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FolkArt DIY Craft Videos

Delight in an expansive color palette and explore new painting techniques with FolkArt® premium acrylic paints.  Developed for both strokework painting and a variety of decorative craft activities, the FolkArt line of paints features amazing colors in a variety of formulas and finishes to inspire your creativity.

Perfect for decorative painting, artist-quality FolkArt Acrylic Colors offer superior hide and a creamy consistency for exceptional blending and brushability. FolkArt Enamels make painted glassware dishwasher safe while FolkArt Outdoor offers weather-resistant durability.  Add sparkle, shine or other special effects to your projects with specialty acrylic paints such as FolkArt Extreme Glitter, FolkArt Neons, FolkArt Chalkboard Paint and more.

From beautiful hand painting to stylish stenciling and design techniques, FolkArt delivers outstanding results. Explore them all to find your favorites!

Peg People Birthday Calendar with Cathie & Steve

Keep track of the birthday of family and friends easier. Cathy & Steve create a personalized and everlasting birthday calendar with trendy painted peg people, stickers and Satin Mod Podge.

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Keep track of the birthday of family and friends easier. Cathy & Steve create a personalized and everlasting birthday calendar with trendy painted peg people, stickers and Satin Mod Podge.

Brush Stroke Basics: Flat Brush Techniques pt. 6, All Strokes

See how to combine a variety of flat brush decorative painting brush strokes into one easy-to-follow tutorial.

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See how to combine a variety of flat brush decorative painting brush strokes into one easy-to-follow tutorial.

Brush Stroke Basics: Flat Brush Techniques pt. 5, Half-Circle Stroke

Half-circle strokes are simple to do yet a decorative painting basic. Learn how to hold the flat brush and see how quickly half-circle strokes can be painted.

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Half-circle strokes are simple to do yet a decorative painting basic. Learn how to hold the flat brush and see how quickly half-circle strokes can be painted.

Brush Stroke Basics: Flat Brush Techniques pt. 4, U-Stroke

The U-stroke is a decorative painting basic beginner stroke that is both fun and easy to master.

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The U-stroke is a decorative painting basic beginner stroke that is both fun and easy to master.

Brush Stroke Basics: Flat Brush Techniques pt. 3, S-Stroke

S-strokes are often used to enhance a surface with a decorative border. Learn how to properly use the chisel edge of the brush as well as when to apply pressure to widen the brush stroke.

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S-strokes are often used to enhance a surface with a decorative border. Learn how to properly use the chisel edge of the brush as well as when to apply pressure to widen the brush stroke.

Brush Stroke Basics: Flat Brush Techniques pt. 2, Comma Stroke

This video introduces a decorative painting fundamental—the comma stroke—using a flat brush.

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This video introduces a decorative painting fundamental—the comma stroke—using a flat brush.

Brush Stroke Basics: Flat Brush Techniques pt. 1, Straight & Chisel Strokes

Mastering the Straight Stroke and the Chisel Edge Stroke is the best place to begin learning proper brush pressure.

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Mastering the Straight Stroke and the Chisel Edge Stroke is the best place to begin learning proper brush pressure.

Brush Stroke Basics: Round Brush Techniques pt. 6, All Strokes

See a variety of basic round or liner brush strokes. When combined, these strokes can be painted as beautiful brush stroke borders to enhance your decorative painting.

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See a variety of basic round or liner brush strokes. When combined, these strokes can be painted as beautiful brush stroke borders to enhance your decorative painting.

Brush Stroke Basics: Round Brush Techniques pt. 5, Dots

This quick video shows you a fun technique used to create dot embellishments on your decorative paintings.

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This quick video shows you a fun technique used to create dot embellishments on your decorative paintings.

Brush Stroke Basics: Round Brush Techniques pt. 4, Curlicues & Scrolls

The round or liner brush “Curlicue” and “Scroll” strokes are not only fun, they are also charming when painted as decorative accents or borders.

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The round or liner brush “Curlicue” and “Scroll” strokes are not only fun, they are also charming when painted as decorative accents or borders.

Brush Stroke Basics: Round Brush Techniques pt. 3, Left & Right S-Strokes

The round brush “S Stroke,” one of the fundamental brush strokes, is important to learn and is ideal when painting anything from leaves to decorative borders.

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The round brush “S Stroke,” one of the fundamental brush strokes, is important to learn and is ideal when painting anything from leaves to decorative borders.

Brush Stroke Basics: Round Brush Techniques pt. 2, Left & Right Comma Strokes

The comma stroke is fundamental to decorative painting, and this informative video teaches how to create both left and right angled comma strokes.

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The comma stroke is fundamental to decorative painting, and this informative video teaches how to create both left and right angled comma strokes.

Brush Stroke Basics: Round Brush Techniques pt. 1, Intro

Learn how to properly load a brush, have the correct consistency of paint, and brush stroke pressure—all essential to mastering round brush strokes.

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Learn how to properly load a brush, have the correct consistency of paint, and brush stroke pressure—all essential to mastering round brush strokes.

Make Your Own Stenciled Chalkboard Art

Learn how to make your own stenciled chalkboard art featuring Lily & Val hand-lettering stencils by FolkArt and Liquid Erasable Chalk.

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Learn how to make your own stenciled chalkboard art featuring Lily & Val hand-lettering stencils by FolkArt and Liquid Erasable Chalk.

Learn about FolkArt Brushed Metal

Watch this video to learn about FolkArt Brushed Metal paint.

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Watch this video to learn about FolkArt Brushed Metal paint.

How To Decoupage Furniture

Add flair to a thrift store file cabinet to transform any home office into a chic, organized space! Cathie & Steve show you how to use a chalk paint, like FolkArt Home Decor Chalk, along with Mod Podge, to revamp this piece!

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Add flair to a thrift store file cabinet to transform any home office into a chic, organized space! Cathie & Steve show you how to use a chalk paint, like FolkArt Home Decor Chalk, along with Mod Podge, to revamp this piece!

Faux Finish Techniques: Realistic Moss & Concrete!

Concrete and moss are such hot trends for interior and home decor, and you can now DIY the same look for a fraction of the cost.

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Concrete and moss are such hot trends for interior and home decor, and you can now DIY the same look for a fraction of the cost.

How to Create Your Own Faux Barnwood and Rust Finish

Introducing the EASIEST technique to get an incredible faux Barnwood and Rust finish using FolkArt Painted Finishes!

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Introducing the EASIEST technique to get an incredible faux Barnwood and Rust finish using FolkArt Painted Finishes!

3 Can't-Miss Techniques with FolkArt Ultra Dye

Easily brush on bold, vibrant color to wood and natural fibers with FolkArt Ultra Dye.

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Easily brush on bold, vibrant color to wood and natural fibers with FolkArt Ultra Dye.

DIY Faux Concrete & Moss Painted Finishes from FolkArt

Transform your projects with FolkArt Painted Finishes - Concrete and Moss transform this easy DIY!

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Transform your projects with FolkArt Painted Finishes - Concrete and Moss transform this easy DIY!
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