If you have ever taken a Paint & Sip classes you know how much fun it is to be creative. What a great way to spend time with family and friends as you play with colorful paints and end up with a finished piece of art. Most people are unaware of the massive amounts of research showing that creativity makes people happier and less anxious while improving mental health after just one practice. While some people practice enough to make a career out of it many people just want to be creative while relieving stress with the excitement and fun of painting. This book offers many easy to follow designs for solo or group activity. With Paint & Sip Designs people can follow along and enjoy painting as they play with family and friends or on their own. With this process each person will have a wonderful design after just a few lines on the canvas. This system takes away all the math, line of horizon and grid lines and instead uses an easy to learn layout. The best part about this approach is that the system is progressive so you to get better every time you paint. Eventually you will be able to paint whatever interests you because you will have learned an approach to composition. Many people say that they have no creative ability and can only draw stick figures. However, after discovering the ease and fun of Paint & Sip they soon realize that, "hey I can draw, paint and of course sip, with easy." People just want to have fun and that is what this book is all about.

Paint and Sip classes have been popping up all over as more and more people discover the joy of art. Finally people don't have to be an expert to enjoy an evening of painting. With paint and sip designs anyone with interest can follow along and end up with a wonderful design. After just a few lessons one will discover the joy of painting and overtime with beautiful art for their own walls or as gifts for others. The best part is that with Paint and Sip Designs we can enjoy a festive and creative evening with family and friends.

Painting is so much fun to do but it's one of those things that you have to practice at to get better. Well actually most things are like that but with painting there are so many aspects to getting the composition down onto the canvas that it takes a lot of the joy out of the process. Yes, painting really can be a struggle if you don't know what you are doing and don't have a good teacher to guide you. Many people take group classes and while they are fun, they can leave you a little lost as to how you would do that again if you had to on your own. Some people have really big goals when it comes to learning how to paint while many just want to enjoy the process. Either way when you do sit down to paint it should be fun, relaxing and in the end, you should have learned something or at least feel satisfied with your results. This book can help with that. While it won't make you a master after one lesson, and there are people out there who believe that if it's not great the first time then they give up, it will get you better every time you paint. These lessons are a system, that teach perspective without the math. These lessons can help you learn a way of painting that will let you grow and learn as an artist. So whether you are looking for fun with painting on those rainy afternoons or in groups or you really to want to make a bigger goal out of the world of art then why not use a system that teaches you, even for beginners, how to start, create and end with wonderful results.

Painting pours have become very popular recently and no wonder it's because they are so much fun. When the colors spill out onto the canvas it can be very exciting to watch. Pick up the canvas and roll it around, back and forth and watch as the rich tones create wonderful cells and unique designs that look amazing every time. Painting pours are very exhilarating and happy to watch as each artist creates their own truly unique piece.This book can be used for learning all about painting pours in addition to creating designs within the pour. Whether you are looking to create traditional pours right out of the cup or interested in expanding your creations with marketable subjects, then this book is for you. Learn to go beyond the traditional pour by creating designs that buyers love and are easy to sell. While many know that paining pours can be abstract in nature adding simple subjects will make it easier to market and sell your art, if that is your goal. Pours are beautiful on their own but if you want to market your art then add subjects will make it considerable easier. Go onto Instagram, Facebook or YouTube and look under Lisa V Maus to see many of the pours. I do try to keep the cost in mind so I have added as much information as possible in each lesson. This is a step by step description to get comfortable with painting pours. Once you comfy there's no stopping you. Get ready for a long and beautiful relationship with pouring on wonderful colors.These lessons can be used as painting pours classes, or on your own with easy to follow lessons to achieve wonderful, alive and marketable artwork.A successful painting pour is achieved when the artist has enjoyed the process.

