| No one automatically knows how to paint; it takes | | | | get. Painting can be fun, but it can also be messy, |
| practice, and a considerable amount of patience. | | | | so therefore, be sure to wear some old clothes |
| Painting is not all about just slinging paint on | | | | that you may have decided to throw away. |
| something. A painter needs to start in one area | | | | Anyone can be, shown how to paint, however, |
| like a wall for instance, and start from one side of | | | | the only way anyone is really going to learn to be |
| the wall, until the entire wall is painted. | | | | a good painter, is simply by painting a house. You |
| When a person is painting something, they cannot | | | | may want to start with your house, just to see if |
| jump from one area to the next, they need to | | | | you are able to paint your home. Many people |
| finish one area and go to the next area that | | | | paint their own home to save money. |
| needs painted. In addition, say for instance that | | | | All you need to do is figure out which colors you |
| you are painting a picnic table. You are going to | | | | are going to be painting your house with, and |
| want to start painting the very top of the picnic | | | | start the job yourself. In addition, remember that |
| table, that way you can just go over the seats | | | | each can of paint you decide to paint your house |
| of the picnic table with the same color paint. | | | | with needs to be shook up or stirred with a paint |
| However, if you are going to be painting the | | | | stick. |
| seats a different color, you will want to be | | | | You may open the can of paint, with a paint can |
| careful, as to not get any paint on the seats. | | | | key or a flat headed screwdriver. However, after |
| Keeping paint from getting on something else, | | | | you open the can of paint and dump out |
| that you are going to be painting another color. | | | | however, much you are going to be using, you |
| Can be, done by covering it up with a drop cloth | | | | need to remember to close the lid afterward. To |
| of some kind. | | | | keep your paint from drying up or you will have |
| A painter needs to know to use a roller to get | | | | to buy more paint, making the project at hand |
| the big area, and then come back with a small | | | | cost you more money. |
| brush and touch up what the big roller could not | | | | |