I tend to devour books by authors whom I respect and the Lee Hammond selection of Art instruction books are no exception.  I contacted Ms. Hammond some time ago when I first learned of her technique for Art instruction and discovered that she had several books on the market and I wanted all of them!  As brazen as I can be at times, I sent off an email to her through her site and inqui...

My husband owns this M-Tech 150lb draw weight crossbow. He got it at Big 5 for about $89.99 on Sale. He is helping me write this review. There are a few things we have found about this crossbow that we felt people needed to know. This is a FULL sized crossbow NOT a pistol size. First of all just by seeing the price you should know that this is NOT your top of the line hardcore hunting cro...

I have a thing for dragons!  I once purchased a $25 calendar simply because it was filled with dragon images.  As a functional calendar it never even saw the wall, but as a reference for honing my drawing skills it was well used.While at one of my favorite stores a few weeks ago I came across a treasure and without hesitating I snatched up the book from the shelf and scurried to the c...

I love when a random shopping expedition turns into a  treasure trove of wonderful finds.Tonight I was playing taxi driver to my youngest daughter and then courier to my oldest and when I started out I expected to drop by an Art store when I had finished my errands but things took a turn and I ended up instead at the opposite end of the city with little time left to run the errand I'd ...

Part of our kids' school activities is drawing. My boy is not as good as his eldest sister when it comes to drawing so I decided to buy a drawing book for him. Though he draws he needs to practice more to give additional details on his objects. This 20 sheets 6" x 9" Li'L Hands drawing book will him improve his drawings and on part my part to see his progress. It is very affor...

I bought this Aquadoodle drawing mat for my grandson.  He loves to draw and this is perfect for a three year old because I don't have to worry about him coloring on things that he shouldn't.  The mat is very large at 32" x 32". The pen is easy to fill with water.  The water is all that is neede to activate the color on the mat and when it dries the drawing ...

If your child likes to draw and likes the toys called Pokemons, then they will like this art book. This step by step book will guide them in drawing their favorite creature from the Pokemon series.The art book starts with easy techniques, and then how to draw your favorite Pokemon characters. It will take alittle patience to become a Pokemon artist. They will learn to draw faces,bodie...

HI! I am student . I have Corel Dlaw in my syllabus. Well before it started in my class . I tried it a home. I gotta tell you it really is a wonderful software. There are regular updates. It has tutorials. You learn to use the basics easily . There are many text styles also many ways in which text can be written. There are a graeat many colours availble. Even if you are novice it is easy to mak...

Do your kids love to draw?  If yes this book is a must.  Draw with Einstein Kristiansen and Faber Castell activity book will enhance the creative thinking abilities of your kids. My daughter loves to draw. She went to a drawing contest and ended up a winner for Grade 1 level. This book formed part of the prizes.  Sometimes she hesitates to draw animals because she finds it diff...

I wanted to buy such a book on which  my children draw or trace objects. I also did not want to spend a lot. I find Wipe and clean activity book in a book store. The book is very much suitable for children age 3 and above. The book is made of hard pages with plastic covering on each page. Wipe n clean activity book as a name shows is for small children on which they can draw or trace and t...

The book "DRAWING NEAR" by John Bevere simply talks about how God totally , totally is just so in love with us and He simple wants to draw near to us all, and have an awesome relationship with us. God intention is to have an awesome intimate and meaningful relationship, that would simply blow our minds away. I heard many times in my childhood that God is love , and God wants a deep re...

These books are two activities in one,  this is a story book with an attached drawing board, the drawing board is  magnetic with a magnetic pencil, which is attached by a short cord, everytime your child draws or writes on this they just pull the slider accross and can erase and start all over again with no mess. From the books I've seen they are all educational, like Dora's A...

"I couldn't draw a straight line if I tried!"  I hear this often from those who have seen my graphite/pencil crayon work in particular, and I'm reminded of what the author of So You Thought You Couldn't Draw, Sandra McFall Angelo states on the front of her book.  She has heard many people lament that they were born with "two left hands" and that they ha...

My son is a little bit more than on the creative side, at 8 years of age his art work is already detailed and amazing. The one thing that is missing is the colors, he does mostly sketching which makes the artwork look unfinished and incomplete sometimes. So when he received a pack of Blendy Fusion Pens for his birthiday it seemed like a way to encourage him to add a little color to his wor...

I have a young artist at home - my daughter. I have bought her art supplies and I do not get tired of doing it because I can see a raw talent waiting to be tapped.She loves to draw and sketch cartoon characters, especially the Japanese characters. Although her drawing is still very amateurish and needs a lot of polishing. For her young age of 11, I can say that she is doing well in the arts and...

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My girl by nature loves to draw very much at home and school. The main object of her creations is mostly little girls with different faces, hair styles, clothing and accessories. Even her teachers are appreciative of her drawings and actually she won one time the grand prize for Faber-Castell drawing contest held in their school last year.Colored pencils are one of her tools in drawing. She use...

Pencil Drawing by Gene Franks is a great how-to book. I learned a great deal about how to use pencils of varying hardness to achieve various degrees of texture and shading. There are great examples of how to create various glazes, textures and shadows. Franks teaches appropriate pencil selection for various tasks, how to hold the pencils depending on your goal for texture and the precise stroki...

Good, clean fun..that is what the Aqua Doodle is all about! Parents and children both love and appreciate this toy. It is a large mat that you can spread out on a table of the floor. The mat, thankfully, is large enough for two to share while they create. It comes with a little pen with a foam tip that you fill with water, a stamp pad that you wet and several different fun shaped stamps. Once y...

I love to draw.  I've been drawing in a sketchbook for years and I'm working on pictures now to hang in my house-mostly portraits of my critters :)  Anyway, I'm also thinking of trying to sell some of my original art, so I need good quality pencils and paper to ensure that what I'm doing won't be ruined by using inferior products.  The brand of pencil I've...