If you have ever taken a Paint and Sip classes you know how much fun they are. What a great way to spend time with friends and family, be creative and walk away with a finished painting. Well imagine that times ten because as much as we adults love to paint, well kids love it even more. Now imagine how great it will be to give your kids a book that holds their interest for hours of fun fun fun day after day. This book offers easy to follow designs for kids who are old enough to hold a pencil and have a love of color. Many years ago I was asked to teach art at a local grammar school. Well one session turned into 12 years of teaching kids art once a week grades one through sixth. After my very first lesson I knew I had to find a system that was easy to follow, easy to correct and most of all fun. I have been painting my whole life and like many creative people Loooove it. So the next time you set your kids up for an afternoon of art be sure to set a place for yourself because after seeing and playing with these lessons I guarantee you will be right there with them painting and having fun, and your so worth it. May these books give you and your kids hours, no days, no years of fun fun fun as you discover the joy of painting with kids.

If you have ever taken a Paint & Sip classes you know how much fun it is to be creative. What a great way to spend time with family and friends as you play with colorful paints and end up with a finished piece of art. Most people are unaware of the massive amounts of research showing that creativity makes people happier and less anxious while improving mental health after just one practice. While some people practice enough to make a career out of it many people just want to be creative while relieving stress with the excitement and fun of painting. This book offers many easy to follow designs for solo or group activity. With Paint & Sip Designs people can follow along and enjoy painting as they play with family and friends or on their own. With this process each person will have a wonderful design after just a few lines on the canvas. This system takes away all the math, line of horizon and grid lines and instead uses an easy to learn layout. The best part about this approach is that the system is progressive so you to get better every time you paint. Eventually you will be able to paint whatever interests you because you will have learned an approach to composition. Many people say that they have no creative ability and can only draw stick figures. However, after discovering the ease and fun of Paint & Sip they soon realize that, "hey I can draw, paint and of course sip, with easy." Most of all people just want to have fun and that is what this book is all about. So, the next time you have a group gathering whether it be family or friends, get the paints and canvas out and have a creative party. You will have more fun relaxing with friends and end up with a piece of art to remember the good times by.

"Links" are among the most basic---and most unexamined---features of online life. Bringing together a prominent array of thinkers from industry and the academy, The Hyperlinked Society addresses a provocative series of questions about the ways in which hyperlinks organize behavior online. How do media producers' considerations of links change the way they approach their work, and how do these considerations in turn affect the ways that audiences consume news and entertainment? What role do economic and political considerations play in information producers' creation of links? How do links shape the size and scope of the public sphere in the digital age? Are hyperlinks "bridging" mechanisms that encourage people to see beyond their personal beliefs to a broader and more diverse world? Or do they simply reinforce existing bonds by encouraging people to ignore social and political perspectives that conflict with their existing interests and beliefs? This pathbreaking collection of essays will be valuable to anyone interested in the now taken for granted connections that structure communication, commerce, and civic discourse in the world of digital media. "This collection provides a broad and deep examination of the social, political, and economic implications of the evolving, web-based media environment. The Hyperlinked Society will be a very useful contribution to the scholarly debate about the role of the internet in modern society, and especially about the interaction between the internet and other media systems in modern society." ---Charles Steinfield, Professor and Chairperson, Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media, Michigan State University Joseph Turow is Robert Lewis Shayon Professor at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. He was named a Distinguished Scholar by the National Communication Association and a Fellow of the International Communication Association in 2010. He has authored eight books, edited five, and written more than 100 articles on mass media industries. His books include Niche Envy: Marketing Discrimination in the Digital Age and Breaking up America: Advertisers and the New Media World. Lokman Tsui is a doctoral candidate at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. His research interests center on new media and global communication. Cover image: This graph from Lada Adamic's chapter depicts the link structure of political blogs in the United States. The shapes reflect the blogs, and the colors of the shapes reflect political orientation---red for conservative blogs, blue for liberal ones. The size of each blog reflects the number of blogs that link to it. digitalculturebooks is an imprint of the University of Michigan Press and the Scholarly Publishing Office of the University of Michigan Library dedicated to publishing innovative and accessible work exploring new media and their impact on society, culture, and scholarly communication. Visit the website at www.digitalculture.org.