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4 of the 1000 portraits from the super cute new book 1000 Dog Portraits

To kick off this week I thought I'd share some of the art from the new book 1000 Dog Portraits: From the People Who Love Them. It features such a cool variety. One piece plays with scale and one is a simple doodle on the last last piece of toilet paper left on a roll. 

Click the image to enlarge.

The art is created by:

0099 | Above

Harey

Margot Berghaus

0100 | Bottom Far Left

Snack

Maria Jose Bautista V

0101 | Bottom Middle

Mooch

Dean Welshman,

Leah Welshman

0102 | Bottom Right

Greta

Madeleine Lewis

More about the Quarry book:

1000 Dog Portraits: From the People Who Love Them by Robynne Raye

"Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place with curators in museums; others we take for walks." - Roger A. Caras, Animal Welfare Activist

1000 Dog Portraits is a compilation of quirky, fun, fanatical illustrations, paintings, collages and drawings from designers and artists around the globe. From hounds to herding dogs, and mutts to terriers, there is a diverse range of artistic renditions from naïve and abstract to traditional portraiture.

Artist and designer Robynne Raye curates this collection that is a study guide on style for the budding artist as well as a book of inspiration to the practicing professional. There's even a chapter called, "How Many Ways Can You Draw A Beagle?" showing the myriad of ways an artist can depict a single breed of dog.

So rev up your illustration muscle and be inspired by this loving tribute to man's best friend.

 

And now on to what some of my favorite bloggers are sharing:

Body Mind Beauty Health

12 ways to reuse old sheets

Quarry SPOON

Recipe for Margherita Pizza

Whole Home News

Recipe for buttermilk biscuits

Rock Paper Ink

10 rules od color: Remember that contex is everything

Walter Foster

Vintage: How to paint mountains and clouds

QGeek Books

True Blood, Dracula, and Vampire-Themed Summer Book Club recipes and drinks

I can't tell you how cool I think this idea for using pastic fangs as a napkin ring is.

Recipes for goat cheese dip and goat-milk ice cream from The Whole Goat Handbook

Today's Tasty Friday features recipes for goat cheese dip and goat-milk ice cream from The Whole Goat Handbook: Recipes, Cheese, Soap, Crafts & More.I can't believe the goat-milk ice cream recipe has only 2 ingredients but still sounds so yummy!

Click on this page from to enlarge the images and read the 2 recipes from The Whole Goat Handbook.

More about the Voyager Press book:

The Whole Goat Handbook: Recipes, Cheese, Soap, Crafts & More by Janet Hurst

Goats are the hottest animal today to raise for hobby farmers, commercial farmers, and members of both 4-H and FFA. But using the producst from a goat requires special skills, handling, and recipes. Here’s The Whole Goat Handbook, chock full of recipes, crafting projects, advice, and more.

 

Cooking with goat meat requires special, adapted recipes because the meat is so strong in flavor; there’s no devoted goat-meat cookbook on the market—until now! Here as well are recipes for making cheese with goat milk as well as goat-milk soap. And for those raising goats for fiber, here are hard-won recommendations on crafting,  knitting, and weaving. This book will shows you how to do all this—and more.

 

Janet Hurst (Hermann, MO) is a veteran goatkeeper and soap- and cheesemaker, and tends to one of the largest dairy-goat herds in the United States. Hurst studied cheesemaking at the University of Vermont’s Institute of Artisan Cheese, at the University of Guelph, and on small farms in Israel. The author of Voyageur Press’s Homemade Cheese (2011), her work has appeared in MaryJane’s Farm, Mother Earth News, Heirloom, Small Farm Today, and other periodicals.

Touch My Hand trick and Kibble Run craft from the new book 101 Dog Tricks Kids Edition

If you and your kids like teaching your dog new tricks and like crafting, then today's post featuring a tutorial on how to teach your dog the Touch My Hand trick and the tutorial on how to make a kibble run from the book 101 Dog Tricks, Kids Edition: Fun and Easy Activities, Games, and Crafts is for you!

