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Another wonderful movie in this great series

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Iiiireader

From the Heart – Signed, Sealed Delivered

By: Hallmark Movies and Mysteries

Rating: 5 of 5

I’ve watched this show from the original pilot, to the series and then finally to the series of movies on Hallmark’s Movies and Mysteries channel. From the plots to the characters, it is one of my and my family’s favorites. The only thing I wish is that Hallmark would release the two movies that were recorded before this one. While the major plot of the movie is generally covered in one show, the relationships between the characters grow from show to show.

This movie is set at Valentine’s Day. Norman Dorman (Geoff Gustafson) and Rita Haywith (Crystal Lowe) are now a couple and it will be the first Valentine’s Day for each of them during which they are not alone. Oliver O’Toole (Eric Mabius) and Shane McInerney (Kristin Booth) have still not gotten together though each is interested in the other.

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22 Beautiful Art Nouveau Designs derived from famous artwork printed one side of the page

Posted on July 27, 2017 by iiiireaderadmin

Art Nouveau Coloring Book

By: Pomegranate Communications Inc.

Rating: 5 of 5

The line drawings in this coloring book are based on artwork by various artists of the Art Nouveau (or New Art) period. This period of art was from 1890 to 1914 and was highly popular in North America and Europe. The artwork was from advertising posters and were large and brightly colored and very different from traditional artwork.

Included is a table of contents at the front of the coloring book which lists the name of the artists, the dates of their life, their citizenship, the name of the work and the date it was published. There are also full color thumbnails of the original artwork inside the front and back covers.
The designs are open and easy to color. There is a good level of detail but they have left a lot of open area to allow you to color and add your own shading and details.
This is what I experienced in coloring in this book and testing my coloring medium on the paper.
22 Art Nouveau derived designs based on famous artwork of the Art Nouveau period
Designs are printed on one side of the page
Paper is heavyweight, white, slightly rough to the touch and non-perforated
The designs are bound by two heavyweight staples which can be removed to release all of the page from the book without any loss of design.
Designs do not merge into the binding area. There are framing lines at the outer edges of each design with a caption below the bottom framing line.
Pages can be cut out if you wish without losing any design elements.
Book easily opens to a flat position for coloring.
Alcohol-based markers bleed through this paper easily.
Water-based markers leave shadows and slight spots of color bleed through on the back of the page
If I use any style of marker, I also make sure to use a blotter under my working page. I like card stock but a couple of sheets of heavyweight paper works well, too.
Gel pens and India ink pens do not bleed through the page. Some gel pens require slightly more drying time than usual.
Colored pencils work well with the paper. It has a slight roughness to it that allows good pigment coverage from both oil and wax based pencils. I was able to layer the same and multiple colors well and could blend easily using a pencil style blending stick.