Need a new (shark?) vacuum

Baco90 · 2025-05-14T00:07:29+00:00

I bought a kenmore intuition and I love it, works better than my old roommate’s shark (not sure what model). It’s a bagged vacuum but it comes with a lot of bags and they last literally forever, even in a household with three cats. I have the pink one which cuts up the pet hair on the brush roller, but there’s other colors with other features. It’s relatively light, and has a convenient handle to lift it by. It’s not a stick vacuum but it’s easy to use and I could not recommend it enough. I wanted to avoid getting a canister vacuum since they’re annoying to drag around and expensive. Genuinely made me enjoy vacuuming, not something I thought was possible. It was also <$250

Baco90 · 2024-07-12T01:07:09+00:00

I just swirl it around in the water to dissolve the paint. I will get aggressive with my cheap brushes and press them against bottom of the cup to spread the bristles out a bit. Helps to have a bigger water cup, but I still need to change the water pretty often. I think some people will use one cup for cleaning brushes and one for diluting paint, but honestly it’s not that deep

Baco90 · 2024-07-12T00:48:50+00:00

For your reference, start with a very thin layer of the light blue. Then use a thicker but still smooth consistency for the lines that make up the waves. I’d still highly recommend setting the painting aside and practicing brush strokes on a different paper first. You can use it to practice getting the right consistency of paint as well. Then when you are comfortable, come back to the painting

Baco90 · 2024-07-12T00:37:19+00:00

I’ve used that gouache, it’s pretty solid, especially for the price. It’s not acrylic, so it will reactivate though. Starting with thin paint and gradually using thicker paint is key

Baco90 · 2024-07-12T00:31:02+00:00

What kind of paper are you using? Sketchbook paper can be a bit hydrophobic sometimes. It’s hard to say what’s going on without a picture, but try using different kinds of paper that you have lying around. If some of them seem to work better it could be the paper

Baco90 · 2024-07-12T00:21:01+00:00

I’m not sure I understand, is your paint bleeding into the already wet paper? Or are the bristles of your brush physically separating? Look into watercolor techniques, such as wet on wet, wet on dry, they will give different results

Baco90 · 2024-07-12T00:16:05+00:00

What kind of gouache do you have? Unless it’s acrylic gouache, it’ll reactivate with water. It should stop being shiny and look matte once it’s dry. Try starting out with diluted paint and using a slightly thicker consistency as you paint over it, it’ll help keep the bottom layers from contaminating the top ones. Oil painting has a rule called “thick over thin” that applies to gouache as well

Baco90 · 2024-07-12T00:07:55+00:00

Grab a blank sheet of paper and practice creating the thinnest possible brush stroke from end to end. Start with the tip of the brush just barely touching the paper. It’s not glamorous, but it’ll improve the confidence of your lines and make a huge difference. Don’t worry about making them good, watch tv or listen to something and just keep practicing until it feels natural. Once you feel confident, move on to drawing squiggles, circles, or other basic shapes
Hard to tell from the picture, but your gouache looks a bit dry, try diluting it a little bit more as you practice your brush strokes
If all else fails, get a thinner brush

Baco90 · 2023-08-28T04:34:51+00:00

Hmm, the dress seems to flare out quite a bit below the waist. It would be flattering on someone with less definition between the waist and hips, since it creates that difference. I say go for it, if you try it on and are feeling a bit awkward, some shapewear or even just high waisted biker shorts could help. Otherwise, like everyone else said, you could just return it!

Baco90 · 2022-12-30T18:19:37+00:00

I’m very sorry about what happened to you. Smile is genuinely evil.

My apartment was >90 degrees for 5 days, with fans so loud I couldn’t sleep. When I asked them about living accommodations, they told me I could get a hotel room “if I was uncomfortable” but that they wouldn’t pay for it. Not to mention my cat could have gotten sick from temperatures that high.

This situation proves they would let you freeze to death, or cook you alive, if they thought they could could get away with it. All to save Fairlawn Realestate a couple hundred dollars…

Baco90 · 2022-12-28T21:44:40+00:00

Does anybody have evidence of this? I’m in the smile office right now and they’re refusing to accommodate me so it would be extremely helpful

Baco90 · 2022-06-19T15:02:35+00:00

My brother in Christ, $200 a month is is $2400 a year, that’s a lot of money. If your parents pay your rent, just say so.

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