Click on these pages from 101 Dog Tricks, Kids Edition to enlarge the images and read the step-by-step tutorial on how teach your dog the Touch My Hand trick.

 

 

For the full step-by-step tutorial on how to make a kibble run out of recycled paper towel tubes from the book 101 Dog Tricks, Kids Edition, click on this button:Download

More about the Quarry book:

101 Dog Tricks, Kids Edition: Fun and Easy Activities, Games, and Crafts by Kyra Sundance

Having your children train the family dog to perform tricks is an ideal way to build a safe and respectful relationship early on, to build a bond between your dog and the kids, build confidence, and make it fun for everyone! 101 Dog Tricks, Kids Edition will teach you everything you need to know to get your children involved in training the family dog. This book presents full color photos of kids working with dogs for each trick, along with training steps, to make it easy to follow along. The step-by-step approach, difficulty rating, and prerequisites will allow you and your child to start training easily and immediately. No special tools (such as clickers) or knowledge of specific training methods are required. Each trick is specifically targeted to be fun for kids. Tricks include blowing soap bubbles, which hand holds the treat, weenie bobbing, and more. This book also includes a fun arts and crafts section that includes tons of fun activities for kids, including: pawpainting, personalizing dogwear, baking dog treats, crafting homemade dog toys, and snapping pet portraits. Join Kyra and Chalcy for some dog training family fun!

Kyra Sundance is a world-acclaimed stunt dog show performer, dog trainer, and internationally best-selling author. Her dog team performs live acrobatic shows on premier stages internationally; at circuses, professional sports halftime shows, and on movies and television shows such as The Tonight Show, Ellen, Entertainment Tonight, Worldwide Fido Awards, Animal Planet, Showdog Moms & Dads, and Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2. Kyra and her dogs starred in Disney's Underdog stage show and in a command performance at the palace in Marrakech for the king of Morocco. Kyra has written numerous popular dog-training books including the international best-selling 101 Dog Tricks, and hosts a line of award-winning dog-training DVDs. She also set-trains dog actors for movies and TV and lectures on positive dog-training methods. Kyra is nationally ranked in competitive dog sports, having trained, competed, and titled in a great number of dog sports. Her methods foster confident, happy dogs who are motivated to do the right thing rather than ones fearful of making a mistake. She shows us how to develop joyful relationships with dogs who balance enthusiasm with self-control. Kyra and her Weimaraners Chalcy and Jadie live with Kyra's husband on a ranch in California's Mojave desert.

www.kyra.com

Giveaway: 5 Doll books with tools and supplies to create them

Do you love dolls and enjoy making them? Well, today I have put together a fun bunch of books and supplies to spark your creativity and get you running and cutting.

This Craftside Giveaway includes the new book:

The Doll Scene: An International Collection of Crazy, Cool, Custom-Designed Dolls by Louis Bou

and

-Creative Cloth Doll Collection by Patti Medaris Culea

-Cloth Doll Workshop by elinor bailey, Patti Medaris Culea, Barbara Willis

-Creative Cloth Doll Faces by Patti Medaris Culea

-Art Doll Adventures by Lisa Li Hertzi 

-Pair of Westcott Titanium Non-stick scissors

-Pink leopard scissor holster

-Dritz Tape measure

-Tulip Fabric markers in Neon

-13 cuts of fabric in an assortment of sizes, prints and colors.

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More about the new Rockport book:

The Doll Scene: An International Collection of Crazy, Cool, Custom Designed Dolls by Louis Bou

The Doll Scene features hundreds of custom-created dolls by the hands of some of the best artists worldwide using mainly original Blythe, Pullip, Ball Jointed Dolls, Dal, or Monster High dolls as “raw material” to generate their lovely and stunning characters. These dolls have an oversized head and large eyes that change colors!

Changing everything from the original serialized doll— hair, makeup, reshaping faces, adding new eyelashes, eyelids and clothing— the artists featured in The Doll Scene create some truly amazing figures.

