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  • ►2026 (61)
    • ► April (2)
      • Smile You Son Of A Bitch
      • Got The Rain In My Face
    • ► March (15)
      • I'm Thankful For My Country Home
      • Finding Your Style In Pastel, Jean Hirons- Book Review
      • Sean Lock
      • Country Home Guitar Solo
      • Olly's Moon
      • JenB Eyeing Rogue Spot
      • Paul Merson
      • Big Ron Atkinson
      • Great Staple Tor
      • Yeah, Life Was Just A Bet On A Race Between The Lights
      • Isabella
      • Holly Lodge
      • Hovis Hill In The Snow
      • Rik Mayall
      • Mr. Wint And Mr. Kidd
    • ► February (25)
      • The Invitation
      • If You've Never Failed, You've Not Experimented Enough
      • Big Flop - Please Scroll Past
      • Karen Of Mountbatten-Windsorius
      • Jackson’s Art Prize Extended Longlist
      • I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
      • And It Makes Me Wonder
      • Raven S In Coloured Pencil
      • Michaela II
      • Thomas Tuchel
      • Miles Davis
      • The House Of The Past
      • The Forgotten Twelve
      • Ronald Evans
      • Ken Mattingly
      • Alfred Worden
      • Stuart Roosa
      • Fred Haise
      • Jack Swigert
      • Richard Gordon Junior
      • Michael Collins
      • Thomas Stafford
      • William Anders
      • Jim Lovell
      • Frank Borman
    • ► January (19)
      • Harcourt Fenton Mudd
      • Landscape Artist Of The Year Submissions
      • The Batphone
      • From All Of These Signs Saying "Sorry But We're Closed"
      • 'Cause I've Run Every Red Light On Memory Lane
      • Burning Of The Midnight Lamp
      • Peter Wyngarde
      • Painting What You Want To See, Charles Reid - Book Review
      • NadiaR
      • The Pastel Book, Bill Creevy - Book Review
      • Rainy Day, Dream Away
      • (Buckingham Nicks Era) Fleetwood Mac
      • John McVie
      • Christine McVie And Lindsey Buckingham
      • Watercolour Techniques For The Artist, Richard Pikesley- Book Review
      • Foxy Lady
      • Krys II
      • A Secret Worship
      • Seven Local Landscapes
  • ►2025 (179)
    • ► December (11)
      • Portrait Revolution, Julia Kay - Book Review
      • The 2025 Artistic Actuary Video
      • The 2026 Christmas Haul
      • Annual Awards 2025
      • Chateau De Villeneuve De Milhac
      • Portrait Artist Of The Year 2026 Entry
      • Muhammad Ali
      • Tom Read Wilson
      • Dave Barnes
      • Stowes Hill
      • Luana In Inktense Pencil
    • ► November (12)
      • George Orwell
      • Steve Clarke
      • Kristy Jo II
      • Billy Showell's Botanical Painting In Watercolour
      • Jackson’s Art Prize 2026
      • Self Portrait 2026
      • How Do Mountains Hear?
      • Abraham Lincoln
      • Then Came The Lawyers, Then Came The Rules
      • InnaBG In Inktense Pencil
      • Polystyrene Chips!
      • Telegraph Sang A Song About The World Outside
    • ► October (16)
      • Haruki Murakamai
      • Soft Pastel Mark Making
      • A Trip To The National Portrait Gallery
      • Candace In Inktense Pencil
      • New Rising Sun
      • The New YouTube Six
      • Gary Hanna, Gary Eats
      • Jon Jefferson, Auto Shenanigans
      • Liz Chaderton
      • Dan Rourke, SciManDan
      • Pete Green, Greeno Eats
      • Ben Askins, The Working Week
      • These Rivers Of Headlights, These Rivers Of Rain
      • Buddy Guy: Damn Right I've Got The Blues
      • Sir Winston Churchill
      • Lullaby For The Summer
    • ► September (14)
      • Then Came The Churches, Then Came The Schools
      • CharlieK With Sword
      • Lindsey Buckingham And Stevie Nicks
      • Hear My Freedom
      • Joe Bugner
      • Kristy Jo
      • See The Winter, Taste The Snow, Feel The Cold, Hear The Wind, Smell The Reindeer
      • Hear The Wind, Smell The Reindeer
      • See The Winter, Taste The Snow, Feel The Cold
      • Smell The Reindeer
      • See The Winter
      • Feel The Cold
      • Taste The Snow
      • Hear The Wind
    • ► August (16)
      • The Art Of Portraiture, Stephen Bauman - Book Review
      • Temple of Saturn, Rome
      • Carlo Ancelotti
      • David Bellamy's Arabian Light- Book Review
      • BethR In Charcoal
      • Blobby Blobby Blobby
      • Straight Ahead
      • AnaIv In Charcoal
      • The Artist's Complete Guide To Figure Drawing, Anthony Ryder - Book Review
      • Here He Comes
      • Sweet Angel
      • Take You Me For A Sponge?
      • Ameeka III
      • Updated MGraham Swatches
      • Alex
      • Hey Joe
    • ► July (17)
      • Well, I'd Sooner Forget, But I Remember Those Nights
      • 2025 Birthday Stash: Books
      • Ozzy Osbourne
      • We're Gonna Have To Reap From Some Seed That's Been Sowed
      • Watercolour And Beyond, David Bellamy - Book Review
      • 2025 Birthday Stash: More Crystalline Watercolours
      • Freedom
      • 2025 Birthday Stash: Oil Pastels
      • The Duchess
      • Little Wing
      • Telegraph Road Got So Deep And So Wide
      • Bob Weir
      • A Trip To The Tate Modern
      • Recognition II
      • One Rainy Wish
      • The Black Hills
      • Ned's Ghost
    • ► June (18)
      • Hedy Lamarr
      • The Wrong Kind Of Snow
      • Built A Cabin And A Winter Store
      • You Can Hear Them Singing Out Their Telegraph Code
      • New! Random Slideshows
      • Let Not The Sun
      • The Art Of Brusho, Carrie McKenzie - Book Review
      • Just Believe In Me Baby And I'll Take You Away
      • He Made A Home In The Wilderness
      • People Driving Home From The Factories
      • Police Chief Clancy O'Hara
      • Planet Of The Apes (TV Series) Series
      • Doctor Zaius
      • Urko
      • Walking Thirty Miles With A Sack On His Back
      • Galen
      • The Cage
      • Gravitational Waves
    • ► May (12)
      • He Put Down His Load Where He Thought It Was The Best
      • Now You Act A Little Colder Like You Don't Seem To Care
      • Monsieur Guy Gadbois: Here's Lurking At Yeu Keed
      • Three Ball Charlie
      • Real Men Wax
      • This Is Not My Sandwich
      • Brickfields, Lower Halstow
      • Edinburgh Castle
      • Yes, And They Say We're Gonna Have To Pay What's Owed
      • Azo Orange Has Joined The Team!
