Watercolour Paintings
Gender-bending chemical used in plastic bottles doubles risk of heart disease
Just to add to the general joy and happiness of everyday life. A new report has been published in the journal of the American Medical Association which suggests that there are one of the chemicals being used in making food packaging, drink cans, and baby bottles may...
Pizza – don’t you just love it
And it makes the best fresh pizza, much better than pizza delivered in a soggy cardboard box! And at a fraction of the cost. Here is the dough recipe for the base: - 3/4 cup of warm water I tablespoon of olive oil 10 ounces of strong plain flour 2 teaspoons of sugar...
Ice bridge ruptures in Antarctic
It broke off at the thinnest point of the 40-km (25-mile) strip of ice. A European Space Agency satellite picture shows newly-created ice-bergs floating in the sea on the western side of the Antarctic peninsula, which juts up from the continent towards South...
My Kitten
A most unusual creature! Recently Tarka has shown an avid interest in art, she has developed a keen interest in watercolours and helpfully chews the end of any paintbrush I am trying to work with, as well as treading all over my palette, which results in the need...
Creating art on commission
Some artists will never accept a commission to create a piece of art for a particular person or purpose. They feel that it violates their artistic integrity and places them in a straitjacket, strangling their creativity and freedom of expression. These artists create...
Artists, are you sitting comfortably?
One of the worst postures you can be in, to do your artwork, is sitting with your sketchpad on your lap. In this position you are likely to be bending the whole of your back and neck while looking down at the paper on your lap, and your legs are quite likely to be...