Sentences with phrase «effect by painting»

Shannon Carroll created a DIY faux rug effect by painting directly onto the hardwood floor of her entryway.

You can achieve the same effect by painting horizontal stripes on plain walls.

Achieve a similar effect by painting existing wooden or vinyl flooring or by covering the floor with a large striped rug.

You could also do a two - tone effect by painting the base one color and the doors a shade darker or lighter.

Give wooden stools a dipped effect by painting them in two shades.

Not exact matches

Well I don't know about you, but I can't look at a painting masterpiece unless it's accompanied by cool digital effects that only the most accomplished high schooler can do.

As a skilful cook says of a dish in which there are already a great many ingredients: «It still needs just a little pinch of cinnamon» (and we perhaps could hardly tell by the taste that this little pinch of spice had been added, but she knew precisely why and precisely how it affected the taste of the whole mixture); as an artist says with a view to the color effect of a whole painting which is composed of many, many, colors: «There and there, at that little point, it needs a touch of red» (and we perhaps could hardly even discover the red, so carefully has the artist shaded it, although he knows exactly why it should be introduced).

The new regulations take effect Feb. 10 under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, which was passed by Congress last year in response to widespread recalls of products that posed a threat to children, including toys made with lead or lead - based paint.

Like the phrase «mad as a hatter,» which was caused by mercury toxicity, another, «crazy as a painter,» referred to the toxic effects of lead in paint.

If you live in pre 1978 housing, it is important to safeguard the children in your home or apartment from suffering the damaging effects of lead poisoning, by keeping the home clean and keeping painted surfaces intact.

If scientists can get a good handle on exactly how the thermal effects play out, they could steer a threatening asteroid into a safe orbit just by painting parts of its surface black (to absorb heat) or white (to reflect).

Jackson Pollock, for instance, used drums of World War II surplus paints for his splashiest effects, and he often added texture by mixing in things such as cigarette butts.

Thus, as Lightning McQueen races, the track lights and neon signs reflect off of his red paint, and that red glow can now reflect in a puddle as he passes, which alters the color of the car next to him — all without the animators needing to render these effects «by hand» from scene to scene.

THE WATERCOLOR EFFECT In this illusion by Italian vision scientist Baingio Pinna, a thin, orange contour adjacent to a darker purple contour casts an orange tint over long distances — as though a watery paint was filling in the gaps between the orange lines [see «Illusory Color and the Brain,» by John S. Werner, Baingio Pinna and Lothar Spillmann; SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, March 2007].

to «never judge a paint pot by its label» or words to that effect?

DIOR HOMME skinny jeans by Hedi Slimane come in a light weight gray stretch cotton canvas with all over marbled distressed paint effect.

In fact during almost every sequence of rock spurting action I was impressed by the effects which also included some good model work and good matte paintings of the mountain.

by Walter Chaw A cacophonous mess of misguided revisionism and misplaced emphasis, Simon Wells's (and an uncredited Gore Verbinski's) updating of H.G. Wells's poli - sci - fi schlock masterpiece The Time Machine is a miasmic disaster, a sinkhole of shrug - worthy special effects, matte paintings, relentless music, and dangling plotlines and motivations.

The challenge might as handily have been provoked by numerous interpersonal events of a more explicitly private nature (but these lack the cachet of apparent social comment); for the most compelling relationships in the film and the narrative turns they generate are satisfyingly free of 1:1, paint - by - the - numbers cause and effect.

Players connect matching colored squares by dragging lines across the correct number of spaces, which in effect paints pretty pixelated pictures.

As such, where he allowed his actors to do almost all of the heavy lifting in The Conjuring, notably an award - worthy turn by Lili Taylor that was never given the recognition it deserved, here he gets obsessed with painting a lot of nonsensical visuals utilizing some rather shaky CGI effects.

Eugenio Zanetti's production design, Eduardo Serra's cinematography, and the spectacular special effects supervised by Ellen M. Somers paint a wildly imaginative vision of the afterlife.

Animals paints a convincingly bleak picture of the suffering side effects brought on by drug dependence, which is supplemented by a sulky original score from Ian Hultquist (of Passion Pit).

Special effects are asked to behave like character, motivation, and narrative while the actors paid exorbitant amounts to caper by themselves before a blue screen do their best not to cackle like Snidely Whiplash making off with burlap bags that have dollar signs painted on them.

Darren Aronofsky's preoccupation with paranoid, physically grotesque searches for meaning — a curious mix of deep - think and makeup effects that goes back to his black - and - white debut feature, Pi — grimly paints humanity as a species defined by obsessions, addictions, delusions, and self - destruction, its only prophets being madmen.

Audio Commentary by Director Paul Schrader / Interviews: «Cat People: An Intimate Portrait» by Paul Schrader (25:20) + Filmmaker Robert Wise on the producer of the original 1942 Cat People, Val Lewton (3:32) / Featurettes: Vintage «On The Set» with Director Paul Schrader (10:20) + Special Makeup effects by Tom Burman (11:13) / Stills of Cat People Matte Paintings + 67 Production Photographs / Theatrical trailer for «Cat People»

87,000 actual miles, powered by a V8 LS 5.7 - liter engine, automatic transmission, factory ground effects, factory chrome Z28 wheels, tan leather interior with matching convertible top, finished in the classiest Flame Red paint.