      • And They Never Went Further, No, They Never Went Back
      • Eastfields
    • ► April (17)
      • A Long Time Ago Came A Man On A Track
      • Paint The Whole World With A Rainbow
      • BethR Returns
      • Then There Was The Hard Times, Then There Was A War
      • Westminster Bridge
      • Watercolor Techniques, Michael Reardon: Book Review
      • Oscar Wilde
      • Sean Connery
      • The Artistic Actuary Comic Cover Gallery
      • Sir Roger Moore
      • They Can Always Fly Away From This Rain And This Cold
      • Then Came The Mines, Then Came The Ore
      • From Out Of This Darkness And Into The Day
      • Dawn-Marie x3
      • The Other Travellers Came Walking Down The Track
      • Drawing Dramatic Landscapes, Robert Dutton - Book Review
      • Great Gig In The Sky: Sam Brown
    • ► March (14)
      • Great Gig In The Sky: David Gilmour
      • Spectre Of The Gun
      • Dinarić Fortress
      • And He Ploughed Up The Ground By The Cold Lake Shore
      • And My Radio Says Tonight It's Gonna Freeze
      • Like A Rolling River
      • Eric Morecambe
      • This Way To The Village Hall
      • May Day Eve
      • A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man
      • Sinead O'Connor
      • Debbie Harry
      • Monument Valley
      • Four Colleges
    • ► February (21)
      • The Enterprise Crew
      • Chekov
      • Amazon Associate Scheme
      • Line & Wash In The Urban Landscape, Neil Whitehead - Book Review
      • Chappell
      • Uhura
      • Scott
      • Stephen Mangan
      • Entering Queendown Warren
      • McCoy
      • Facial Expressions For Artists, Oliver Sin - Book Review
      • Kirk
      • Rand
      • Sulu
      • Spock
      • View From River Cottage
      • Robbie Williams
      • Edith Keeler
      • EvaE In Oil Pastel
      • Clifton Suspension Bridge
      • Dave Best
    • ► January (11)
      • Lemmy Kilmister
      • What Are Little Girls Made Of?
      • The Strangest Man
      • Hartlip Church In Soft Pastel
      • Big Daddy And Giant Haystacks
      • Eilean Donan Castle, Dornie
      • Alan Davies
      • The Singular Death Of Morton
      • Keeping His Promise
      • And The Birds Up On The Wires And The Telegraph Poles
      • View From The Lightning Tree, Queendown Warren
  • ►2024 (243)
    • ► December (10)
      • Annual Awards 2024
      • Painting The Landscape In Pastel, Albert Handell and Anita Louise West - Book Review
      • Swatching New Soft Pastels
      • Christmas Stash 2024
      • Website Tinkering
      • The 2024 Artistic Actuary Video
      • Crash Landing
      • 1983…(A Merman I Should Turn To Be)
      • Michael Portillo
      • CasD, Drinks Break
    • ► November (23)
      • Slash
      • Messing Around
      • Lee Carsley
      • Kerri
      • Portrait Artist Of The Year 2025 Entry
      • Oliver Reed
      • Creative Drawing Techniques, David Brammeld - Book Review
      • The Face Of Harakbut In Oil Pastel
      • Talisker Distillery
      • Self Portrait 2025
      • PeachK
      • Highland Cow
      • The Blues Brothers Band
      • Elwood Blues
      • "Joliet" Jake Blues
      • Alan "Mr. Fabulous" Rubin
      • Matt "Guitar Murphy" - Second Attempt
      • Willie "Too Big" Hall
      • Tom "Bones" Malone
      • "Blue Lou" Marini
      • Matt "Guitar" Murphy
      • Donald "Duck" Dunn
      • Murphy Dunne
    • ► October (20)
      • Steve "The Colonel" Cropper
      • Joker
      • Phil Lesh
      • The M2
      • Islay Beach Cottage
      • Painting In Pastels, Robert Brindley - Book Review
      • Gary Delaney
      • EvaE In Blue And Brown
      • EvaE In Red And Green
      • Untitled Basic Track
      • Jimmy Carr
      • Long Hot Summer Night
      • My Approach To Posterised Paintings
      • Monty Panesar On Mastermind
      • Complements Of The Seasons
      • Henry Winter + Johnny Winter = Pi/2
      • Autumn Reeser In Red And Green
      • Donna Summer In Blue And Orange
      • Dick Spring In Violet And Yellow
      • Les Dawson
    • ► September (15)
      • Could It Be Magic?
      • Miss Magnolia Muse
      • The Tryst
      • Atmospheric Buildings In Watercolour, Nicholas Poullis - Book Review
      • And The Dirty Old Track Was The Lower Hartlip Road
      • Painting Skies In Pastel, Sandra Orme - Book Review
      • The Touch Of Pan
      • Sir Geoff Hurst
      • Towards Where Warren Cottage Should Be
      • Fixative On Soft Pastels
      • Early Twentieth Century Hartlip
      • In From The Storm
      • Weissenhof Estate, Stuttgart
      • Angus Young
      • Burnside Cottage, Fionnphort, Isle Of Mull
    • ► August (20)
      • Jesse Woodson James
      • The NeoLucida XL
      • Peter Red, Peter Amber, Peter Green
      • Stevie Ray Vaughan
      • Ansleigh In Soft Pastel
      • Ansleigh
      • Mel Smith
      • Bunnahabhain Distillery
      • And, By The Way, Which One Is Pink?
      • Ilad Rodavlas
      • Salvador Dali
      • Schmincke Horadam Aquarell Exclusive Colours
      • Creating Textured Landscapes With Pen, Ink And Watercolor, Claudia Nice – Book Review
      • The Face Of Harakbut
      • Freebird!
