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Manarola, third of the Five Lands Another Friday is here, and I'm ready! Today's Florence Friday is a follow-up on the Amalfi Coast.  We're going to learn a little more about it's cousin to the north, Cinque Terre. Also, I have an embarrassing admission to make. The first picture in my Amalfi Coast Blog , is actually a picture of Manarola. >.< See how confusing this is??? Cinque Terre is probably the coastline I laid eyes on first in my google searches, as it is much closer to Florence than the Amalfi Coast is. This map is particularly helpful to me...what with my need to learn basic Italian geography before I head over there. >.< **also, Milan isn't on there, but from my hotdog pizza post, I know it's more north than Venice is! =) Like the Amalfi Coast, Cinque Terre is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site (Cinque Terre National Park), and it literally means "The Five Lands".  These five lands are the five villages along the co...

Happy Sunday everyone!  It's been a week since I drew my chubby Kidney Man, and I haven't posted like I promised.  So today you'll get a double dose of Sunday Scribbles! I had to do some fancy stuff with the flash on my point and shoot to get rid of the nasty reflection. Drawing inspiration from my classmate Maddie's  blog on the body, I've sort of become fascinated with learning how to draw boobs (breasts? I never know what to call them.) That's right, Maddie, you had better do a blog on breasts.  =) I've never really been great at managing to draw spheres.  The shading/lighting really throws me off.  So one night I decided to see if I could copy one of the paintings I have up in my room. "Butterfly Tattoo", by Amy Brown . Obviously, fairies don't have nipples, so I had to make her human. The interesting thing about Butterfly Tattoo is that whenever people come over and see her, their biggest problem is not that...