The exterior of the Maserati Quattroporte Ermenegildo Zegna Limited Edition concept car features a special effect paint finish that simulates the fluidity and purity of metal, by using ultra-fine aluminium pigments.

It has to be noted that our test unit's brooding good looks is helped by an S line exterior package, 19 - inch Audi Sport cast aluminium wheels in five V - spoke design and the brilliant crystal effect Macaw Blue paint.

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Due to the application of several layers of paint followed by high - gloss polishing, they boast a sporty and elegant depth effect.

The Corvette Yellow paint was complemented by maroon stripes on the lower body panels that faded into black, all giving the visual effect of lowering the vehicle.

The end result is that text reads as if you were out of a magazine, an effect enhanced by the fact that everything from photos to webpages appear as if they're painted on top of the display.

Dubbed the HGTV Effect by some agents after the television channel that focuses on home improvement shows, a growing number of buyers are splurging on homes simply because they're decked out with granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and a fresh coat of a trendy paint colour.

Yucca Valley is reached after a drive that descends through a layered spread of heavily grassed land to almost paint - by - numbers clarity in the tapestry effect of the landscape.

Graphically, Gravel is Milestone Italy's best looking game up to the date of its release with amazing vehicle models that crumple when colliding with other cars or trackside objects complimented by realistic track surfaces such as sand, mud, foliage and rocks in numerous environments, alongside superb weather conditions as well as lighting and shadow effects that adapt to the time of day or night the race is taking place at, while there are outstanding subtle details such as water effects from water splashes and rain, mud splashing onto the car throughout the race, sparks flying as vehicles trade paint and pyrotechnics throughout each lap particularly during stadium races.

It's this fusion of a retro - inspired aesthetic following suit with its inspiration, and the possibilities present with improved technology like painted backgrounds and detailed particle effects, all accompanied by a gentle and melodic soundtrack, that creates a captivating aesthetic suited to the narrative.

Sideshow Collectibles proudly presents the Mass Effect 3: M - 6 Carnifex Full Scale Replica, masterfully sculpted and painted by the artisans at TriForce.

Sideshow Collectibles is proud to present the officially licensed Mass Effect 3: Geth Pulse Rifle Full Scale Replica, masterfully sculpted and painted by the artisans at TriForce.

It is the game's art direction and sumptuous musical score that rounds everything off nicely, a hand - painted watercolour charm within the game's many locations being beautifully accentuated by the stereoscopic 3D effect.

Featuring 60 paintings and collages made between 1954 and 2013, the exhibition was monumental in both scope and effect: by showing a less frequently seen side of Katz's work, it prompted the viewer to reconsider the artist's overall project, now well into its sixth decade.

Coinciding with the exhibition Re-Generation, which maps the lasting effect of Josef Albers teaching on three successive generations of painters, is a small but exuberant show of paintings and works on paper by another teacher of color theory, painter Siri Berg.

Other Porsches coming to Raleigh include the handcrafted 356 Gmund of 1949; the Type 550, the company's first true race car; a 1958 Speedster 1600 Super that was raced by Steve McQueen and now belongs to his son Chad; Janis Joplin's psychedelic Porsche Type 356C (which was painted by her roadie Dave Richards and is housed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame); the 901 Prototype, model for the beloved 911, from 1963; and an ever - faster series of race cars that incorporate fiberglass, titanium, and the aerodynamic qualities of ground effect.

As I dug deeper I was struck by the sense of outrage and loss this painting aroused in so many people: The family of Lea Bondi, determined to reclaim the stolen portrait she had failed to recover in her lifetime; the Manhattan District Attorney who sent shock waves through the international art world and enraged many of New York's most prominent cultural organizations when he issued a subpoena and launched a criminal investigation following the surprise resurfacing of Portrait of Wally; the New York art dealer who tipped off a reporter about the painting during the opening of the Schiele exhibition at MoMA; the Senior Special Agent at the Department of Homeland Security who vowed not to retire until the fight was over; the art theft investigator who unearthed the post-war subterfuge and confusion that ultimately landed the painting in the hands of a young, obsessed Schiele collector; the museum official who testified before Congress that the seizure of Portrait of Wally could have a crippling effect on the ability of American museums to borrow works of art; the Assistant United States Attorney who took the case to the eve of trial; and the legendary Schiele collector who bartered for Portrait of Wally in the early 1950s and fought to the end of his life to bring it home to Vienna.

Reynolds also pays homage to Andy Warhol's Do It Yourself, paint by numbers series from the 1960s — leaving areas for the viewer to visually fill in the blanks, while also creating a metaphoric ghost - like effect within the snowy mountains.

Each of the green - and - white paintings in the room has its individual merits, but the massed effect of the nine cleanly demarcated, clear - eyed works, and the generous spacing allotted to the hanging by curator Dana Miller, raise the bar considerably.

She achieves this visual effect by creating a layered visual — a digitally printed photograph based on paper or linen, merged with painted acrylics on layers of transparent silk.

In these works, the expressionist brush strokes of his early paintings are replaced by the effects of a vapor evaporator, a piece of specialized machinery that allowed Bell to apply subtle gradations of translucent color.

Bee enjoys the way the soft outer edges of the paintings feel optically; which enhances the mysterious effect produced by her oil paintings.

Nara paints by adding and removing pigment until he reaches his desired effect: a canvas made up of suspended colors.