      • Painting And Understanding Abstract Art, John Lowry – Book Review
      • Mighty Mouse
      • Kevin Keegan
      • Rupert Thomson
      • David Bellamy's Complete Guide To Landscapes – Book Review
    • ► July (24)
      • First View Of Queendown Warren
      • Harvey’s Brewery, Lewes
      • M Graham Landscape Set Swatching
      • Camp Of The Dog
      • Pastels For The Absolute Beginner, Rebecca De Mendonça – Book Review
      • Soft Pastel Swatches
      • Crystalline Watercolour Swatching
      • 2024 Birthday Stash 2: New Media
      • Painting Rivers From Source To Sea, Rob Dudley - Book Review
      • 2024 Birthday Stash 1: Books
      • Sparkle Brush
      • Paul Auster
      • Series Of Posterised Paintings Of Newington
      • Station Road, Newington
      • Newington Pelican Crossing
      • No Ma'am: We're Musicians
      • High Street, Newington, 1920s
      • The Former George Inn, Newington
      • St. Mary The Virgin Church, Newington
      • 39 High Street, Newington
      • Two Kiln Oast, Newington
      • Meanwhile, At The Rose & Crown
      • Mings Chinese Takeaway, Newington
      • A Cold Day In Newington
    • ► June (14)
      • Porto City Hall Tower
      • The Tatra Mountains, Slovakia
      • Coming Soon To The Rose And Crown, Hartlip
      • Julijske Alpe, Slovenia
      • The Lightning Tree, Queendown Warren
      • Barbed Wire Fence, Queendown Warren
      • The Lane That Ran East And West
      • Queendown Warren: Rain On The Way
      • John Henry Holliday
      • Upchurch Art & Craft Exhibition June 2024
      • The Transfer
      • Anastasia
      • The Man Who Found Out
      • Charcoal Paintings Fixed And Up For Sale
    • ► May (28)
      • The One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Collection
      • Charlie Cheswick
      • Dale Harding
      • Bruce Frederickson
      • Chief Bromden
      • Martini
      • Billy Bibbit
      • Max Taber
      • Randle McMurphy
      • The Studio
      • Secret Door Under Hartlip Church
      • Hartlip War Memorial
      • 13 September 1999
      • Two New Artgraf Blocks
      • The Humber Bridge Under Three Different Skies
      • Cammie III
      • Dynamic Light And Shade, Burne Hogarth – Book Review
      • Doctor Zachary Smith
      • Billy The Kid
      • Lewes Castle In Blue And Orange
      • Queendown Warren In Three Complementary Colour Schemes
      • AnaIv In Artgraf
      • When I'm Paid I Always See The job Through
      • The Magic Of Queendown Warren
      • Damn You All To Hell!
      • Nature In Watercolour, Waltraud Nawratil – Book Review
      • Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin
      • And we're live!
    • ► April (23)
      • CasD
      • The Earps
      • Three Famous Gunslingers
      • Windsor Castle
      • BethR
      • Towards Warren Cottage
      • Applying To Landscape Artist Of The Year
      • Nuuk Cathedral
      • Climate Change In City Of Rocks National Reserve
      • Alan Shearer
      • Ally MacLeod
      • The City
      • Because The Night
      • The Art Of The Line In Drawing, Frédéric Forest – Book Review
      • Lewes Castle
      • Yaugher Lane, Queendown Warren
      • Secret Tunnel Under The M2
      • Purdey
      • The Persuaders! Collection
      • Lord Brett Sinclair
      • Danny Wilde
      • The Planets
      • Flatter To Deceive
    • ► March (20)
      • Joe Walsh
      • Frank Bough
      • Inktense Pencil Squad Tinkering
      • M2 Medway Crossing Under Three Different Skies
      • Brian Clough's Finger
      • Ardbeg Distillery
      • Cammie II
      • Towards Leysdown-On-Sea
      • Rochester Castle From The Cathedral
      • Ponte Delle Tette, Venice
      • A Clockwork Orange
      • Third Court Room, Christ's College
      • Colours On The Path, Queendown Warren
      • Katlyn
      • Cornelius
      • Random Painting Idea Generator
      • The Avengers 1965-67
      • Mrs Emma Peel
      • Major The Hon. John Wickham Gascoyne Beresford Steed
      • Heading Home, Queendown Warren
    • ► February (18)
      • Vasquez Rocks
      • The Buttery, Christ's College
      • Hale And Pace
      • Fleabag
      • Inside New Court, Christ's College
      • Three-One!
      • Joe Jordan
      • Jennifer Evie II
      • Paul With Markers
      • Gregg Allman In Coloured Pencil
      • The Man That Mildred Married
      • Gary Moore
      • Introducing Potters' Pink To The Team
      • Tres Hombres
      • Freddie Mercury
      • ZZ Top
      • Human Figure Drawing, Daniela Brambilla - Book Review
      • Rush
    • ► January (28)
      • Amy Winehouse
      • More Coloured Pencil Solvent Testing
      • Testing Coloured Pencil Solvent On Neil McCarthy
      • Ginger
      • Nurse Mildred Ratched
      • Warren Haynes In Watercolour
      • Kingsferry Bridge Under Three Different Skies
      • Ronnie Wood
      • Colored Pencil Painting Portraits, Alyona Nickelsen - Book Review
      • John Lydon In Oil Pastel
      • Nevermore
      • Out On Queendown Warren
      • The Dragons Den Collection
      • Aaaaagggggghhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!
      • Are You On TikTok?
      • Reyt Oop My Street
      • Touker Time!
