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1. Mmmmm. Bacon.

Not long ago I had a chance to see Caroline B. Cooney give a speech to the New York Public librarians (children & YA) on a variety of interesting topics. At one point she cited her book Code Orange and explained where she got the inspiration for the tale. In 2003 there was an incident in Sante Fe where a librarian found a most peculiar bookmark:

Librarian Susanne Caro was leafing through an 1888 book on Civil War medicine when she spied a small, yellowed envelope tucked between the pages. Freeing it, she read the inscription "scabs from vaccination of W.B. Yarrington's children" in the corner, with the signature "Dr. W.D. Kelly," the book's author.

After some research, the 23-year-old Santa Fe, N.M., woman decided not to open the envelope. "The only thing I could find connected with it," she said, "was smallpox."

Cooney thought about the incident. What if it was a boy who found the scabs? A bored teenage boy? A bored teenage boy who played with them, crushed them up, and maybe even tasted them? Good plot material, no?

Well there was a fun blog piece on Things Found in Books. I was unaware that bacon was a legendary bookmarkish find. You learn something new every day.

Thanks to Dan for the link.

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2. Streching the paper// papír felfeszítés

If you use watercolour block that has streched paper inside, you no need to do anything before painting.
But usually you should strech the paper before it get wet.
1. Put some water onto your paper with a sponge or a brush.
2. Wait for a few minutes untill it is nearly dry.
3. Tape the four side of your paper with your paper adhesive tape, try to strech your paper as much as you can. And later won't be lumpy.
4. Paint your pic. :) That's the best part!
5. Wait untill your paper get totally dried.
6. Take off the tape, and enjoy your work! :)
That is my recipe, but I think there are lots of different useful techniques.
Sometimes I start to paint, and I do the taping after that I paint the first level. And other times I miss the taping, but afterwards I very sad about that.

Ha olyan az akvarelltömb, amiben a lapok gyárilag egymáshoz ragasztottak, akkor nincs semmi teendô festés elôtt. Az egyedülálló lapokat viszont fel kell feszíteni festés elôtt, h. ne hullámosodjon fel az egész, és a végeredmény is egy (viszonylag) egyenes kép legyen.
1. A lapot kevés vizzel benedvesítjük, szivaccsal v. ecsettel.
2. Néhány percet várunk, amíg már csak alig marad nedvesség.
3. Mind a négy oldalát leragasztjuk papír-ragasztószalaggal a lapnak, igyekezve minél jobban feszíteni a lapot.
4. Festünk egy képet. Ez a legjobb rész a felfeszítésben :)
5. Megvárjuk amíg a lap tökéletesen száraz lesz.
6. Leszedjük a ragasztószalagokat, és örülünk a jól végzett munkának! :)
Nekem ez a bevált módszerem, biztos hogy ezenkívül is sokféleképp lehet jól csinálni.
A titok azonban, h. többször nem a festés elôtt feszítem fel a papírt, hanem az elsô nedvesebb réteg, például a háttér felvitele után, várom meg h. kicsit szikkadjon és ragasztom le. Néha pedig nem ragasztom le, de akkor szomorkodni szoktam emiatt késôbb. :)

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3. Making Mischief


Making mischief, making a mess, or making bacon?

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