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From a novice artist

Advantages: Clear,easily understood instruction, suitable for the absolute beginner
Disadvantages: limited source of inspiration to that of what interests the presenter

This a complete course about watercolor painting. The presenter Alwyn Cranshaw has also written a few books on the subject so it easy to cross reference the information. As this is my first attempts at watercolor I am so far happy with the results of the techniques I have learned which in turn has improved my own confidence in the medium. Alwyn's presentation is kept simple throughout and he does not complicate the subject with an array of technical ...

ladyjems 10.02.2007 · Read full review
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Review of A Brush With Art The Complete Watercolour Course (DVD)

Now that's what I call musing...

Advantages: Good range of questions, good clips
Disadvantages: Very .... very.... slow

I was given this as a novelty gift by a friend who understood my verging-on-the-obsessive love of the 90s, cheesy music, quizzes and all things Now...! On face value, it seemed like the perfect present for me, and I couldn't wait to go home, slip the disc in and waste away hours identifying tunes, naming lesser-known members of one-hit-wonder bands and generally showing off the otherwise useless bank of trivia that is My Brain. First impressions ...
...Busted's Year 3000 (on a rather short loop, yes, but I suppose most people would want to move on from Matt, Charlie and James ASAP) and a facade worthy of anything Now...! ; shining columns, over-the-top colouir schemes. My goodness, it even catered for sad freaks like myself with the inclusion of Single Player versions of all the games. I still can't quite figure out whether the fact that there are more people out there like me is a worrying or ...

DaC_87 12.06.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Now Quiz - Now That's What I Call A Music Quiz (DVD)

Quizzie Rascal

Advantages: Varied topics, easy to play, lots of questions
Disadvantages: control of the game via dvd remote means alot of tooing and froing

The Great British Pub Quiz is a great interactive game, for all the family. It can be played as player against player or team against team. There are various different topics of questions - sport, history, science and nature & pop (not all are guaranteed to be topics in each quiz) Each team also has an option of playing their joker on a round to double up their points. I found this interactive DVD game to be a fantastic play for my family. It was ...
...follow. The questions were varied, and at different levels, so there really is something for everyone. There were also options for the answers, so even if you don't know you are still in with a chance so it keeps everyone interested. For the amount we have played this, questions do not get repeated that often - with over 1,000 questions - which is good because that takes the fun out of it a bit! The one aspect that I didn't particularly like is ...

katherineh123 21.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Great British Pub Quiz (DVDi)

Do you know your stuff??

Advantages: 2 levels of difficulty, fun, interactive
Disadvantages: Interface can be annoying, questions do repeat

...have to say its only the 2nd DVD interactive game i've ever owned. You do not need a computer, but it will play in it if you did, all you need is a tv and dvd player and most households have one these days. With over 1000 questions, and up to about 8 different categories to choose from (sci-fi, horror, classics etc) it is very engaging, the disc loads relatively quickly and the options are easy to understand. There are glitches though and quite often, ...
...the same question as your opponent. Its repeat rate, considering it has 1000 questions is very short and can therefore be rather annoying. There are two levels of difficult, but if you pick the harder level you get more points - so you can make up ground if you need to. I'm not sure why Empire, being a fantastic magazine, put its name to a product that, for them, would be considered sub standard. There is a sense that, since the premier film magazine ...

bluetedgirl 10.02.2007 · Read full review
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Review of The Empire Movie Quiz (DVDi)

LIVERPOOL INTERACTIVE QUIZ

Advantages: LOADS!
Disadvantages: A bit expensive

...has to select a famous Liverpool manager and that is who they will be.(which I think is a very clever idea). The managers you can choose from are Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley, Kenny Dalglish and Gerrard Houlier. When you have done this you get onto the quiz. There are three levels of questions and you can pick which level you want to do. If you get an easy question right you get 1 point and if you get a hard question right you get 3 points. There are ...
...round there are some bonus questions. One of the best things I have found about this dvd is that I have played it many times but I keep getting new questions. It is not like one of those quizs where there are only 100 questions. If you decided to buy this dvd the best place to buy it is probalbly amazon.co.uk. On amazon you get free delivery if you spend over £15 and the delivery is quick. Thanks for taking you time to read my review please could ...

lfc-4-ever 28.02.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Liverpool - Interactive Quiz (DVD)