      • Painting Watercolour Outdoors, Geoff Hunt – Book Review
      • And That's Why I'm Going To Make You An Offer
      • Meanwhile Deborah Meaden Has Some Questions About The Company's Green Credentials
      • Albert King
      • Drawing Architecture, Richard Taylor – Book Review
      • Fire
      • Big Sam In Charcoal
      • Ross Kemp: Go With Your Gut
      • Saturn
      • MikaM, Watching Ross Kemp's Bridge Of Lies
      • Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
  • ►2023 (209)
    • ► December (21)
      • 2023: Year Of The Portrait
      • Japanese Style Watercolor Portraits, Hiroko Shibasaki – Book Review
      • Annual Awards 2023
      • Glazed Balls
      • How To Draw Portraits In Charcoal, Nathan Fowkes – Book Review
      • The Easy Guide To Painting Skies In Watercolour, Stephen Coates – Book Review
      • New Books
      • Portrait Artist Of The Year 2024 Entry
      • The 2023 Artistic Actuary Video
      • The Shard
      • Tracey
      • Artist Assist App
      • Annual Self Portrait 2024
      • The Under The Desk Collection
      • Under The Desk IV
      • Under The Desk III
      • Under The Desk II
      • Under The Desk I
      • New Court In Fineliner And Artgraf
      • Chris Robinson
      • H2 2023 Poll Results
    • ► November (16)
      • Roy Wood
      • Lula's Spot
      • What Happens In Manchester Stays In Manchester
      • DanM
      • Roughtor, Dartmoor
      • Joe Strummer
      • Life Drawing In Charcoal, Douglas R. Graves - Book Review
      • InnaBG
      • Ameeka
      • H2 Artistic Actuary Poll
      • The Corbomite Manouver Collection
      • First Officer Spock
      • Venus And The Petrova Line
      • Mick Fleetwood
      • Krys
      • Fame
    • ► October (21)
      • Captain James Tiberius Kirk
      • The Sandstone Kagoule
      • Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott
      • Uranus
      • Thea 5
      • Upchurch Art Exhibition 2023
      • Sir Bobby Charlton
      • John Lydon
      • B. B. King
      • Donald Trump
      • Mercury
      • The Face Of Mars
      • Susan
      • Neptune
      • The Wishlist
      • Jupiter And Io
      • Eric Clapton, 1970
      • Lumen F In Artgraf
      • Luana
      • Drawing Drapery From Head To Toe, Cliff Young – Book Review
      • Painting Portraits In Watercolour, Liz Chaderton – Book Review
    • ► September (17)
      • Derwent Art Prize 2024
      • Drawing From Photos, Patrick J. Jones - Book Review
      • Craighouse, Jura
      • Dalwhinnie Distillery
      • Interruptions
      • David Bellamy's Arctic Light – Book Review
      • An FIA No More
      • Free Horse Manure
      • The Mukurob In Green Warm
      • Derek Trucks
      • Adhira In Greens And Reds
      • The Dads Army Collection
      • Captain George Mainwaring
      • Sergeant Arthur Wilson II
      • Private James Frazer
      • Private Joe Walker II
      • ARP Warden William Hodges
    • ► August (19)
      • Privates Charles Godfrey And Frank Pike
      • Lance Corporal Jack Jones
      • Maurice Yeatman And The Reverend Timothy Farthing
      • Private Joe Walker
      • Sergeant Arthur Wilson
      • Painting Trees, Rob and Siân Dudley - Book Review
      • LumenF
      • Disapproval From Mount Rushmore
      • Inverie In Tundra Colours
      • The Old Forge In Watercolour
      • The Old Forge, Inverie
      • Drawing & Painting Portraits In Watercolour, David Thomas - Book Review
      • Torre Nubia
      • Breaking The Rules Of Watercolour, Shirley Trevena - Book Review
      • View From Ardtornish Castle
      • The Mukurob (Finger Of God)
      • Hazel Soan's African Watercolours – Book Review
      • Queendown Warren Car Park
      • Charcoal Swatching
    • ► July (24)
      • Looking For Source Material For Charcoal
      • AveryA
      • Drawing With Charcoal, Kate Boucher – Book Review
      • Drawing Hands & Feet, Eddie Armer – Book Review
      • Birthday Stash 2023
      • 101 Textures In Colored Pencil. Denise J. Howard – Book Review
      • Tundra Colours
      • Look Over Yonder
      • Sky Above Hartlip Church
      • Miriam In Inktense Pencil
      • A Hot Day In Nuuk
      • Abandoned Quarry Ruins, Carbilly Tor, Bodmin Moor
      • Upchurch Craft Fair
      • Adhira
      • What If Da Vinci Drew Comic Covers?
      • Doctor Vivian Crellin 1925—2020
      • Threads
      • Bridge Over The River Risopatron
      • Warming Up With Collibrina
      • United Underworld
      • Catwoman
      • The Joker
      • The Riddler
      • The Penguin
    • ► June (28)
      • Heeeere's Jonny
      • The Good, The Bad And The Ugly: The Collection
      • Il Brutto
      • Il Cattivo
      • Il Buono
      • Towards Stockbury From Queendown Warren
      • Essential Techniques Of Landscape Drawing, Suzanne Brooker – Book Review
      • Coloured Pencil Primary Mixing Swatches
      • Green Retreats
      • Results Of The H1 2023 Artistic Actuary Poll
      • View From First Post Corner, Cambridge
      • The Long Reach, Cambridge
      • Looking In From Christ's Pieces
      • RIP Jazzy John Romita Snr, 1930–2023
      • Jerry Garcia And Bob Weir, Copenhagen 1972
      • All Saints' Church, Cambridge
      • Key Man
      • VNixie
      • Church Of San Pedro De Atacama, Chile
      • A Moment At Stonehenge
      • Contemporary Watercolour On The Go, Marion Rivolier - Book Review
      • Egyptian Sorcery
      • Duane Allman
      • The H1 2023 Artistic Actuary Poll
      • Towards Third Court, Christ's College, Cambridge
      • Ancient Sorceries
      • I Can Read Your Mind
      • Capturing Light, Catherine Beale - Book Review
    • ► May (18)
      • Jennifer Evie
      • Garrow Farm, Bodmin Moor
      • Coloured Pencil Full Swatch
      • A Bit Of Wood
      • A Victim Of Higher Space
      • Looking At You
      • Preparation
      • Stirling Castle
      • Hever Castle
      • Somewhere
      • Daniella Taking A Break
      • The New Studio
      • Rejection
      • Jerry Garcia
      • Landscape Artist Of The Year Dates
      • Art Studio Getting There
      • Hoodoo In The Chinle Formation
      • Art Studio Foundations
    • ► April (10)
      • Tree Looking Over Queendown Warren
      • Thea In Artgraf
      • An England XI
      • Mike Brearley
      • Zaza II
      • Zaza
      • The South Wind
      • Bowerman's Nose, Dartmoor
      • Dragon Path
      • Pulp Fiction
    • ► March (16)
      • Site Clearance
      • Six More PAOTY Rejections
      • PAOTY Rejections
      • David
      • Michael, Hot And Cold
      • The YouTube Six
      • Liron Yanconsky
      • Lee Davey, The MacMaster
      • Antonio Radic, Agadmator's Chess Channel
      • Parth G
      • Michael Penn
      • Mark Hector, Brain Squeeze Reactions
      • Artist Of The Year
      • John Cleese
      • The Artist's Complete Guide To Drawing The Head, William L. Maughan - Book Review
      • Warren Haynes
    • ► February (8)
      • The Colours Of Nuuk
      • Twelve Angry Men
      • View From Highest Point, Queendown Warren
      • Chalk Face, Queendown Warren
      • David Suchet
      • Moeen Ali, The Beard To Be Feared
      • Annual Self Portrait 2023
      • Painting Watercolour Snow Scenes The Easy Way, Terry Harrison - Book Review
    • ► January (11)
      • Climate Change
      • Landscape Artist Of The Year
      • The 2023 Colour Palette
      • Stuart Broad
      • The Natural Way To Paint, Charles Reid - Book Review
      • Supergranulator Swatching
      • Artgraf Swatching
      • Graham Thorpe
      • Critiqued By Liron Yanconsky!
