Regardless of my lack of talent, it was fun to try this style and I recommend the book to anyone interested in watercolors. And yes, I’m sharing my two paintings (uh, attempts) with you. To read or not to read… Yes! This was such a fun book to review as well as having the excuse to pull out my watercolors. Shaunna gave explanations on how to recreate her examples within the book (step by step), and thereby laid the groundwork for the reader to go out and create their own original pieces. This is a good walk-through process, especially for beginners.įavorites Bits. Shaunna then guided the reader through her process of painting an animal (from beginning to end), including the use of masking fluid, gel pens, and a blow dryer. Up to this point, it’s all basic information for watercolorists, but for a newcomer, this is valuable information. In the final section, before the examples, Shaunna included a quick overview of prepping for a painting session and like many artists, she recommended using photos as a source to sketch out your picture. She went on to review some watercolor techniques, such as a wash, graded wash, wet into wet, wet on dry, adding white, and more. She also reviewed watercolor tools (e.g., types of paints, papers, brushes, masking fluid, etc.). The author, Shaunna Russel, gave insights for the beginner, as it pertains to this style of painting (ie, animals in bright colors). Year of Publication: 2019 Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Book Title: Colorways – Watercolor Animals
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"What made Roy's music great is that it was so mainstream, but it had a very strange underbelly to it. " I thought to myself, 'How would Roy Orbison sing this song?' he told Rolling Stone. 5, 2022: Pete Seeger Bruce Springsteen Hear the Fresh Air program for September 5, 2022. Last week the San Diego School Board issued an apology to banjoist and singer Peter Seeger, 89, fresh from his performance with Bruce Springsteen at the pre-inaugural concert for President. Even on Springsteen's new album High Hopes, he's trying to emulate his hero. His voice was unearthly." He name-checked the singer on "Thunder Road" ("Roy Orbison singing for the lonely") and in the final years of his life, they played together a handful of times. His arrangements were complex and operatic, they had rhythm and movement and they addressed the underside of pop romance. Roy scrapped the idea that you needed verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-verse-chorus to have a hit. 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Philadelphia 76ers star James Harden fulfilled a promise to John Hao – a survivor of the Michigan State University shooting in February, which killed three students and wounded five more – on Sunday with an invitation to the team’s crucial series-equalling Game 4 playoff win against the Boston Celtics. No summer reading program is complete without a prize! Once kids finish the challenge, they can show their completed journal to an associate at any This writing portion of the program encourages kids to express themselves and develop their own creative voice. After reading each book, they will write about them in their Summer Reading Adventure journal. Participants will choose four books or more from the Summer Reading Adventure section in stores, or at, where they will find a wide range of books to choose from. So please, BAM customers, join me in celebrating the BAM Summer Reading Adventure," says Christopher Paolini. It lets us share in the thoughts and feelings of other humans, benefit from the accumulated wisdom of our species, and experience adventures that have no equal in reality. "Reading is the closest thing we have to true magic. First published at nineteen, he is the holder of the Guinness World Record for youngest author of a bestselling series. He is also the author of the adult sci-fi series the Fractalverse, which continues with Christopher Paolini is the creator of the World of Eragon, which includes the blockbuster young adult series The Inheritance Cycle ( To cope, he walks for miles through a nearly deserted city, smelling only his own breath. As Happy-Go-Lucky opens, he is learning to shoot guns with his sister, visiting muddy flea markets in Serbia, buying gummy worms to feed to ants, and telling his nonagenarian father wheelchair jokes.īut then the pandemic hits, and like so many others, he's stuck in lockdown, unable to tour and read for audiences, the part of his work he loves most. David Sedaris, the "champion storyteller," ( Los Angeles Times) returns with his first new collection of personal essays since the bestselling Calypso.īack when restaurant menus were still printed on paper, and wearing a mask-or not-was a decision made mostly on Halloween, David Sedaris spent his time doing normal things. Living in Russia meant I never lacked for great material - and those experiences naturally spilled out first into devotionals and magazine articles and finally into my first published story, "Measure of a Man," in the Tyndale/HeartQuest, Chance Encounters of the Heart anthology. I've been writing as long as I can remember - I won my first book writing contest in first grade! Over the years, writing has become, for me, a way to praise God and see Him at work in my life.Īlthough I have a degree in Mass Communications from the University of MN, my real writing experience started when I penned the The Warren Report - a bi-monthly newsletter that detailed our ministry highlights. I can't help be amazed at the gifts God has delighted me with - a wonderful husband, four amazing children, and the opportunity to write for Him. |