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Squares or circle drills for diamond painting?

^Image of square drills in a diamond painting 

It's the old debate, whether to diamond painting with circle drills or square drills. Everybody has their preference. 

Firstly, what is a diamond painting drill?

A diamond painting drill is either circle or square shaped *diamond* to be placed on the diamond painting using a waxed pen to create a cool picture. It's similar to paint-by-numbers or colour-in by numbers and at the end you create this cool picture. However, with diamond painting it is extra special because it sparkles at the end. 

Let's look into circle drills:

There are benefits to circle drills for diamond painting:

You can just place the circle drill in the spot. It doesn't necessary have to be a precise fit because its slotting next to another circle. 

For more precision, you can use a metal circle drill ruler. The problem with the metal rulers, is they can snap (I have seen it happen). They get stuck on the waxy canvas. Drills get stuck in the holes. But when doing a bulk colour in one spot, having a circle ruler means it just looks better overall. 

Let's look into square drills:

These are the benefits to square drills for diamond painting:

The benefit is, the squares give greater detail to the entire diamond painting. 

The squares also align perfectly. Sometimes when you place it not perfectly, when you place the other square drills around the not-perfect one, it pushes that drill into place. A great result!

What drills do I use for diamond painting?

Personally, I started diamond painting with circle drills and then decided to give square drills a go. 

Honestly, it feels more stressful using square drills compared to circle drills. Because you don't have to align up the circle drills. But I feel, the end result looks much better with square drills. Probably because they are closely aligned to each other. I feel that the end picture of the diamond painting shows more detail by using square drills. 

So you can say I am a fan of diamond painting square drills. 

Diamond Painting Tracker PDF Printable Templates

I have also created some fun diamond painting trackers on my Etsy store. These are digital printables. So A4 PDF digital downloads. You simply add to the cart, buy it. Etsy sends you an email of your purchase, you click the link and then download your very own diamond painting printables. Check out my Etsy store for heaps of digital products.

So comment below, what is your favourite diamond painting drill and why?

#diamondpainting #diamondpaintingdrills #diamondpaintingtrackers #meltoye

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