      • Realistic Portraits In Colored Pencil, Karen Hull - Book Review
      • The Old Bridge, Latheronwheel
  • ►2022 (174)
    • ► December (9)
      • Annual Awards 2022
      • Landscape In Ink And Coloured Pencil, Helen Hanson - Book Review
      • Drawing Animal Portraits In Coloured Pencil, Lisa Ann Watkins - Book Review
      • 'Andles For Forks
      • Candle In Oil Pastel
      • First Go With The Artgraf Colours: Candle
      • Christmas Art Stash 2022
      • Steps Up From The Street, Hartlip
      • William Shatner
    • ► November (5)
      • Watercolour Nature Unleashed, Jane Betteridge - Book Review
      • Nasser Hussain
      • Adil Rashid
      • Jos Buttler
      • Sir Ian Botham
    • ► October (12)
      • Felicia, Blinded
      • Masterful Color, Vibrant Colored Pencil Paintings Layer By Layer: Arlene Steinberg - Book Review
      • Neil McCarthy
      • Stephanie R
      • Upchurch Art Exhibition, 8-20 November
      • Shirley
      • Number Eighteen
      • The Wood Of The Dead
      • Summer 2022 Poll Results
      • The Summer 2022 Artistic Actuary Poll
      • Black Rock Cottage, Glencoe In The Key Of Purple Cool
      • Black Rock Cottage, Glencoe In Tundra Colours
    • ► September (22)
      • Felicia In Coloured Pencil
      • Looking Up At L3, Christ's College
      • Looking Out From Clare College Memorial Court
      • The WongAvery Music Gallery, Trinity Hall, Cambridge
      • Bailey
      • The Encyclopaedia Of Coloured Pencil Techniques: Judy Martin - Book Review
      • Stockbury Church Tower
      • MB Farms, Stockbury
      • The Harrow, Stockbury
      • Tweaking The Random Colour Generator
      • Hills In Shire Colours
      • Hills In Tundra Colours
      • Felicia In Inktense Pencil
      • Felicia
      • Thea's Back
      • Niecy
      • Four Views From A Californian Bus Stop
      • Sam
      • Turner's Apprentice, A Watercolour Masterclass: Tony Smibert - Book Review
      • David Bowie
      • Thatch Cottage, Hartlip - The Full Monty
      • Miriam
    • ► August (22)
      • Auger Close, Hartlip
      • Archway To Hartlip Church, Dashed And Splashed
      • Hartlip Village Hall
      • Hartlip Methodist Church
      • Old Nuuk
      • JenH In Coloured Pencil
      • Neil Young In Coloured Pencil
      • Watercolour The Natural World: Tim Pond - Book Review
      • Blast Wall, Glazing House, Oare Gunpowder Works
      • Cammie
      • JenH
      • KathyB
      • Hazel Soan's Art Of The Limited Palette - Book Review
      • CharlieK's Back
      • Candle
      • Bodin Church, Norway
      • The Landscape Painter's Workbook: Mitchell Albala - Book Review
      • David Gilmour
      • Avebury Stones
      • Clearing In Newington Woods
      • Supergranulating Swatches
      • Paul Shane
    • ► July (25)
      • Drawing Scenery: Landscapes And Seascapes: Jack Hamm - Book Review
      • Nuuk Art Museum
      • Denali National Park 2
      • Big Sam In Coloured Pencil
      • Inside The Tuck Inn
      • Cherry Stand In Tuck Inn Car Park
      • The Tuck Inn
      • Looking Towards Hartlip House
      • Hartlip Church Porch
      • Hartlip Church Tower 2
      • Line And Wash Painting: Liz Chaderton - Book Review
      • Sketching Techniques For Artists: Alex Hillkurtz - Book Review
      • Polychromos Swatching
      • Birthday Stash 4/4: Everything Else
      • Birthday Stash 3/4: Polychromos Coloured Pencils
      • Birthday Stash 2/4: Fineliners
      • Birthday Stash 1/4: Schmincke Supergranulating Watercolours
      • Red House
      • Tidying Up The Shop Windows
      • New Court In Colour
      • Sarah Ann, Pensive
      • Adrina In Inktense Pencil
      • Adrina In Watercolour
      • Stonehenge III
      • Sgurr A'Fionn Choire And Baruch Na Frithe
    • ► June (13)
      • The White Church, Comrie, Perthshire
      • Ancient Lights
      • A Haunted Island
      • Another Corner Of Stonehenge
      • A Corner Of Stonehenge
      • Third Stone From The Sun
      • Murray Edwards College, Cambridge
      • The Red Lion, Weston
      • CharlieK
      • Blackpool Pleasure Beach
      • H1 2022 Poll Results
      • Warden Point
      • Wake Up Kevin!
