Many dermatologists and spa centers rely on the use of TCA tattoo removal products as an alternative to surgery or laser interventions. The main ingredient is a peeling agent, an acid, with a very intense impact at the skin level. Although the skin sensation is pretty soft, as it just feels like water, careless application can lead to serious tissue damage. Read more »

Way back before the pencil was invented, artists needing to put down a detailed drawing before commencing a portrait used something called a metal point. This was a very common way of producing a delicate mark on prepared grounds like gesso.

The metal point simply consisted of a piece of gold, silver or lead which was fashioned with a small tip allowing it to make a mark, similar to a hard pencil. Read more »

There are so many uses (including the fun ones) that RC vehicles have been able to offer us over the years and with more and more coming out now they are proving to help us out in things like police work, wars and doing other odd jobs.

Spying

Many RC helicopter as well as the more traditional RC aircraft are actually used for spying and obviously the planes are used more because they can go higher, are quieter and have longer lasting fuel on them. A lot of the spy planesare based on RC design as they are operated by remote controls, think how many battles we could have lost without these. Read more »

Modern technology and the quick access to information gives us the chance to research well before deciding to use one health care service or another. And health care-related services in the private sector have all the more need for transparency. Tattoo removal has recently developed with a pretty large number of solutions for cleaning the skin, from laser and pulsed light therapy to topical treatments and surgery. Read more »

Spas in many areas are having to protect themselves against legal action by tightening their procedures after a barrage of personal injury claims have been made against them. The number of claims last year increased by 36% according the National Spa Association, the majority of which were related to massage. The situation has led to an increased depth in the health spa screening process of clientele and more legal protective procedures to be put in place. Read more »

If you are currently leaving away from home either studying at university or college then you pay want to pay attention to this. If you are one of the parents then some of this information may be a bit shocking.

While there is no way a student can regularly afford to get the catering in that doesn’t mean that there excuses when it comes to not eating properly. Read more »

Whether we paint pet portraits, family portraits, landscapes, or house portraits, we all like to think our pictures will stand the test of time. Using a high quality linen, that is properly prepared with several layers of gesso on both sides and stretched over kiln-dried hardwood stretchers, they can last more than a lifetime . However, with the best will in the world, it doesn’t matter how well you prepare your canvas, it will always be vulnerable to damage through inadvertent pressure on the surface causing dents or even tears in the canvas. Read more »

As with all artists, pet portrait painters like to economise when they get the chance and never like missing the chance to save money if they can help it. Watercolour, in tubes or pans, is relatively expensive for the artist to buy. You’ll be pleased to know that it’s perfectly possible to save money by making your own relatively easily. Read more »

The oils used by pet portrait artists and others are called drying oils. These are oils based on vegetable matter that, when combined with oxygen, produce a solid film which is resistant to the atmosphere and many solvents. Oils dry out really slowly and although the paint film is touch dry inside a few days, it may well take a few years for the paint to get completely dry. Read more »

Painters’ pigments are true pigments, that is to say unlike dyes, they possess body. They come as a fine dry powder, and should be free from impurities. Artists’ paints use pigments derived from many sources, traditionally this used to be naturally occurring stone, earths, metals but over time many have been replaced by man-made materials which provide a more permanent and stable pigment. Read more »