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Warm, Bright, Sunny Colours in Art and Illustration
A collection of illustrations which convey that warm, sunny feeling… mostly. The same palette can work to the opposite effect.
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Weddings In Art and Illustration
Dreaming about weddings, preparing for weddings, getting married, eating the wedding dinner…
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Cakes In Art And Literature
A selection of illustrated cakes, and also books featuring cakes.
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Checkered Floors and Backgrounds In Art And Illustration
Header painting: Interior of Monaco Anita Catarina Malfatti (1889 -1964) São Paulo, Brazil
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Signage In Art And Storytelling
Signage featuring prominently in art
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Bees and Wasps in Art and Illustration
A collection of bees and wasps in art and illustration
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Messing About In Boats
Ursula Le Guin once had a conversation with Halderman, which is ostensibly about boats but is actually about writing. ALISON HALDERMAN: You do invent wonderful landscapes. The Earthsea trilogy creates such a vivid picture of the sea — have you done a lot of sailing? URSULA LE GUIN: All that sailing is complete fakery. It’s…
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Illustrations With Castles In The Distance
Castles in the background of illustrations
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Writing Activity: Describe A Street At Night
A MIDLAND TWILIGHT The cloud-plumed afternoon has flown along the household street, Leaf-shadows flicker. Freshly strown, the sprays whir. Far and fleet, Hushed, furtive footsteps dodge and creep, and hunting voices call, “I spy,” and “One, two, three for you,” around the street’s still hall. The little winds of twilight blow. Upon the hop-scotch chaclk,…
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Body Language by Diane Schoemperlen Short Story Analysis
Body Language is a short story by Canadian writer Diane Schoemperlen. You can find it collected in The Best American Short Stories 1998. The story comes ‘illustrated’ with anatomical drawings: of the head and larynx, the eyeball and nose cavity, the ribcage, musculature of the arm, a sperm, a brain. This story is an example…
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Card Games In Illustration
Before TV and the internet people had card games.
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Yellow Backgrounds In Illustration
A collection of illustrations with yellow as background.
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Baking In Art And Illustration
Bakers and baking in art and illustration
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Fantasy Laboratories In Art And Illustration
Baddies conjuring potions up in labs and goodies coming up with solutions
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Cows and Cowboys In Art and Storytelling
A collection of art featuring cows, then some cows with cowboys, leading into some cowboys.