    • ► May (15)
      • The H1 2022 Poll
      • Thurnham Castle
      • Dreamland Margate
      • Shaun Williamson
      • Rochester Castle
      • The Wall Of Rochester Castle
      • Drawing Practice And Inktense Experimentation
      • EvaE Again
      • The End Of The Footpath
      • The Allotment
      • The Smell Of Seaweed
      • An Arrogant Intrusion
      • Jenni With Her Foot On A Box
      • Force Of Life
      • All Along The Watchtower
    • ► April (11)
      • Contemporary Figures In Watercolour: Leo Crane & Joseph Butler - Book Review
      • Christ's College Hall From Second Court
      • Daniella
      • Raven S
      • Inktense Purple Mix Testing
      • L Staircase, Christ's College
      • Tree In Christ's Fellows' Garden
      • Shaun Wallace, The Dark Destroyer
      • Bob Willis
      • Katya's Back
      • The Road To Glencoe
    • ► March (23)
      • Stepping Into Second Court
      • Pure Watercolour Painting: Peter Cronin - Book Review
      • The Old Man Of Stoor In Oil Pastel
      • The Trinity Hall Wall
      • The Call
      • Oil Pastels: A Pause For Reflection
      • James Anderson
      • Candace
      • Bridge Near Oswaldkirk
      • Once Upon A Time In The West Again
      • She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
      • BronwynS
      • The Return Of Jazmine
      • Two Trees, Hartlip House
      • Watercolor: Ted Keller - Book Review
      • Round The Back Of Hartlip Church
      • Animal Biscuit Valley, New Zealand
      • Rory Burns
      • Annual Self Portrait 2022
      • KylieB Sitting On A Box
      • Torres Del Paine National Park
      • KeiraG
      • Sarah Ann
    • ► February (3)
      • Mika M, In Action
      • Ross Kemp
      • Ullapool
    • ► January (14)
      • The Listener
      • Ruby
      • Atmospheric Animals In Watercolour: Jean Haines - Book Review
      • Nicole Vaunt
      • The Whisperers
      • The 18-Colour 2022 Palette
      • Testing Out New Colours
      • Michaela
      • Rhus' Back
      • The On The Buses Collection
      • Mabel Edith Butler
      • Stan Butler
      • Olive Rudge
      • Jack Harper
  • ►2021 (170)
    • ► December (8)
      • Annual Awards 2021
      • Cyril Blake
      • Arthur Rudge
      • Draw Faces In 15 Minutes: Jake Spicer - Book Review
      • Christmas Stash
      • My Feet
      • Paul
      • My Eyes
    • ► November (11)
      • H2 2021:Survey Results
      • EvaE
      • The Allman Brothers Band
      • KylieB
      • H2 2021 Poll
      • The Christ's College Maths Fellows 1982-86 Collection
      • Professor Frank Kelly CBE FRS
      • Professor John Wilson
      • Doctor Richard Maunder
      • Professor Peter Landshoff
      • The Return Of Thea
    • ► October (5)
      • Katya
      • Landscape Artist Of The Year 2022
      • Number Two Twinned With Hartlip Church In The Snow
      • Number Two
      • Thea
    • ► September (22)
      • Frank's Wood, Leith Hill, Surrey
      • JenB, Taking A Breather
      • The Bond Villains Collection
      • Hugo Drax
      • Rosa Klebb
      • Emilio Largo
      • Another Ernst Stavro Blofeld
      • Oddjob
      • Zbigniew Krycsiwiki
      • Francisco Scaramanga And Nick Nack
      • Doctor Julius No
      • Ernst Stavro Blofeld
      • Auric Goldfinger
      • Drawing And Painting People: A Fresh Approach, Emily Ball - Book Review
      • Sastrugi
      • The Cities Were Abandoned And The Forests Echoed Song
      • El Bandito
      • Another Look At Colour Keys
      • Hartlip Church In The Snow
      • How To Make A Watercolor Paint Itself, Nita Engle - Book Review
      • Moon, Turn The Tides…Gently Gently Away
      • The Art Of Urban Sketching, Gabriel Campanario - Book Review
    • ► August (17)
      • Hartlip Church In The Sun
      • Ann And Rebecca On The Shiraz
      • High Cup Nick
      • Castles Made Of Sand
      • Fog Over Queendown Warren
      • Color Choices, Stephen Quiller - Book Review
      • Clare Bridge In Complementary Colours
      • Still Raining, Still Dreaming
      • The Wind Cries Mary
      • The Gusti Leder Yannick Stationery Case
      • Aubrey, Getting A Tan
      • Mika M
      • Malayavanta Hill, In Oil Pastel
      • Malayavanta Hill, Near Hampi
      • My Left Foot
      • The Graduate
      • The Big Book Of Realistic Drawing Secrets, Carrie Stuart Parks & Rick Parks - Book Review
    • ► July (22)
      • Hartlip Church In Oil Pastel
      • Painting Animals In Watercolour, Liz Chaderton - Book Review
      • Logical Right Eye
      • Artistic Left Eye
      • Create Perfect Paintings, Nancy Reyner - Book Review
      • Beginner's Guide To Painting With Oil Pastels, Tim Fisher - Book Review
      • Oil Pastel Testing
      • Oil Pastels!
      • Cliffside Tree, Queendown Warren
      • A Desert Episode
      • Six Ways To Look At The Moon
      • JenB, Sitting
      • Balanced Rock, Big Bend National Park, Texas
      • Kjeragbolten
      • King Street, Cambridge
      • Domination
      • Gregg Allman
      • Cher
      • Gabrielle
      • Kristina Marie
      • The Insanity Of Jones
      • Clare Bridge, Cambridge
    • ► June (19)
      • Painting Expressive Watercolour, Bridget Woods - Book Review
      • Cotoneaster
      • The Far Country
      • Bridget Woods Exercises
      • Hartlip Church Tower
      • H1 2021 Survey Results
      • Vibrant Watercolours, Hazel Lale - Book Review
      • Recognition!
      • H1 2021 Survey
      • Sam Allardyce
      • Gareth Southgate
      • Secret Door Into Hartlip Church
      • Stevenson Building, Christ's College, Cambridge
      • I See The Gods In Battle Rage On High
      • Pale Horse Rider
      • Long Gone
      • The Sea Fit
      • Unidentified Scottish Hills
      • Jazmine
    • ► May (19)
      • Margaret
      • Kevin At The Interview
      • I Said In That Case I'll Have A Manhattan. She Said Fine. And In Thirty Seconds Time...
