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Daily Archives: February 27, 2018
Faithful to the original movie but provides in depth look into the characters
Journey Back to Christmas: Based on the Hallmark Channel Original Movie
By: Leigh Duncan
Rating: 5 of 5
I’m a huge fan of Hallmark movies, especially the Christmas ones, so reading a book based on one of their movies promised to be fun. I wondered, though, if the book could live up to the enjoyment of the film.
It did wonderfully. The book stayed through to the screenplay of the movie as far as action. What it added was the thoughts and emotions of the two main characters. It gave a great depth to the enjoyment of the story.
The story is about Hanna, a young war widow of WWI, who is feeling very lonely as Christmas approaches. She takes shelter in a storage shed from inclement weather when lightning strikes and sets the stage for her arrival in the future.
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25 grayscale designs in Volume 3 from the artwork of Tim Jeffs – printed on one side of page
Intricate Ink: Animals in Detail Volume 3
By: Tim Jeffs
Rating: 5 of 5
This is the third volume of beautiful beautiful hardback book of 25 designs by Tim Jeffs. It adds more animals to the beautiful designs I already own in the prior two volumes in this series. The animals look incredibly life-life. They look even better than photographs but are hand drawn by the artist.
My preferred method of doing grayscale is to use alcohol-based markers as a basecoat and then to add shading and details with colored pencils. However, as I have been ill and cannot use my alcohol-based markers while we try to figure out what caused my severe allergic reaction (pneumonia and continuing need for oxygen supplement 24/7), I am using just pencils. I’m enjoying it so much, I may not go back to my old way of coloring at all.
Included in this book are the following animals (in order): Amazonian Royal Flycatcher, Armadillo, Ball Python, Bighorn Sheep, Blue Heron, Chinese Water Dragon, Clouded Leopard, Cougar, Echidna, Honey Bee, Indian Rhinoceros, Kangaroos, Lady Amherst Pheasant, Leopard Gecko, Lynx, Okapi, Pangolin, Panther Chameleon, Parrot Chameleon, Parrotfish, Peregrine Falcon, Platypus, Resplendent Quetzal, Slow Loris, Snowy Owl, and Whale Shark.
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