many colors around it and normally is anything but pure white. In this video demonstration learn how to mix a variety of glowing grays found in the shadows and contours of any snow scene. As a teacher with a compassion to share her skills Susie's Step-by-Step instructions include many close-up camera angles. Basic watercolor techniques are demonstrated and clearly explained. DVD #2: Hints & Tips for Painting Snow. Learn how to paint the illusion of snow using masking fluid, salt, gouache, tape, credit cards and both opaque and transparent watercolors. Susie shares lots of tips and hints for painting snow!!! Another full hour of fun! Both of these DVDs are user friendly for watercolorists of all skill levels. No drawing experience is required.  (less)

friends and Koga find themselves at the beginning of a long battle against a deadly group of mercenaries know as the Band of Seven! SPECIAL FEATURES: Bilingual Japanese & English, with optional English subtitles, Scene access menu and Line-art gallery Features three episodes! - The Truth Behind the Nightmare: Battle in the Forest of Sorrow, The Snow from Seven Years Past and Assault of the Wolf Demon Tribe  (less)

pure white. In this video demonstration learn how to mix a variety of glowing grays found in the shadows and contours of any snow scene. As a teacher with a compassion to share her skills Susie's Step-by-Step instructions include many close-up camera angles. Basic watercolor techniques are demonstrated and clearly explained. This video is user friendly for watercolorists of all skill levels. No drawing experience is required.  (less)

medinas, or old quarters, with their traditional Islamic architecture and lively souks, or markets. This collection includes a variety of landscapes ranging from the fishing boats, wheat fields and olive groves of the coastal area with its Mediterranean type climate, to the high Atlas with snow covered peaks, and the irrigated oases, stony dry lands and sand dunes of the Sahara Desert fringes where mud-brick kasbahs contrast with nomad tents. Urban scenes feature Rabat, Casablanca, Fez, Marrakech, and Essaouira with their mosques, minarets, medinas, and souks.MOR01 Rabat gate MOR02 Rabat walls MOR03 Rabat mausoleum MOR04 Rabat Hassan Mosque &Tower MOR05 Rabat Hassan Tower MOR06 Rabat Medina walls MOR07 Rabat Medina doorway MOR08 Rabat Chellah MO...  (less)

Tosca where the aromas once inspired Leonardo Da Vinci, to Rome, the city that during antiquity was the centre of the Roman Empire and that is now the seat of the Catholic Pope. To Sicily in the south, an island of gods and natural forces. A journey through timein one of the most beautiful counties in Central Europe.Venice, a town with a hundred and twenty churches. The largest and most famous is the Basilica Di San Marco and, due to its magnificence, it is also called, 'The Golden Basilica'. Byzantine elements and Late Gothic lines unite in the beautiful domed ceiling of the Basilica. With magnificent mosaics, icons and frescos, this pre-Christianity setting takes visitors to the Orient. The Canal Grande is regarded as Venice's main street. It weaves thr...  (less)

the Indian Ocean. It is a country of superlatives that originated in 1964 as a result of the union of two independent countries, Tanganika and Zanzibar.On the slopes of Meru and Kilimanjaro, coffee, maize, bananas and vegetables are grownand then offered for sale at various markets. Due to its fertile volcanic soil the entire region has been used for agriculture since the middle of the nineteenth century by both the Arusha Massai and Meru tribes.The Arusha National Park is one of the most beautiful parks in Africa and its green forests are a perfect playground for the countless monkeys that live there. Around twenty million years ago its landscape was created due to volcanic activity and wonderful craters were formed as well as...  (less)

it's mountain climbing or hiking, the Dolomites offer something for everyone and for motorcars, cyclists and motorbikes, the mountain roads pose a real challenge. Three pinnacles are considered to be the essence of the Dolomites, namely the Western, Large and Small Pinnacle. The view of the three pinnacles is magnificent as Nature manifests itself as the petrified air of high altitude, the fickleness of the wind and the blinding light of eternal snow. Cortina D'Ampezzo is Italy's main alpine resort and visitors from all over the world holiday in this splendid town the centre of which has a good deal of old world charm and where the facades of its chalets and hotels are covered with frescos painted by great artists. ...  (less)

