INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Your railway can be as long as you want it to be, but you'll need to know roughly how many blocks it will traverse so that you know how many rails to create. Try walking from point A of your planned railway to point B. This will help you plan out your route as well as make you aware of any obstacles in your way. There are four main items that you'll use to create your railway:   Minecart - The "train" section of your railway. This is how you will move from point A to point B.  Rails - Basic rails on which your minecart will travel.  Powered Rails - Rails activated by redstone that will speed up your minecart (or keep it moving). Powered rails that don't have redstone powering them will slow (and eventually stop) your cart.  Redstone Torches - The power source for each section of 14 powered rails. Not necessary for regular rails. To create a railway system, you'll need the following items:   Iron bars - For each 16 rails that you want to make, you'll need six iron bars. You'll also need five iron bars to make a minecart. You can make iron by smelting iron ore in a furnace.  Sticks - For each 16 rails that you want to make, you'll need one stick. You'll also need one stick per lever and redstone torch. You can craft four sticks by adding two planks (one on top of the other) to the crafting table interface.  Gold bars - Used to create powered rails. You'll need six gold bars for each stack of six powered rails that you want to make. You can make gold by smelting gold ore in a furnace.  Redstone - Mine redstone blocks with an iron pickaxe (or better).  Cobblestone - You'll need one cobblestone per lever. Face the Crafting Table and select it to open the crafting interface. Place an iron bar in the top-left, top-right, middle-left, center, and middle-right squares in the crafting table, then click or tab the minecart icon and click or tap your inventory to move it to your inventory. Place one iron bar in each of the squares in the far-left and far-right columns of the crafting interface, place one stick in the middle square of the crafting interface, and then move the rails to your inventory.  This will create one set of 16 rails, so feel free to multiply these ingredients by the number of sets you want to create. On console editions, scroll over to the "Redstone and Transportation" tab, select the "Rails" option, and press A or X until you've created enough rails. You'll need significantly fewer powered rails than regular rails. Place one gold bar in each of the squares in the far-left and far-right columns of the crafting interface, place one stick in the middle square of the crafting interface, and place one redstone in the bottom-middle square. Move the resulting powered rails into your inventory.  This will create one set of 6 powered rails, so feel free to multiply these ingredients by the number of sets you want to create. On console editions, scroll over to the "Redstone and Transportation" tab, select the "Rails" option, scroll down to the "Powered Rails" option, and press A or X until you've created enough rails. Place an equal number of sticks and redstones in the bottom-middle and center squares of the crafting table respectively, then move the resulting torches to your inventory. Place an equal number of cobblestone blocks and sticks in the bottom-middle and center squares of the crafting table respectively, then move the resulting levers to your inventory. You're now ready to create your railway system.

SUMMARY: Decide on how long you want your railway to be. Know the components of a railway. Gather the necessary resources. Open your Crafting Table. Craft your minecart. Craft rails. Craft powered rails. Craft redstone torches. Craft levers.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Drawing pencils, erasers, sketchbook, pastels, paint, an easel... whatever you think you will need for your area of expertise. New supplies and mediums can be encouraging. Try beginner sets of artist grade supplies, because they are often easier to use than the cheaper, student grade supplies.  Begin with an inexpensive sketchbook with lots of pages, and a sketching set that includes kneaded putty eraser and different grades of graphite pencils. It may also include charcoal pencils, charcoal sticks, graphite sticks and brown, gray, or reddish sketching sticks. All these tools are useful, and the supplies are cheaper in bundled sets than bought individually. "H" and 2H, 4H, etc are "hard" pencils that sharpen to a fine point, and give a very light mark, easily covered by paint or inking. They're for design. "F" is a "fine" pencil, a little harder than an HB, which is a normal No. 2 pencil, and middle hardness. "B" means black, and each successive degree of B pencil is softer, blacker, and smudgier. 2B is a good sketch pencil, 4B is a great one that gives good shading, and 6B or higher is almost like using charcoal, for ease of smudging and shading. This includes books on specific subjects, like how to draw animals, how to draw horses, how to draw seascapes, etc. Whatever you like most or get interested in. Try to accomplish at least one drawing a day. You can even frame them and put them up on your walls, to inspire you to keep going through the next day. You can also check out drawing books from your local library, and find out which one inspires you the most before buying it. Work through each of the exercises in turn, rather than trying to do everything in the book at once.

SUMMARY:
Buy all of the necessary supplies. Purchase some how-to drawing books.