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      • Grasses and Rushes
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      • Kangaroo Paw
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      • Loropetalum
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      • Orchids at the Singapore Botanical Gardes
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      • Cortinarius rotundisporus
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      • Entoloma rodwayi
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      • Pisolithus arhizus
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      • Australia >
        • Western Australia >
          • Albany
          • Araluen Botanic Park
          • Bluff Knoll
          • Margaret River Region >
            • Cape naturaliste
            • Dunsborough
            • Ngilgi Cave
          • Pemberton
          • Perth and Fremantle >
            • Fremantle Boat Harbour
            • Fremantle Prison
            • Government House Perth
            • Kings Park
            • Rainbow Sea Containers
          • Rottnest Island >
            • Bathurst Lighthouse
            • Bickley Battery Heritage Trail
            • Catherine Bay
            • Geordie Bay
            • Holy Trinity Church
            • Lomas Cottage
            • Parakeet Bay
            • Quokkas
            • Rottnest Chapel
            • Rottnest Ferry
            • Rottnest Photos
            • Salt Lakes
            • Salt Stores
            • The Basin
            • The Rottnest Quod
            • Thomson Bay
            • Wadjemup Lighthouse
            • West End
          • Waychinicup
          • Williams Bay National Park
      • Cambodia >
        • Angkor Silk Farm, Siem Reap
        • Cambodian Animals
        • Cambodian Roads
        • Siem Reap Markets
        • Temples of Siem Reap and Surrounds
        • Tonle Sap Lake
        • Motorbikes
      • China >
        • Roads
        • Farms
        • China - General
        • Hong Kong
      • India >
        • The Red Fort
        • The Streets and Roads of India
        • The Taj Mahal
      • Indonesia - Bali
      • Japan >
        • Bullet Train
        • Togakushi >
          • Lower Togakushi Shrine
          • Middle Togakushi Shrine
          • Upper Togakushi Shrine
          • Togakushi and Surrounds
      • Malaysia >
        • Mount Ophir
        • Rider's Lodge, Johor
        • Sibu Island
      • New Zealand >
        • Arrowtown
        • Coronet Peak
        • Glenorchy
        • Queenstown
        • The Remarkables
      • Singapore >
        • ArtScience Museum, Singapore
        • China Town
        • Clarke Quay
        • Gardens by the Bay
        • Helix Bridge
        • Jurong Bird Park
        • Henderson waves
        • MacRitchie Reservoir
        • Marina Bay Sands
        • Merlion
        • MICA Building
        • Pasir Ris Kids Kampong
        • Sentosa Island
        • Singapore Botanical Gardens
        • Singapore's Cityscape
        • Singapore Flyer
        • Singapore Japanese and Chinese Gardens
        • Singapore Zoo
        • Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
        • The Dragon Kiln
        • The Esplanade
        • The Fullerton
        • The Noodle Man
      • Thailand >
        • Phuket
        • Rawa Island, Krabi
      • United Kingdom
    • Birds >
      • Bird Nests
      • Bittern
      • Brolgas
      • Chickens
      • Cormorant
      • Curlews
      • Ducks
      • Eastern Koel
      • Emus
      • Fairy Wren
      • Flamingos
      • Geese
      • Herons
      • Honeyeater
      • Ibis
      • King Fishers
      • Kites
      • Kookaburras
      • Magpies
      • Moorhen
      • Myna Birds
      • Osprey
      • Ostriches
      • Owls
      • Pacific Baza
      • Pacific Gull
      • Other Parrots
      • Peacocks
      • Pelicans
      • Penguins
      • Pigeons
      • Purple Swamphen
      • Rainbow Lorikeet
      • Seagulls
      • Shrike-Thrush
      • Spoonbill
      • Storks
      • Sunbird
      • Swallows
      • Swans
      • Treecreeper
      • Turkeys
      • Wattle Birds
      • Weaver Bird Nests
      • Willie Wagtail
      • Yellow Eastern Robin
    • Animals >
      • Antelope
      • Bats
      • Bears
      • Buffalo
      • Camels
      • Cattle
      • Deer
      • Dogs
      • Giraffes
      • Horses
      • Kangaroos and Wallabies
      • Koalas
      • Lemurs
      • Lions
      • Llamas
      • Meerkats
      • Mongoose
      • Otters
      • Platypus
