A celebrity inspired trend leads to a tongue piercing crazy! People between the ages of 16-24 continue to grow and develop this fad, so now an estimate of 50% of women alone, are having more than just their earlobes pierced! These celebrity role models include Pink, Mel B and Janet […]
Several people have accessed my web site over the last few years as a result of doing web searches on painting in gouache (pronounced “gwosh”, or “goo-wash”), probably lead there by the numerous gouache paintings listed on the site. There is some conflicting information published on this topic. Consequently, this […]
Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809) was a French pioneer in aviation and ballooning. On the Victorian Picture Library website you can see a fascinating illustration showing the hydrogen gas balloon (or ‘aerostatic globe filled with inflammable air’) in which he made his first successful balloon flight from the Champ de Mars, Paris […]
A a solid majority of the training material we produce in the corporate world is based on some sort of regulation or technical specification and must be very straight forward and matter of fact due to the subject matter, but not everything needs to be quite as staid. Many times […]
The New Dutch Republic The Netherlands became a Spanish possession beginning in 1556 when its crown passed to the foreign king Philip II of Spain. William the Silent (24 April 1533 – 10 July 1584) was the Father of the Dutch Republic. He was the main leader of the Dutch […]
Painting with Acrylics, Oils, and Watercolors Do you want to paint as a hobby? Do you know what object you would like to paint? The article to be painted dictates the type of paint you will be using. Will you choose oils or acrylics? Example: I paint portraits with acrylic […]