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The following is part of a series featuring a leader in the art community who will be joining us on the faculty of Watercolor Live, a virtual art conference taking place January 26-28, 2023, with a Beginner’s Day on January 25. Richard Sneary works on rough paper and sketches with a water brush and water-soluble graphite. He usually opts for a quarter sheet of watercolor paper, resulting in an image about 10 x 14 inches. Sneary has three color palettes and chooses the one that best fits the logistics and subject matter of the day. One palette is smaller, designed...

Protests have rocked China over the weekend as the public push back against ongoing strict Covid measures – with some even calling for a new president. Such pushback against the country’s authoritarian Communist Party has not been seen since the 1980s. As the population is on the cusp of entering its fourth year of Covid restrictions, thousands have flocked to Beijing, Shanghai and Wuhan streets calling for immediate change. Here’s what you need to know. Police officers ask people to leave an area in Shanghai What’s happening at the protests? Thousands in major cities across China are bravely standing up...

Chinese state TV appears to be censoring live footage of the Qatar World Cup by cutting out any shots of fans in the stadium enjoying life without Covid restrictions. Mass protests have broken out across the authoritarian state, as Beijing attempted to impose more social distancing measures. Infections in the country have increased again recently, but the country is still pursuing a strict zero-Covid policy – meaning lockdowns are back in place across China. It is the only major economy in the world still trying to eradicate the virus completely. Now it appears Beijing have censored its footage of the...

Editors are almost always unseen and unheard – until something goes wrong. That might be a relatively minor mistake, such as a typo – as in a cookbook that mistakenly listed “people” instead of “pepper” in a recipe. Or it could be more substantial questions about the integrity of a book’s contents. In 2018, Clinton Walker’s Deadly Woman Blues: Black Women & Australian Music was withdrawn from the market by its publisher, NewSouth, after it drew criticism from artists featured in the book. Aaron Corn and Marcia Langton asked in The Conversation, “How were its many obvious flaws permitted to...

If you've been visiting Bored Panda, you know we really like funny signs. But if you're new here (or need a friendly reminder), just check out our publications on 'The Absurd Sign Project' or 'Weird Signs.'This time, however, let's take a step even further and explore the absurd from a bit closer. For that, we turn to the subreddits 'No Safety Smoking First' and 'Don't Open Dead Inside.'These two online communities mirror each other really well, and are full of signs with questionable spelling, messed up kerning, and other mistakes that prohibit them from getting the point across. If there...