Louis Bou (Barcelona) is a graphic designer, art director, editor, book author and photographer specializing in contemporary fashion, and the director of his own studio in Madrid, Spain. Working in the publishing world more than a decade from now, he is the author of more than 30 books about graphic design, photography, illustration, street art, toys and fashion. Some of his books have become real best sellers, such as We are Paper Toys!, Street Art: The spray Files, NYC-BCN: Street Art revolution, Street T, Windows of The World and Couture Hats, published by Harper Collins Design, selling together more than 100,000 copies worldwide. He has worked for some other publishing houses like GraphicSha and BNN in Japan, Pageone and Basheer Graphics in Asia, Monsa Publications, Loft Publications and Mao Mao in Europe, just to mention a few. In 2012 he decided to jump on his own career opening his own studio of photography and publishing Mista Studio by Louis Bou in Madrid, where he works for publishers and magazines worldwide. He also works as a photographer for models and actors agencies. Bou has also ventured himself into the world of video-clip filming and directing his first music video for the Spanish pop band called Alivem. He is now preparing his first feature film.

Contributors: Nanuka- Bilbao, Spain; Julien Martinez- Paris, France; Caramelaw- Singapore; Cookie Dolls- Madrid, Spain; Poison Girl’s Dolls- Spain; Clockwork Angel- The Netherlands; Enchanted Doll- Canada; Juan Albuerne- Gijón, Spain; Erregiro-  Sevilla, Spain; Zombuki- Florida, US; Forgotten Hearts- Puerto Rico; Nerea Pozo- Spain; Cocomicchi- Spain; Sally’s Song Dolls- Barcelona, Spain; Irreal Doll- Sevilla, Spain; Shaiel- Poland; Juan Jacobo Vaz- México; Mapuca- Spain; Noel Cruz- US; Rougue Dolls- Spain; Citron Rogue- Paris, France; Nympheas Dolls- France; Pam Dolls- Spain; G.Baby Dolls- US; Freddy Tan- Singapore

How to use oil pastels to transfer an image, from the book Fearless Drawing by Kerry Lemon

First up, I have the pleasure of sharing with you a cute photo taken at last weekend's SQUAM art retreat of Kerry Lemon, author of Fearless Drawing:Illustrated Adventures for Overcoming Artistic Adversity, who signed copies at the vendor night.

And today, I have an inside peek into her book! Check out this tutorial on how to use oil pastels to transfer an image:

 

Click on this page from Fearless Drawing to enlarge the picture and read all the details of oil pastel image transfer. I'm pretty sure I still have oil pastels in my stash from my college supplies, I just have to find them! 

More about the Quarry book:

 

Fearless Drawing:Illustrated Adventures for Overcoming Artistic Adversity by Kerry Lemon

Fearless Drawing is a fun and beautiful exercise and adventure book exploring how to rediscover the joy of drawing. There is a terrific fear attached to drawing, a frozen panic, a cry of "I can't draw!" Yet, embarking on these exciting drawing adventures will re-ignite the profound joy and artistic passion of drawing. Author Kerry Lemon uses a wide range of exercises and encouraging guidance to lead you to fall in love with the process of drawing all over again. You will play with marks, printing, frottage, and collage using nature, wire, a brush, and your imagination! As you work your way through the pages, enjoying the process will lead you to draw more regularly, and of course, lots of drawing leads to lots of improvement! Fearless Drawing helps you find happiness through the new way of viewing the world and observing your surroundings. Pick up your pencil - it's time to explore!

Kerry Lemon is an artist working internationally for a wide range of editorial, publishing, and advertising projects. Her drawings are commissioned by clients such as the Los Angeles Times, Sony Japan, Elle Spain, Fortnum & Mason, Harrods, Elle Decoration, and Harper's Bazaar. She is best known for her large scale retail and commercial installations collaborating with brands such as Liberty London, Harvey Nichols, Swarovski, Galerie Doux Dimanche in Tokyo, and Le Bon Marché in Paris. Kerry lives with her partner Steve and their two naughty cats in a quiet village just outside London.