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Wooden Puzzles for Young Children - Dressing Up Fun

Couldn't resist this! I could have hours of fun... no kid required!

Spotted this gorgeous bracelet in pink gold, white gold and diamonds from Cartier UK.

Comes with it's own golden screwdriver! 

Spotted this cute hedgehog and couldn't resist it!

Girl of My Dreams

Girl of My Dreams is a well reviewed comedic romance. A love story with a little light-hearted suspence from Morgan Mandel.

This little Kindle book should make you smile!

Free for your Kindle or free Kindle reader from 8th February 2013 until the 10th. (Availability may be affected by location).

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It's coming up for Valentines Day so love is in the air!

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Loved this ring from Cartier

Today we have a touch of romance from Regency times with the Lords and Ladies collection of Regency Romances...

Jewel of the Night: AND A Penniless Prospect View more from the Regency Lords and Ladies Collection. Romance novels and romantic fiction, love stories with a happy ending. From LoveBookLists Romance.

How to Draw Endangered Animals ... sample pages include ... How to draw a crocodile, a yacare caiman, a python, a river dolphin and more. DESCRIPTION How to draw endangered animals ... the step by step way to draw humpback whales, giant pandas, gorillas, and more friends we may lose. Written together with Warren Budd, this is a fun, step by step way to learn about the animals we need to protect including humpback whales, giant pandas, bald eagles, gorillas and more.

More Animal Drawing

Mascot Bear is always hungry for knowledge... and he just loves to cook new things... today he's learning how to butterfly raw prawns for grilling, and how to marinate them for the barbecue... makes my mouth water...

read more | digg story

read more | Rick Stein Seafood Cookbook

Today, I'm looking at some Christmas stories for those who enjoy a guaranteed happy ending... a little bit of romance should go well with the holly and the mistletoe...

New Blaze Books 2011 with Book Reviews Blaze Kindle eBook Bundles Six books in each!

Browse Inside drawing books / painting books on...
Perspective drawing books	How to draw with pen and ink books
Wildlife drawing books	Wildlife painting books
How to paint flowers in watercolor books	Watercolor painting books
How to draw with pencil books How to draw a cat book How to draw a dog book How to draw eyes	Watercolor pencils
Watercolor paintings	Painting easels for artists

Today, I'm looking at resources for the practicing or aspiring canine artist. I'll be investigating both webpages and books. First off the block we have the copy approach from Lee Ames, the Draw 50 Series of books includes Draw 50 Dogs, the Step-By-Step Way to Draw Beagles, Collies, Malamutes, and many more... Search Inside this book.

The 'free' excerpt shows you how to draw an afghan hound ... how to draw a basenji (barkless dog) ... how to draw a basset hound. More details of How To Draw 50 Dogs and watch a Draw a Dog Video, and reviews.

From books to web pages.

Now to some free online dog drawing tutorials:

Draw a Collie with KidsDraw ... a nice collie dog in five steps Go

Also from KidsDraw we have Draw a Doberman Pinscher ... in 4 steps Go

How to Draw a Collie Video on RateMyDrawings... watch a beautiful collie dog appear before your eyes! Go

Also on RateMyDrawings ...

• Drawing a Border Collie Video Go
• Watch a Video of a puppy being drawn Go
• Draw a Husky Video Go
• The Hound from Hell drawing Video Go
• Dust Bunny's Dog Mocha drawing Video Go

Today, I'm looking at resources for the practicing or aspiring equine artist.

I'll be investigating both webpages and books.

First off the block we have the copy approach from Lee Ames, the Draw 50 Series of books includes Draw 50 Horses, the Step-By-Step Way to Draw Broncos, Arabians, Thoroughbreds, Dancers, Prancers, and Many More...

Search Inside this book... UK USA Canada note: when I created the link the 'free' content in the USA was different from the UK and Canada so look at both! The USA excerpt shows you how to draw a horses head from three different angles.

From books to web pages. I won't start with a 'how to do it' page, but with one of my favourite pictures, Die Kleinen Gelben Pferde (The Small Yellow Horses), by Franz Marc.

About 6 years ago I was looking to buy myself a Christmas present with some money I had been given for the purpose. Browsing through Ebay Germany I came across a Large Piece of Canvas which a student studying Theatrical Art, or something similar had done for an Exam. It was similar, although not an exact copy of Franz Marks Die Grossen Blauen Pferde (The Large Blue Horses). The only problem is it covers a complete wall!!!

Now to some free online horse drawing tutorials:

Draw a Horse with Art-Made-Easy ... a nice pony style horse, that's not too difficult Go

How to Draw a Horse with Saddle Club ... a simple horse suitable for absolute beginners Go

How to Draw a Horse with Toad Hollow Studio ... for the more advanced art student Go

How to Draw a Horse Head with Susan Jeffries ... a nice looking horse's head starting with a few lines Go

How to Draw a Horse ... draw a horse using shapes as a guide from How To Draw and Paint Go

How to Draw a Horse with Cedarseed ... a fabulous poster click the picture to enlarge Go

How to Draw a Horse Head with Sculptor Jenn Pratt ... showing the steps from drawing the head to the finished horse head sculture Go

Draw a Horse from a Photograph with Kim McEllroy ... take one photo, some tracing paper, some philosophic advice and a few other essentials Go

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Today, I'm looking for the best Picasso pages, not sure why, the subject just popped into my head. So here goes... My first link is of course to the Wikipedia entry, which gives a potted biography, details of his personal life and political views, as well as information about the art he created. This gave me a link to the 'official' Picasso website, this has a really weird flash interface. There appears to be a lot of material but it takes a little lateral thinking to work out how the interface works! The menu in the middle that looks to be in the way, can be dragged out of the way with the mouse. A video of Picasso in Antibes is included, (at least that was the video on the link when I visited!!!).

 

Art works by Picasso include: Fruit Dish, Bottle and Violin, 1914 and Child with a Dove, 1901 both at the National Gallery in London. *** At the Guggenheim Museum, New York you should find... Le Moulin de la Galette, 1900 Woman Ironing, 1904 Fernande with a Black Mantilla, 1905-1906 Carafe, Jug and Fruit Bowl, Summer 1909 which I think I'll add to my list of favourite paintings. Accordionist, Summer 1911 Landscape at Céret, Summer 1911 The Poet, August 1911 Pipe, Glass, Bottle of Vieux Marc, Spring 1914 Mandolin and Guitar, 1924 The Studio, 1928 Woman with Yellow Hair, 1931 which I quite like, somehow it reminds me of the horses painted by Franz Marc On the Beach, February 12, 1937 Two Doves with Wings Spread, March 16-19, 1960 *** The Art Institute of Chicago has over 300 Picasso art works on their website, including many drawings. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, have over 130 Picasso art works on their website, which can be studied in detail using an enlarger, see this example The Donkey note: the image can be dragged around the page using the mouse. *** The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden website has at least 35 Picasso images, which can be enlarged, including quite a number of sculptures. Example note: click picture for the full size version. *** The Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, has around 28 Picassos on its website, mostly paintings. Example Three women 1908 *** If you are feeling really flushed, why not bid on a Picasso at an upcoming auction, Sothebys, Christies and Bonhams hold regular art sales. If like me, you can't afford the originals, then why not splash out for a catalogue? Recently I bought some mixed lots totalling around 200 auction catalogues on Ebay UK, it was quite an eye opener. Many were richly illustrated with works that will have ended up in private collections, as well as galleries. If you are in the states, look at auction catalogs on Ebay USA Books on Picasso If you are interested in creating your own original art work, checkout these Drawing and Painting Books Thank you for visiting, Kay