pace and the site promises answers to your e-mail messages within 24 hours. 6 tutorials will cost you $150. USD. Check out the free sample lesson and see what you think.
  

Arts > Writing > Historical Fiction 

• HowTo  .  "Researching the Historical Novel" by Sara Smith, best-selling author of The Vanished Child and The Knowledge of Water. This article outlines the strategies that she uses when researching her own writing.
  

Crafts

Crafts > Bath and Beauty

• HowTo make bath and beauty products.  This page has Energizing Bath recipes for Cinnamon Apple Bath Mix Oatmeal and Milk Bath Mix, Soothing Anytime Home Facials for various skin types and Soothing Honey Skin Cream.

Crafts > Candle making

• HowTo make candles. Visit the Melting Pot to learn all about making candles - layered, chunk, ice, water, appliqué, tart, tie dye, whipped, cake, scented, votives, and more. There's also advice on figuring your costs and a candle making message board.
  

Crafts > Ceramics and Pottery

• HowTo create pottery.  A beginners guide to the art of ceramics an illustrated step-by-step tutorial by John Hester at JHPottery.

Crafts > Christmas Crafts 

• HowTo Make a Stuffed Snowman. Very cute, very easy. Instructions include a photo of the finished ornaments
  
• HowTo Make a Potpourri Christmas Stocking. Very pretty, very easy. Instructions include a photo of the finished ornaments
  

Crafts > Doll making 

• HowTo make an angel doll.  You will love this adorable free angel doll pattern and instructions at Sisters and Daughters Inc.
  
• HowTo make a baby Bildgewater Bedbug.  Kelly Lynn Smith's Bildgewater Bedbug is so cute you'll have an irresistible urge to create your own immediately. Free pattern from Dollmaker's Journey 
  
• HowTo make a soft Indian girl doll with foxes.  Free full size pattern for this unique and beautiful soft doll also designed by Arlene.
  
• HowTo make a wall angel.  Full size pattern and instructions for a lovely artistic and graceful wall angel designed by Marilyn Nicholson for Dollmaker's Journey.
  
• HowTo make Hope angel ornaments.  These ornaments designed by Arlene are made from old t-shirts and the results are extraordinary. Full size patterns and carefully illustrated instructions including step-by-step diagrams for modeling the facial features.
  

Crafts > Flower Arranging  

• HowTo arrange flowers - Ikebana arrangements in transparent container.  Mini Workshop covers the use of an I shaped flower holder called a komi for arranging cut flowers in a transparent container. Photos of several arrangements. Provided by Ikeban International a non-profit cultural organization. Visit the home page for more information and resources on Ikebana.
  
• HowTo do Ikebana flower arrangements in glass containers.  Illustrated article describing various options (including crystals and solder) for supporting the stems of your cut flowers in an attractive way. Provided by Ikeban International a non-profit cultural organization.

Crafts > Needlework > Crochet

• HowTo Crochet. Crochet Tutorial at the Crochet Musings web site for those who want to learn to crochet and to those looking to refresh their skills. Diagrams given for left and right hand. You will also find free patterns, project exchanges, member project photos, and even crochet poetry.
  

Crafts > Needlework > Crossstitch

• HowTo do counted cross-stitch.  Counted Cross Stitch for Beginners - a guide to teaching yourself counted cross stitch. Very nice tutorial giving instructions for beginning and fancy cross stitch as well as some info on creating cross stitch projects from works of art. The first lesson contains a description of the supplies you will need plus glossary of terms.
  
• HowTo get incredibly cute and beautiful cross stitch charts.  And purchase incredibly beautiful charts designed by Donna Vermillion Giampa. Really exceptional designs. If you find the midi music irritating remember you can turn down your volume or mute it by clicking the speaker icon on your task bar.
  
• HowTo start a round robin crossstitch craft project.  Or HowTo get others to work on your crossstitch projects.  "How a Round Robin Works" article with pictures. (A round robin is a group of stitchers who work on each other's projects.)
  

Crafts > Quick and Easy

• HowTo create fridge magnets.  Tons of free patterns in a variety of mediums including plastic canvas, knitting, crochet dried fruit and more.

Crafts > Recycling

• HowTo make just about any old Mac into an aquarium.  "Dr. Webster's Guide to the MacQuarium" Now this guy has a great sense of humor. If you have more than one old Mac laying around (and assuming its of no use to someone else) you can also make a Mac Table, or a Mac Planter.
  

Crafts > Soap making

• HowTo make cold press soap from scratch. Step by Step Beginner's Guide at the Soap and Toiletry Makers Resource Website Beginners yes. Kids no. Lye is used to make soap and is very caustic. Be advised that this is not a kids craft. For the faint-hearted, professional soap makers are listed by locations worldwide. You will find lots of additional information, recipes and resources around this site.
  
• HowTo make soap.  Elaine White, author of "Soap Recipes" ("the only soap making book for home crafters written in cooperation with professional chemists!" ) If you've never made soap before this is the place to start. Elaine provides lots of free online instruction and recipes for soap making. 
  
• HowTo make soap in a blender.  Another HowTo by Elaine White. This one is not for beginners but for the experienced soap maker Elaine says this is the easiest and quickest way to make soap!
  
  

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Hobbies

Hobbies > Beer

• How To brew beer.  John Palmer's free online book "How To Brew" covering the basics of home brewing. "Brewing is an art as well as a science...but this is a science that you can taste. "
  
• HowTo Taste Beer.  Beer Tasting Notes submitted by William Woolmer of the BeerTimes website in Australia.
  
• HowTo make use of your beer coaster collection.  101 Uses For Beer Coasters  Crafty suggestions submitted by William Woolmer at BeerTimes in Australia
  

Hobbies > Costumes & Makeup

• HowTo make a latex monster mask.  This tutorial at monstermakers.com goes over all the basic steps in creating a latex monster mask, from sculpting and molding to painting. Next check out the really excellent 4 page painting demo by Arnold Goldman.
  

Hobbies > Electronics

• HowTo build a better mouse trap.  Beat a path to Ohmslaw for this electronics tutorial. Downloadable program and source code provided.
  
• HowTo build a robot for almost nothing. by Fran Gordon at Ohmslaw.com  I knew nothing about electronics when I went to this page, but after going through the instructions and looking at the step by step photos, I found myself digging through my junk for the parts to make one myself. At the end of the tutorial you can download free software so you can control it from your computer. Excellent! 
  
• HowTo build a small robot. (SmallBot)  Templates, pictures, and step-by-step instructions for building a 5 1/2 inch 2 level robot with an on-board computer at Reconn's World. 
  
• HowTo design and build your own subwoofer.  Five basic types of subwoofers systems are covered in this DIY  (Do-It-Yourself) tutorial written by Brian Steele. The entire site is downloadable for personal use and a forum is provided for questions on the subject.
  
• HowTo learn basic Electronics.  Electronics: An Online Guide for Beginners. There are other electronics resources on the net but this is the place to start. They cover a wide range of subjects beginners need to know and here is a forum for asking questions. Another great ThinkQuest site put together by students.
  

Hobbies > Prospecting 

• HowTo pan for gold.  Gold Panning Technique This page tells you howto, check the rest of the site for where tos and whereas information.
  

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