      • Possums
      • Primates >
        • Orangutangs
        • Baboon
        • Cotton Top Tamarin
        • Chimpanzee
        • Gibbons
        • Monkeys
      • Quokkas
      • Rabbits
      • Rhinoceros
      • Seals
      • Sheep
      • Sloths
      • Snails
      • Squirrels
      • Tigers
      • Wombats
      • Zebras
    • Insects and Spiders >
      • Ants
      • Bees
      • Beetles
      • Butterflies
      • Caterpillars
      • Dragonflies and Damselflies
      • Exoskeletons
      • Flies
      • Froghopper
      • Grasshoppers and Locusts
      • Hover Flies
      • Millipedes
      • Moths
      • Scale Insects
      • Spiders
      • Squash Bug
    • Ocean and Water Life >
      • Anemones
      • Corals
      • Crabs
      • Fish
      • Jellyfish
      • Dolphins
      • Lugworm
      • Sea Star
    • Lichens
    • Plants - Flowers, Trees, Shrubs >
      • Acacia
      • Aloe
      • Artichoke
      • Banana Flowers
      • Banksia Flowers >
        • Banksia Marginata
      • Beetroot
      • Bell flower hyacinth orchid (Dipodium campanulatum)
      • Berries and Seed Pods
      • Blackberries
      • Blue Rottnest Island Daisy
      • Boronia
      • Bottlebrush
      • Brackens and Ferns
      • Cannonball Tree
      • Canola
      • Cacti and Succculents
      • Camellia
      • Cape Dandelion
      • Carnivorous Plants
      • Clover
      • Convolvulus
      • Creepers, Vines and Tendrils
      • Dandelions
      • Daucus Carota
      • Dog's Bane
      • Donkey Orchid
      • Echium
      • Erigeron Daisy
      • Eucalyptus
      • Everlasting Daisy
      • Figs
      • Frangipani
      • Fruit Tree Flowers
      • Ginger
      • Grasses and Rushes
      • Iris
      • Kangaroo Paw
      • Lavender
      • Loropetalum
      • Lotus Flowers
      • Onions
      • Oranges
      • Orchids at the Singapore Botanical Gardes
      • Osteospermum
      • Other Flowers
      • Paperbarks
      • Parsley
      • Passionfruit
      • Peace Lily
      • Photinia
      • Pine Trees
      • Polygala Sweet Pea Shrub
      • Poppy Tree
      • Proteas
      • Pyrorchis Orchid
      • Ribbon Pea
      • Roses
      • Salvia
      • Shasta Daisy
      • Soursob
      • Statice
      • Strawberries
      • Swan River Daisy
      • Talibot Pine
      • Tembusu Tree
      • Thistles
      • Thorns
      • Tomatoes
      • Tree canopies, bark and leaves
      • Tulips
      • Veined Helmet Orchid
      • Water Lilies
    • Fungi >
      • Amanita muscaria
      • Amanita princeps
      • Austropaxillus infundibuliformis
      • Boletellus obscurecoccineus
      • Cortinarius acheri
      • Cortinarius austrovenetus
      • Cortinarius rotundisporus
      • Earth Stars
      • Entoloma moongum
      • Entoloma rodwayi
      • Gymnopilus allantopus
      • Hygrocybe chromolimonea
      • Hygrocybe miniata
      • Lactarius eucalypti
      • Lycoperdon pyriforme
      • Lycoperdon scabrum
      • Mycena albidofusca
      • Mycena epipterygia
      • Mycena toyerlaricola
      • Mycena viscidocruenta
      • Oudemansiella gigaspora
      • Phaeolus schweinitzii
      • Phleopus marginatus
      • Pisolithus arhizus
      • Postia lactea
      • Ramaria
      • Scleroderma cepa
      • Trametes coccinea
    • Mosses
    • Reptiles and Amphibians >
      • Amphibians
      • Basilisks
      • Bearded Dragons
      • Central Netted Dragon
      • Chameleon
      • Changable Lizard
      • Crocodiles and Alligators
      • Eastern Water Dragon
      • Geckos
      • Iguanas
      • Skinks
      • Snakes
      • Tortoises and Turtles
      • Water Monitors
    • More Photos >
      • Agfa Clack Camera
      • Aircraft
      • Airplane Contrails
      • Autumn Leaves
      • Beads
      • Birthday candles
      • Cranes
      • Dew and Water Droplets
      • Driving and Roads
      • Fire Pit
      • Food and Drink
      • Hay Bales
      • Ideal Doll Corp Kissy Doll
      • Kodak Brownie Camera
      • Lego >
        • Astro Dasher 6805
        • Castle Supply Wagon
        • Dune Buggy Trailer 60082
        • First Aid Jungle Bike
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        • Lego Elves 41171, Emily Jones & the Baby Wind Dragon
        • Minifigure Display Case
        • Olivia's Newborn Foal 41003
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        • Space Scooter 6801
        • Stephanie's Cool Convertible
        • Surfer Recue 60011
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How To...   Paper tearing Basics

