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Book Depository's World Cup 2014 Promo
Book Depository's World Cup promo for their books is still ongoing. Check out autobiographies of players and managers, and other books on soccer. Mostly 25% off, free shipping...
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Book Review: Show Me Manila! in 101 Sketches
A small group of sketcher friends from Singapore has just published a sketchbook of their recent trip to Manila.They had invited me to go for the trip but for some silly reason, I didn't go. Anyway,...
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Review: Reel Art: Great Posters From The Golden Age Of The Silver Screen
Golden real artThough it's been out for some years I still look through and enjoy this cornucopia if poster art. Not without a flaw (i'll get to that) so only four stars. I appreciate the thoroughness...
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Book Review: The Digital Renaissance: Old-Master Painting Techniques in...
This is a digital painting tutorial book by artist and author Carlyn Beccia. The premise is quite interesting, that of recreating old masters techniques using the digital drawing software that we have...
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Jackson's Art Supplies 20% discount for cadmium colours
Jackson's Art Supplies (UK) is giving 20% off for their cadmium colours. And their brushes have free shipping for orders above £20 — always a great deal.Discount page:...
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Pledges for The Perfect Sketchbook
My friend Erwin has sent me some pledge updates for The Perfect Sketchbook Kickstarter campaign. Looks like around 8% came from Parka Blogs. I want to thank you all for the support by backing the...
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3000 Moments by Pascal Campion (Kickstarter)
Pascal Campion is finally coming up with a proper artbook, a 250-page hardcover.Check out the Kickstarter campaign at http://kck.st/1pZqEJhCampaign ends 8 Aug 2014Tags: pascal campionkickstarterself...
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Book Review: Jean Haines' Atmospheric Watercolours: Painting with Freedom,...
Jean Haines' watercolour style is characterised by the use of water over pigment, creating a very loose style. In her book Atmospheric Watercolours, she teaches her style of painting through a series...
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Book Review: Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Dawn of Planet of the Apes:...
It's nice that there's an artbook for the two Planet of the Apes films. I was really thrilled and blown away by them, especially for Dawn.This is a large format hardcover artbook with 176 pages. The...
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The sleek Huion tracing light box
Huion probably make one of the sleekest light boxes in the market today. Gone are the days when light boxes are lit by fluorescent light tubes. LED is the way of the future. The benefits of LED are...
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5 Questions for Katya Katkova
We have with us Katya Katkova from UK for this short interview today. She one of the co-authors for a cool art guide called East London Mornings. The guide features quaint, independent and lesser known...
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Disqus comments on Parkablogs
I've installed the Disqus comment system on the blog. Hopefully, it's capable on deflecting spam. You should be able to comment on posts on the blog now. Try it, give me a shoutout below.Tags: parkablogs
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Book Review: The Art and Making of Hercules
Nice film companionThe Art and Making of Hercules is a nice companion to the film and talks quite a bit on the film production with accompanying photos and concept art.The 176-page hardcover is filled...
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15 colours from Jane Blundell's workshop
A few months ago, I attended one of Jane Blundell's watercolour workshop. This is the set of 15 Daniel Smith watercolours that was given out that day in half pans. I finally created the colour chart...
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Review: Escoda Versatil Watercolour Brush
Escoda released a new range of synthetic brushes in 2014 called the Versatil series. The Versatil series of watercolour brushes are created as an alternative to the Kolinsky sable brushes. I've heard...
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Book Preview: SUBSTRATA: Open World Dark Fantasy
Illustrator Paul Richards was inspired by The Art of Darksiders II that he reunited with his fellow artists from Vigil Games to come up with an artbook for themselves called SUBSTRATA.This 240-page...
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Review: Escoda Leather Brush Case
This is the Escoda leather brush case that I bought at Straits Commercial, an art store in Singapore. I remembered that day when I bought it, the other alternatives were the brush wraps. I thought this...
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Book Review: Foundation 2: FZD School of Design Artbook
Two years has passed since the first artbook Foundation 1 from FZD School of Design was out. The second volume is every bit as good as the first one. The book features 200 pages of concept art from the...
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Giveaway Contest for Planet of the Apes Artbook
I'm giving away one copy of the artbook Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Dawn of Planet of the Apes: The Art of the Films in this giveaway contest.To join, either1. Share the Facebook post to the...
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Michael Bay - What is Bayhem?
This is a somewhat enlightening video that explores the Michael Bay way of making and directing movies. It looks at the distinct and dynamic camera movement, composition and editing.Tags: video
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