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A cartoon (from the Italian "cartone" and Dutch word "karton", meaning strong, heavy paper or pasteboard) is a full-size drawing made on sturdy paper as a study or modello for a painting, stained glass or tapestry. Cartoons were typically used in the production of frescoes, to accurately link the component parts of the composition when painted on damp plaster over a series of days (giornate). Cartoon for stained glass window of Daniel by Edward Burne-Jones, 1873. Such cartoons often have pi... Read More

I looked through comments ive posted since i joined drawing now and theres close to 1000Wow... Didnt know i actually had 1000 commentsI also looked through all my friends to find where WeLoveAnime1998 ranked on my friends list (in order of newest to oldest friend) and she was at number 17. Me and her have become good friends on this site. My first comment to her i think was around april of last year.Wow I'm gonna be on this site for a year in 2 months...Any ways how is everyone?
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Hello and Welcome to Did You Know #1. Did you know: 1876 First African American to earn a doctorate degree: Edward Alexander Bouchet (Yale College Ph.D., physics; also first African American to graduate from Yale, 1874) 1885 First African-American woman to hold a patent: Sarah E. Goode, for the cabinet bed, Chicago, Illinois 1901 First African American invited to dine at the White House: Booker T. Washington Washington in 1901 was the first African-American ever invited to the White Hous... Read More

Currently, as I write this blog, the worst natural disaster in australian history is going on behind me.  In victoria, australia, the worst bushfires (in history, i rekon) have been burning through several towns, homes and bush. 181 people are dead - some didn't even get a chance to run when the wind changed direction. others stayed to save there homes, some were running but weren't fast enough 80 others are missing -  they haven't been seen since the fires, they could have... Read More