      • Glean a'Chroin
      • The Joy Of Six
      • Annual Self Portrait 2021
      • Pulling Your Paintings Together, Charles Reid - Book Review
      • Ten Greatest Chess Players
      • Jimi Hendrix
      • Neil Young
      • Duane Allman & Sam Allardyce
      • Michael, Kneeling
      • Raiders Of The Lost Ark
      • Orchard Lea, Hartlip
      • Ben Talks Football
      • Tommy Cooper
      • Time
      • Footpath, Lower Hartlip Road
      • Archway Into Hartlip Church
    • ► April (20)
      • Mandy
      • Cuckoo Orchard, Hartlip
      • Hartlip House
      • Place Meadow, Hartlip
      • Stonehall, Hartlip
      • The Rose And Crown In The Snow
      • Kevin, Annoyed
      • Brie On A Chair
      • View From Hartlip Church
      • Footpath From The Village Hall To The Park, Hartlip
      • Watercolour Textures, Ann Blockley - Book Review
      • For A Nosy Parker It's An Interestin’ Job
      • Abstract Beginnings
      • Wisteria Cottage, Hartlip
      • St Michael's & All Saints Church, Hartlip
      • Craiglea And Sanquhar, Hartlip
      • The Street, Hartlip
      • Thatch Cottage, Hartlip
      • Planning Is Everything
      • Webb On Watercolor, Frank Webb - Book Review
    • ► March (8)
      • Cathy Jean
      • Valdeinfierno In Purple And Orange
      • The Thin Ice
      • The Brimham Rocks
      • Richard Feynman
      • Moose On The Phoenix Trail
      • Book Review Rating Policy
      • Colour And Abstraction, George Blacklock - Book Review
    • ► February (9)
      • I See A Red Door And I Want It Painted Black
      • The Old Man Of Tarsuinn
      • The Hoodoo Watch
      • A Six Colour Palette and the Mind The Gap Approach to Colour Theory
      • Life On Venus
      • Best Of The Wildcards
      • Tom Holland
      • Elizabeth Olsen
      • Landscape Artist Of The Year
    • ► January (10)
      • Becca And Daniel
      • The Big Swatch
      • Colour Bugs
      • The 2021 Palette Collection
      • Trial Of The Reds
      • Robert Downey Junior
      • Mark Ruffalo
      • New Year, New Look
      • The Regeneration Of Lord Ernie
      • Landscape Painting Essentials, Johannes Vloothuis: Book Review
  • ►2020 (163)
    • ► December (9)
      • Annual Awards 2020
      • Chadwick Boseman
      • Gestural Heather
      • Gestural AnaIv
      • 2020 Survey Results
      • A Date For The Diary
      • The Big 2020 Artistic Actuary Survey
      • Cross-Legged Jenni
      • Kevin
    • ► November (13)
      • Charlie, Dobbie And Mia - Best Two Yet?
      • Heather
      • Still More Charlie, Dobbie And Mia
      • Charlie, Dobbie And Mia Again
      • Charlie, Dobbie And Mia
      • Charlie
      • Dobbie
      • Dobbie On The Sofa
      • Easter Island
      • JenB, Kneeling
      • JenB, Recumbent
      • Samira Ahmed
      • Thinking Jenni
    • ► October (18)
      • Michael Clarke Duncan
      • Maxine
      • Brie, Relaxed
      • NMA Model 15
      • I Am The Eye In The Sky
      • Three Days Of Snow
      • Annie Mac
      • Michael
      • An Eye (A Work In Progress)
      • Aubrey, Seated
      • Aubrey, Standing
      • Landscape Artist Of The Year 2021
      • The Cheetah Woman
      • Another Abstract Underpainting
      • Ayame
      • Stephen Hawking
      • Jenni
      • Brie
    • ► September (15)
      • AnaIv
      • The Sneer
      • Sedona, Arizona
      • High Noon
      • The Tree Of Life
      • One For The Bin
      • Led Zeppelin
      • John Paul Jones
      • Robert Plant
      • John Bonham
      • Jimmy Page
      • The Vulture
      • Annual Self Portrait 2020
      • Winter Is Coming
      • Skyfall
    • ► August (22)
      • Colour And Light: A Guide For The Realistic Painter, James Gurney - Book Review
      • Inktober All Year Long, Jake Parker: Book Review
      • Rob Key
      • The Artistic Actuary has a Facebook page
      • The Rush Collection
      • Alex Lifeson
      • Neil Peart
      • Geddy Lee
      • The Complete Urban Sketching Companion, Gabriel Campanario, Stephanie Bower & Shari Blaukopf - Book Review
      • Exposure
      • Rhus
      • JenB
      • Expressive Figure Drawing, Bill Buchman - Book Review
      • Figure Drawing For Artists: Making Every Mark Count, Steve Huston - Book Review
      • Headless Amy
      • Amy
      • Warming Up With One-Minute Sketches
      • The Frankenstein-Dracula Variation
      • The Trio
      • Painting By Design, Charles Reid - Book Review
      • Strengthen Your Paintings With Dynamic Composition, Frank Webb - Book Review
      • The Happiest Days Of Our Lives
    • ► July (18)
      • Landscape Artist Of The Year 2021
      • All Roads Lead To Lady Churchill's Rose Garden
      • Lady Churchill's Rose Garden, Chartwell
      • The Rose & Crown, Hartlip
      • Life Drawing For Artists, Chris Legaspi - Book Review
      • Stephen Hawking Reading The Guardian
      • Inktense Pencil Swatching
      • Painting Expressive Landscapes, Carole Robson - Book Review
      • Palette Cleaning And Setup
      • En Plein Air Watercolor, Ron Stocke - Book Review
      • Birthday Stash 3 of 3: New Books
      • Birthday Stash 2 of 3: 24 Winsor & Newton Professional Halfpans
      • Birthday Stash 1 of 3: Inktense Pencils
      • Archway Into St Michael's & All Saints Church, Hartlip
      • Stockbury Church
      • And I'm Thumper!
