Russian paperdolls, Kurdish costumes and a watercolor pen tutorial

Hasiti

Peace in Kurdish

spoken in Turkey and Iraq

at a traditional Kurdish wedding, learning how to do the line dance

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I had my first viewers from Turkey in 2012 -

(at least that I know of)

Welcome!



Well, uh-oh!
I have a Turkish reader who is telling me
the paper dolls are actually
Russian!
Well. That’s egg all over my face!
I’m leaving the titles, descriptions, etc.
But
am placing this updated info for you.
Enjoy, Turkish or Russian.

Woman in traditional Kurdish clothing

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I have this other blog all about my adventures today (and it is only 2:00in the afternoon so you know it started out early!). However, after finding some pix on Google, my back is now telling me

I BETTER NOT SIT AT THE COMPUTER any longer!!

My back -

She who must be obeyed....

So, let's have fun with some Turkish paper dolls and call it a day.

Here is a set called Turkey Princess. It has both colored costumes, and black and white ones for you to color.

Be creative!

Get out those crayola crayons out (and buy yourself a new box if you haven't done that in awhile. Nothing like the smell of a freshly opened box of crayons...)

Get your gel pens, milky gel pens, glitter gel pens and any other kind of pen with colors!

Print the sheets out on a thin watercolor paper, and you can use your watercolor pencils or just a simple box of cakes. Both work really well.

If you have never seen a water pen, go investigate. It is one of this decade's best inventions for the artist. The barrel of the pen holds water. The tip is a brush, and comes in a couple of different sizes. You slightly squeeze the barrel, enough for the bristles to get moist. Paint away as you would with a regular brush and cakes. Clean up is a dry rag (I personally like old white athletic socks because of the ribs). You squeeze more water out of the tip through the bristles until it runs clear (takes just a couple of drops really) and you're done!

Go on to the next color.

PERFECT take along activity for kids, waiting lines at the doctor's, or just an afternoon of creativity.

I want to say they are called 'ninja' pens, but don't take my word for it!!!

Thanks (I'm pretty sure) to origamibears for sharing!

I haven't shared Vintage Song Sheet covers in awhile, so here are 2:

c. 1901, copyright free as far as I know

I should have more fun tomorrow!

Well, at least fun that I'll blog about!

:0)

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(definitely a work in progress at the moment)