¡CraftCrap 101: Teaching Myself One-Stroke!

At age 14 I learned to Pinstripe out of the world-famous Cerritos Community College auto body department. Little did I know it was an art form that I would hold dear to my heart for the rest of my life. The art itself seems basic: straight lines and swirls. But put to the challenge of a squirrel-haired 000 sword brush and I dare you to try it yourself w/o a mentor or a fabricated tool! ... Yeah. That's what I thought! Simple Sally it ain't.

With my background, I figured one-stroke painting was probably the same thing: looks easy, probably isn't. 

Bingo!

I took a few unnecessary bathroom breaks and peeped some YouTube vids on the subject. Pintrested a few "one-stroke" pins & boards. Stared real hard at these cool hair clips my mom got me at the swap meet...

I was ready. 

I tried all my brushes to see if there was some shortcuts to be had. None really tho. It's gonna take A LOT of practice to be like that chick Donna Dewberry (mad props to her skills!) but for what I needed the skill for, my rudimentary attempt wasn't too bad ;)

What project might I need this skill set for? You ask... Muhahahhahahahaha.

You shall see Mis amigo/as! You shall see...

-The CraftCrap Queen