long mountain range. It is located in Colorado and rightly deserves its reputation as being one of the greatest natural paradises in the U.S.A. In late spring the vast ocean of flowers that cloaks the meadows is in stark contrast to the snow covered mountain peaks. In the deeper regions the landscape is mostly covered by dense forests that are dominated by many varieties of pine tree. Powerful forces are always at work creating new scenes of natural splendour and in spring time after the snow has melted the creeks are transformed into mighty torrents of water. The combination of high mountains, dense forest, crystal clear lakes, wild rivers and idyllic valleys gives this region a unique atmosphere. The Rocky Mountains National Park is beyond doubt on...  (less)

through breathtaking landscapes from Peking to Lhasa. The journey lasts about forty eight hours and includes two nights on the train. The journey begins on a road that for much of the time runs close to the railway line and travels across the high mountain passes of the Kulun Mountains and at a height of nearly five thousand metres above sea level is a remote high plateau that lies within an earthquake zone and often encounters severe snow storms. The train winds its way higher and higher from one high plateau to the next up to snow covered mountains and into the "home of the gods". Along with the Great Wall Of China and the Three Gorges Dam, the Tibet Railroad is one of China's greatest structures. The trains travel at the highest speeds that are possib...  (less)

Toy Museum in Nuremberg; a bountiful Christmas feast; an elaborate Nativity scene; the snow covered landscape of Switzerland. These are the joyously evocative images of the Christmas season and inspiration for some of the most beloved Christmas carols of all time. This volume takes you on a magical European holiday tour swept up by the sounds of such holiday favorites as Jingle Bells, Silent Night, The First Noel, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, O Tannenbaum and many more. These eternal favorites are performed in the baroque style of Bach, Handel and Vivaldi--the sound of music as timeless as Christmas itself.HANDEL: THE MESSIAH: From the sounds of Christmas carols drifting through the night air to the clang-clang of bells to the bustle of holiday shoppers, these are the familiar sounds of the holiday season. Some of the world's greatest classical compositions have been inspired by the joyous and spiritual season, with none more moving than Handel's extraordinary Messiah. This volume of the Naxos Musical Journey takes you inside Bavaria's famed Benedictine Abbey Church for both an intimate and spectacular view of this holy architectural wonder. Handel's profound music soars through the church on a wave of choral voices, echoing across the ages and across the world. This classic holiday favorite is as sacred and enduring as the Benedictine Abbey itself, with its religious paintings, ornate rococo design, altars, and three towering organs. This is music for the ages, to be enjoyed season after season.  (less)

snow-covered landscape and a gray sky, candles and campfires burning tiny pools of light in the midnight-black caves. The visions of young Griffin (Hamish McFarlane) break this austere style with color dreams, at first merely flashes of images, then a vivid narrative of a pilgrimage through the center of the earth. Griffin's older brother Connor (Bruce Lyons), who has just returned from the dying, diseased cities of England, leads this great journey to an alien world of metal beasts and towering ramparts (revealed as a modern New Zealand city) to make their offering to God. Ward keeps the camera tied to their experience, creating a nightmarish vision of familiar objects and locations: a busy highway, a junkyard, a remarkable ru...  (less)

over 8.8 billion cubic yards of ice, rock and dirt, and 1,300 feet of height. This film includes footage from the rescue helicopters that combed the area looking for survivors. These amazing scenes reveal an unearthly landscape of mud, ash and steaming craters, which sharply contrast the pre-eruption scenery of pristine snow-covered peaks. Revisitng the area a decade later, it is startling to see the rapid recovery after so much destruction. The Eruption of Mount St. Helens explores the power of nature to destroy and to heal. Acamedy Award Nominee Best Short Documentary  (less)