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Baitball Blogger

(46,705 posts) Thu May 10, 2018, 10:27 AM May 2018

Question for the artistically inclined.

When a steady hand is not needed, I do alright with crafts. But I'm trying to draw spiral shapes on an acrylic orb and...major fail.

I'm trying to find plan B. So far I'm thinking of coming up with stencil that I can reuse. It will be tedious to make because the orbs are no more than three inches in diameter, but it will be worth it, if it works.

Anyone else have any better ideas?

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Question for the artistically inclined. (Original Post) Baitball Blogger May 2018 OP

I like to paint pysanky eggs and I take a pencil and quarter them off. Then the design can shraby May 2018 #1

I wonder, will an invisible marker work too? Baitball Blogger May 2018 #2

If it's smooth acrylic, "dry erase" markers should work. surrealAmerican May 2018 #3

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shraby

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1. I like to paint pysanky eggs and I take a pencil and quarter them off. Then the design can

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Thu May 10, 2018, 10:50 AM

May 2018

be filled in quarter by quarter. Comes out even that way.

To quarter it, draw a line around it vertically then around it horizontally. A rubber band can be a guide.