Plain Torn Edge

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Hold the paper with the image / right side up and tear the paper away from you
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Rough Torn Paper Edge with texture

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This tear reveals the paper colour underneath the top layer.
Hold the paper with the image / right side up and tear the paper towards you
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Rough Torn Edge with Exaggerated Texture

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This tear reveals the paper colour underneath the top layer in random & larger amounts.
Hold the paper with the image / right side up and tear the paper slowly towards you. Angle the piece of paper that you are tearing to widen the tear edge. Changing the angle of the tear as you go along can help to exaggerate the tear edge
Practice this technique on scrap bits of paper to work out how to get your desired effect before trying it on your good paper.
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Ruler Torn paper Edge

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This allows a straight tear, but still with some texture along the edge.
​Hold the paper with the image / right side up. Place a ruler along the desired tear line then tear the paper towards you
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RULER TORN PAPER EDGE using water 

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This tear produces a straight edges with only a small amount of texture on the edge.
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​Hold the paper with the image / right side up.
Place a ruler along the desired tear line and fold the paper upwards along the ruler edge. Remove the ruler and flatten the fold down to make the crease sharper.

Run a damp piece of sponge (not too wet or it will saturate the paper) along the fold line.
Fold it in the opposite direction, and then run the sponge along the other side of the fold.
​Place the ruler back along the fold line.
Smoothly lift the paper up tearing along the length of the ruler.
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Patterned Guide TOrn Paper Edge

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This tear produces a decorative edge with only a small amount of texture on the edge.
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​Hold the paper with the image / right side up.

Run a damp piece of sponge (not too wet or it will saturate the paper) along edge to be torn. (Alternately run a water marker along the edge of the ruler). Turn the paper over and run the sponge over the back of this edge as well.
Position the patterned guide on the paper. Hold it down firmly and tear slowly, moving you fingers down the length of the paper as you tear, and pulling the paper back against the guide as you tear.

Handy Hints:
It is more difficult to tear against a finer detailed pattern to get a clear patterned tear line. Larger and simpler designs are easier to tear.
I used the decorative edges of a "Fiskars Shape Cutter" cutting template for the above photos.

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​Tearing out a Shape

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Tear around an object to create torn shapes.
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​Hold the paper with the image / right side up.

Place your chosen object onto the paper and run a damp piece of sponge (not too wet or it will saturate the paper) around the edge of the object (alternately trace around the shape with a water marker).
Hold the object down firmly with one hand, and tear the paper around the object slowly, moving you fingers along the paper as you tear around it.


In the demo photos below I am tearing around a Fiskars Shape Cutters Template. I also used a plastic bowl and a jewellery box lid.
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Water-Guided Tears

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If you need a tear in a precise line, paint a line of water along the piece of paper where you would like it to tear. Let the water soak in for 1-2 minutes and then tear along the wet line.

This works best on paper that absorbs water (not shiny or glossy paper)
You can draw the intended tear line on the REVERSE side of the paper, and then paint the water along it. This makes it easier when painting the water and tearing the paper.
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