Tahlia / Charlotte / Deborah

1. I will post one question every day for the next

30 days
at laketrees OR PoeARTica

2. You will find the answers by reading my posts at
laketrees….or at PoeARTica or at my website laketrees1

3. Each day write your answer in the comment box
at either Laketrees OR PoeARTica

4. The winner will be the reader with the most correct answers entered by 30th September at 11pm EST

Answers to the 30 questions will be posted 30th September at 12pm EST

If there is more than one person with all the correct answers....
I will have a final draw of names

Conditions

1. Subscribe to my blogs…laketrees and PoeARTica

2. Fave my blogs at Technorati…..




3. Add my blogs to your blogroll:

laketrees and PoeARTica

4. Digg this post… (optional)

I will return the favour if you leave your link with anchor text and direct technorati link.

The winner will receive a free graphite portrait (unframed)
42cm x 60cm on Arches Paper
value $400

(postage paid by me)

Winner to supply an A4 photo of self as reference.



Question # 1.

Which newspaper do I read daily?
hint: you will find the answer in the sidebar here at laketrees



Big Thanks Saboma for the photo layout and the promotional post at Maryannaville !!!!!!!

I have deleted the dangerous email warning as it was a hoax !!!!!
here are the links for further information:

McAfee

Symantec

My Dear Dad was a part-time artist (encouraged by Sir William Dobell)...both my son..Alexander and my daughter Charlotte have both won numerous art awards...(though neither will probably make art their careers)
and it looks like....the tradition is being carried on by
my nephew...Bryson....who recently gave my daughter this wonderful drawing of a cat for her birthday.......
Bryson ....12....attends art classes privately and is doing exceptionally well in art at school too......

Cat Portrait framed by FRAME 'N' ART

and on a different note....I couldn't help agreeing with this letter that I found in my filing cabinet...(filed under "teenagers")....my Mum gave me the clipping a few years ago...



Thanks Mum.....

My son took this photo tonight at 8pm EST
on the Central Coast...NSW ...Australia.
The camera (with telephoto lens) was set up
on a tripod on the balcony ..looking east... over the ocean....
He will be taking more photos until 11pm.........

For more information on times and countries
click here

28 August 2007 lunar eclipse

here

Sydney jazzes up Blood Moon eclipse

and here

Lunar eclipse

A work of art is a confession." Albert Camus






I have to confess that the portrait of Irina Baronova
is coming along very slowly.....
I have spent the last two days uploading a favicon of my painting ...
"Girl with a Pearl Earring" into my address bar.....
and now to add it to my other blog... PoeARTica ........

If you want to make and upload your favicon in less than 15 minutes go to......





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step by step instructions in the HELP section..........

ps
thanks Mary Ann for inspiring me with your favicon.....

by Empress Ev who was tagged by

Mimi Queen of Memes
to check out some great regal titles:

my first title!

My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: Her Royal Highness Kim the Mystical of Withering Glance Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title

My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: Her Most Noble Lady Laketrees the Overdecorated of Piddletrenthide on the Carpet Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title

My Fortune Cookie told me: It is time to ask yourself, how can someone so deceitful stir coffee with me? Get a cookie from Miss Fortune

Andy Garcia is brilliant !!!!!
The music....breathtaking !!!!!
You will need a box of tissues for this movie !!!!

Amedeo Clemente Modigliani (12 July 1884 – 24 January 1920) was an Italian painter and sculptor who pursued his career for the most part in France. He was the bohemian artist par excellence - his posthumous legend is almost as famous as Van Gogh's. In stylistic terms he was an oddity: contemporary with the Cubists, but not part of their movement, he forms a bridge between the generation of Toulouse-Lautrec and the Art Deco painters of the 1920's.


Movie Review: Modigliani

I came across "YOUR RELEVANT" authored by Matson over at BlogCatalog recently and he kindly reviewed my site in exchange for a blogger's choice vote.

Here is Matson's review:


We describe Kim's blog as a free spirit. Fun to read. The writing leaves you happy and relaxed.

Movie reviews, web stuff, a great technorati article and just an all around pleasure.
We spent a fair amount of time there just looking through old posts and we found some hidden treasure.