      • Christ's College, Cambridge
      • Lancashire Sunset
    • ► June (13)
      • (Two Of) The Hateful Eight
      • Marker Portraits Poll Results
      • The Glamour Of The Snow
      • The Artist's Guide To Painting Water In Watercolour: 30 Techniques, Ron Hazell - Book Review
      • The Magnificent Seven Collection, Framed
      • Eli Wallach
      • Marker Portraits Poll
      • And Introducing Horst Buchholz
      • The Hidden Gorilla
      • Yul Brynner
      • Steve McQueen
      • Another Experiment
      • What to buy a potential new watercolourist
    • ► May (22)
      • Noel Fielding
      • Robert Vaughn
      • Charles Bronson
      • Brad Dexter
      • Will Young
      • James Coburn
      • 461 Ocean Boulevard
      • Judge Rindler
      • BBC Life Drawing Live
      • Rankin
      • Goldfinch On Cheese
      • We're Going To The Zoo Zoo Zoo
      • It's Quiet Out There...Too Quiet
      • I'm Cuttin' Up Here
      • Statistical Physicists
      • Albert Einstein
      • New Court, Christ's College, Cambridge
      • Drying Brushes
      • Satyendra Nath Bose
      • Bernardine Evaristo
      • Paul Dirac
      • Enrico Fermi
    • ► April (11)
      • The 2020 FIDE Candidates Collection Framed!
      • My Sunset's On Fire
      • Summer Swatching
      • Draw People Every Day, Kagan McLeod - Book Review
      • Super Blood Wolf Moon
      • We Will Make Them Give Us Light
      • Bubble Horse Horse Bubble
      • 2020 FIDE Candidates Tournament - The Collection
      • Fabiano Caruana
      • Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
      • Anish Giri
    • ► March (7)
      • Ding Liren
      • Alexander Grischuk
      • Wang Hao
      • Ian Nepomniachtchi
      • Kirill Alekseenko
      • Urban Watercolor Sketching, Felix Scheinberger - Book Review
      • Henry Fonda, Once Upon A Time In The West
    • ► February (9)
      • Two Self Portraits
      • Different Tables
      • Costa Coffee, Medway Services, 19 February, 2020
      • Watercolor Masters And Legends, Betsy Dillard Stroud - Book Review
      • Costa Coffee, Hempstead Valley, 12 February 2020
      • Cathy
      • Lizzie
      • Amanda
      • View Of Cafe Nero From Costa
    • ► January (6)
      • Clive
      • Jimbo
      • Roy With A Beard
      • Sketching People, Lynne Chapman - Book Review
      • Day Trip To Canterbury
      • Nathan In Colour
  • ►2019 (96)
    • ► December (6)
      • Annual Awards 2019
      • The Urban Sketcher, Marc Taro Holmes - Book Review
      • Winsor & Newton Promarkers
      • Nathan
      • Keys To Drawing, Bert Dodson - Book Review
      • Summer 2019 Poll Results
    • ► October (3)
      • Summer 2019 Poll
      • Something Different For Christmas?
      • Zoltan Szabo's 70 Favourite Watercolor Techniques - Book Review
    • ► September (9)
      • Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain, Betty Edwards - Book Review
      • Father And Son
      • Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain - Progress Update
      • DNA
      • Schneesturm
      • Light And Shade In Watercolour, Hazel Soan - Book Review
      • Making Color Sing, Jeanne Dobie - Book Review
      • Key Street, Florida
      • How To Draw Animals, Jack Hamm - Book Review
    • ► August (9)
      • Stormy Abstract
      • The Hills Are Alive
      • Bramble's
      • Colour Keys
      • Now What Are You Barking At?
      • Mount Rushmore
      • Blue Skye
      • Drawing The Head & Figure, Jack Hamm - Book Review
      • Dynamic Watercolours, Jane Betteridge - Book Review
    • ► July (7)
      • Shell Ginger
      • Jean Haines' Atmospheric Watercolours - Book Review
      • The Essence Of Watercolour, Hazel Soan - Book Review
      • Birthday Book Stash
      • A Miserable Night In Torquay
      • Expressive Painting, Joseph Stoddard - Book Review
      • Hondo
    • ► June (3)
      • Hidden Village
      • Ann Blockley's Watercolour Workshop - Book Review
      • Last Days Of Summer
    • ► May (8)
      • Bledlow Poppy
      • Failed Experiment Part 2
      • Failed Experiment Part 1
      • Broken
      • I'm on Instagram!
      • Denali National Park
      • Keep Painting, Gordon MacKenzie - Book Review
      • Sparkly Tree
    • ► April (8)
      • He Knows, Doctor, He Knows
      • Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid
      • Invasion!
      • The Q1 2019 Poll
      • Tombstone
      • Hotel California
      • Realistic Abstracts, Kees Van Aalst - Book Review
      • Mastering Composition, Ian Roberts - Book Review
    • ► March (20)
      • Once Upon A Time In The West - In Progress
      • Once Upon A Time In The West
      • Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, Where Did Your Garden Go?
      • Path To The Lake
      • Experimental Landscapes In Watercolour, Ann Blockley - Book Review
      • Learn To Paint People Quickly, Hazel Soan - Book Review
      • Atmospheric Flowers In Watercolour, Jean Haines - Book Review
      • Painting Successful Watercolours From Photographs, Geoff Kersey - Book Review
      • Watercolour Painting, Tom Hoffmann - Book Review
      • Painting Abstracts, Rolina Van Vliet - Book Review
      • Terry Harrison's Complete Guide To Watercolour Landscapes - Book Review
      • 30-Minute Landscapes, Paul Talbot-Greaves - Book Review
      • Watercolour Landscapes, Richard Taylor - Book Review
      • Learn To Paint Watercolour With The Experts, Crawshaw/Bellamy/Ranson/Soan - Book Review
      • Big Brush Watercolour, Ron Ranson - Book Review
      • Frank Clarke's Paintbox - Book Review
      • Waterfall Green
      • Winter Roots
      • A Windy Day In Whitstable
      • The Searchers Again
    • ► February (15)
      • The Day Ends, Springfield, Virginia
      • Whoa!
      • Grand Teton National Park
      • Comfortably Numb
      • Purple Rain
      • Twist In My Sobriety
      • Elephant
      • Horsehead Quarry
      • The Old Man Of Storr
      • White, Six-Petalled Flower From Northern Thailand
      • Sunshine Through The Brambles
      • Colour Charts
      • Changes to my palette
      • Freebird Nebula
      • Hazel Soan's Watercolour Rainbow - Book Review
    • ► January (8)
      • Snow In The Mountains
      • Rubbish Snow Painting
      • Valdeinfierno
      • Facebook
      • Colourful Sky
      • First Gesso
      • SIAS Newsletter November 2018
      • Flowers In Alexandria
  • ►2018 (42)
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      • The End Of Summer Poll
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      • Icebergs Off Newfoundland
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