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Shadow Poetry - Don J's Bestbook Poetry Guide Articles Don J. Carlson is a poet, teacher, and a retired activity therapist who worked providing instruction and activities in a youth correctional facility for some twenty years. He has also been a commercial artist, school teacher, social worker, and a janitor/maintenance man. Through it all, he has been writing poetry, essays, and short stories for over forty years. Don and his wife, Mim, are musical performers, and have performed American Frontier music of the nineteenth century as a duet and in several other groups including Old Fuss 'n Feathers and The Waffles. Don has a bachelors degree in Art Education. Don admits he enjoys poetry and has read and studied it quite a bit since he was in high school.
StumbleUpon Looking back at my tutorials on drawing the head, I realized that I covered individual features, but completely left out hair. This tutorial will is split into 3 parts: The Basics, Types of Hair, and a Step by Step drawing. I’ll start this first part of the series with common mistakes that I see all the time. Common Mistakes when Drawing Hair Forgetting about the volumes This is the most common mistake I see from newer students. Too Much Texture This one is similar to the first, but this can still happen even if one pays attention to the volumes. Impatience – Bad Design There are so many random little shapes in hair, that good design is a necessity. Sharp Outlines I’m referring the the outer edge between the hair and background and also the connection between hair and skin. Consider the Form Underneath the Hair Spherical Skull Most hair styles you will draw will be affected by the skull underneath. The groups of hair wrap around the form underneath and inherit the same light patterns. Shadow
BODY LANGUAGE - Communicating Without Words - Body language accounts for more than half of what other people respond to and make assumptions about when they connecting with you. Why Body Language? Body language can help you get on not, just because you may look the part, exude confidence and act assertively, but because you can look beyond what people say to what they really mean. Know What Your Body Is Saying Body language plays a very important role in communication. Cultural Differences Your Attitude Is Infectious and Drives Behavior Your attitude is the first thing people pick up on in face-to-face communication.6 Just as laughing, yawning, and crying are infectious, attitude is infectious. Open and Close Signals With your body language, "you're constantly saying either, "Welcome, I'm open for business," or, "Go away, I'm closed for business." When you are operating from inside a really useful attitude, such as enthusiasm, curiosity, and humility, your body language tends to take care of itself and sends out unmistakable signals of openness. Face Values The Face Values system4 is based on facial behavior. Synchronizing Body Language
10 Great Articles about Death The best articles about death and essays about death -- Great essays on death and articles on death Life after Death After Life by Joan Didion "Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends." Fatal Distraction by Gene Weingarten Forgetting a child in the backseat of a car is a horrifying mistake. Feet in Smoke by John Jeremiah Sullivan I was on the banks of the River Styx. The Shadow of Death by Tim Cahill Rolling Stone's 1979 story piecing together what happened after the tragedy of Jonestown. House for Sale by Jonathan Franzen My mother’s house, in Webster Groves, was dark except for a lamp on a timer in the living room. Not Fade Away by Maria Bustillos On living, dying, and the digital afterlife Now We Are Five by David Sedaris On the death of a sibiling
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100 first signs: American Sign Language (ASL) American Sign Language (ASL) This page contains links to about a hundred basic ASL signs that are frequently used between parents and their young children. Remember, there is much more to learning American Sign Language than just memorizing signs. ASL has its own grammar, culture, history, terminology and other important aspects. It takes time and effort to become a "skilled language user." Tip: If the video seems fast, scrolling down this page to the individual sign links and studying the individual signs first and then come back and watch the video as a review. ► One hundred signs practice activity/test: ► [Or click here for a sample quiz assignment for which the answers have NOT been posted so you can use them for student testing.] Sample Practice Sentences: Here are a few practice sentences you can sign using the "First 100 Sign Concepts" Note: Don't sign the information in the [ ] brackets. I LOVE MY FAMILY.
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