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Photography Techniques - Outdoor Photography How Tos. How-To. Photography.com: Beginner Photography, Types of Photography, Digital Camera Basics & More. Photography and Photos of the Day - National Geographic. Acrylic Painting Techniques & Tutorials. Acrylic Paint, Acrylic Color, Professional Acrylic Paints - Liquitex. 10 Acrylic Painting Tips for Beginners. Acrylic Painting. Amazing Pictures of Nature. Beautiful Pictures of Nature: Beautiful nature pictures. Drawing and Painting Ideas and Inspiration. Sometimes when you look at a blank page, your mind goes blank too. You want to draw or paint, but what? Here are six sources of inspiration to get you started drawing, painting, or even scrapbooking.

Once you get started, you'll find that one idea leads to another. The main thing is to get that pencil into your hand and start creating. When you find yourself in a creative slump, try picking just one theme to explore consistently over several days or even weeks. Creativity in Everyday Objects Some of the most beautiful works of art focus on the everyday. People Who Matter: Draw Yourself, Family and Friends Forget trying to draw portraits from washed-out, glossy-magazine celebrity photos. Inspiration from the Garden and Nature Complex natural forms can offer pleasantly forgiving subjects for drawing and painting -nobody knows if its a wobbly line or the shape of the leaf. Amazing Animals and Furry Friends Draw your pet sleeping by the hearth, or sketch them at play.

Or just start doodling.... Unusual Russian Illustrations. 'Secret garden' Wrest Park reopens after restoration. One of the UK’s finest and least known gardens will on Tuesday be unveiled in newly restored glory after decades hidden away from the general public’s gaze. The 90 acres of Wrest Park in Bedfordshire are unarguably magnificent, probably Britain’s largest “secret garden”, with surprises around every wooded corner. Although it is a nationally important garden its existence has remained virtually unknown. John Watkins, head of gardens and landscape at English Heritage, said Wrest Park was unusual because it retained designs from the 17th century to the 20th century. “You can literally walk through 300 years of garden history,” he said.

Wrest Park was owned by the De Grey family for nearly 700 years and there are three key stages in the landscape’s history – the formal woodland garden created by Henry, Duke of Kent, in 1706; changes made under the direction of Jemima, Marchioness Grey, in the 18th century’s latter half; and then the work of her grandson Thomas, Earl de Grey, from 1833.