What we liked about this site:

1. The artwork
2. The movie reviews
3. The balance between content and art


Thanks so much Matson.

Please visit YOUR RELEVANT........there are lots of great reviews on a terrific variety of blogs.... where the focus is on bringing people together with blogs.
Just take a look at their mission statement:

"To bring people and blogs together. There are so many good blogs out there that no one knows about. We here at "your relevant" think that people should know about your blog.

We will be surfing the web and going through many topics of blogs in hopes of bringing people together with blogs."

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IF YOU WANT A HIGHER TECHNORATI RATING - TELL ME! GET ON BOARD!


It’s easy and worth it. If you want to move up in Technorati there are 2 ways to get there: gaining massive amounts of links to you from other blogs, or getting the most favorites. One thing you can do is get lots of favourites who favourite you in return! Before you start you may want to grab this supercool autofave program from Eng Tech. All the people who have favourited you, this automatically favourites them in return. No more excuses for not returning the favour!

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I was added to the Technorati Fave Train by Ev Nucci at
My life is murphy's law
The Train was started by Gary Lee.


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Here are the rules:
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MAKE SURE TO FAVE EVERY ONE. WE WILL VISIT THE ONE WHO DOESN’T :)

I went along to the premiere of Clubland on Sunday Afternoon.
This movie was a real treat and the director, Cherie Nowlan, gave an interesting insight into its production with her informative and amusing anecdotes.

Clubland - Movie Trailer

click on the images to read the flyers

Clubland is a 2007 Australian film, directed by Cherie Nowlan and written by Keith Thompson, starring an ensemble cast which includes Khan Chittenden, Emma Booth, Richard Wilson and Oscar nominee Brenda Blethyn. It was released in Australia on June 28 2007. It was selected for screening at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival where it was picked up by Warners Independent for a $4 million dollar deal and gained glowing reviews.
It opened in the US on the July 4th holiday weekend, the first Australian film ever to do so, under the title "Introducing the Dwights".

Congratulations Pearl!!!!!!!
You guessed the PIG !!!!
AND
the Mystery Prizes go to
Mary Ann and Colin for their .....oh so creative responses
I will be sending you a mini 2008 Calendar of Outback Australia by the acclaimed photographer Steve Parish.......Congratulations !!!!


Many thanks to Jani for allowing me to use her incredible photo of the PIG....as a reference for my drawing......pop on over to Jackal to see the photo of the original (female) pig....

Thanks to everyone for participating...I have had lots of fun with this and you can count on seeing more competitions here in the near future !!!!

PS...the drawing is mixed media on Arches paper...approximately 1 metre square....without frame.....

• Mary Ann @ Maryannaville



• Ev @ My Life is Murphys Law



• Colin @ Life



• Thereyoucome @ Go

Here is the first section of the mystery drawing......

click on image to zoom

Recently I asked everyone to choose their favourite artwork ....here...
I am giving away a framed print of one of these artworks to the reader who can guess the subject of my latest drawing......
I will be posting the drawing in 4 sections next week and the first reader who can put the sections together and guess what the subject of the work is will receive a free framed print...(postage included to anywhere in the world)

Loz over @ Sunrays and Saturdays tagged me with this meme


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It’s very simple. When this is passed on to you, copy the whole thing, skim the list and put a * star beside those that you like. (Check out especially the * starred ones.) Add the next number (1. 2. 3. 4. 5., etc.) and write your own blogging tip for other bloggers. Try to make your tip general. After that, tag 10 other people. Link love some friends! Just think– if 10 people start this, the 10 people pass it onto another 10 people, you have 100 links already!


Here are the tips!

1. Look, read, and learn.
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4. Always reply to your comments
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5. Blog about what you know & love.
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7. Whenever possible, spread some positive thoughts and love. The world needs more of them.
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8. Write down from your heart or head. Either way asks yourself why you ever get started.
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9. Try to make your template something unique and easy to look. Your template gives the blogger identity as much as the post content.
http://psychosomaticwit.blogspot.com**

10. Join some of the social network sites like MyBloglog and BlogCatalog.
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11. If you are technically challenged get help from the experts.
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I am leaving this meme open to any readers who would like to participate.......