RUBooks Blog

We’re celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens with the Museum of London! In the UK’s first major exhibition on the author for over 40 years, the Museum of London is recreating the atmosphere of Victorian London through sound and projections and more. You’ll be taken on a haunting journey to discover the city that inspired his writings. Paintings, photographs, costume and objects illustrate themes that Dickens wove into his works, while rarely seen manuscripts including Bleak House and David Copperfield – written in the author’s own hand – offer clues to his creative genius.

Get into the spirit of London with these great offers from TheHobbyWarehouse!

Inside Dicken's London

Inside Dickens’ London – Our Price £7.99

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Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and I wanted to do something special, and by special I mean chocolaty, so I had at go at this delicious ‘Rich Chocolate Torte’ recipe in this adorable Teashop Treats book.  It came out delicious so I’ll definitely do it on the day.

Teashop Treats Review:

This book is cute as a button with adorable illustrations and some really good recipes for cakes, scones, biscuits and even the savouries that have become staples in the Teashops around the country.  If you’re planning a teaparty, it’s the perfect place to start. Lace doilies at the ready? Let’s cook!

Rich Chocolate Torte Recipe

• 170g dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa solids)
• 75g butter, plus extra for greasing
• 4 eggs
• 100g light muscovado sugar
• 30g plain flour

Serves: 10

Preparation time: 20 minutes

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We’ve got something for everyone in our Family Christmas Gift bundle! We have put together a fun selection of goodies for you to win, perfect for Christmas! Prize includes Chocolate Fix Game, a Family Jigsaw Puzzle, Tea & Cake Cup & Coaster Set, Christmas Cupcakes Book & Jamie Oliver’s Great Britain.  The latest competition is open until Thursday 15th December 2011 and the winner will be informed by Friday 16th December 2011.  Enter at RUbooks.

Yep, that’s what I said! We know that you love the books that help you make the world a more colourful, wonderful, fabulous place to be, and we know that everybody likes free stuff right? Well, how’s about bringing those two worlds together in on beautiful gesture?  We’ve got an amazing 5 competitions running on our www.rubooks.co.uk website right now in which you could win all sorts of awesome clobber.  Here’s a look at 3 of my favourites…

Top of the pile is a prize for £50 voucher at RUBooks. Wowser! You could spend that on anything in the shop including great music titles like Madonna or even The Rolling Stones!   This book has all the world famous moves, more than 100 classic pictures and great stories from the band. Not one to be missed, especially  if you’re name is Angie. Enter here.

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We know that  you’ve got a bit of a wild side, that why we’ve got some fabulous deals on wonderfully inspirational wildlife photography books with our 10% off deal live until 12  Dec. Wonderful prices on books with great pictures of lions and tigers and…yes, there are a few robins as well.

You can even get a great bargain on the book for the London Natural History Museum exhibition that everyone is talking about the Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Portfolio 21. We’re talking 160 pages of up close and personal beautiful imagery and just£18 this week until 12 Dec, it’s difficult not to

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In honour of the mayhem that is ‘Black Friday’ we’ve got a ma-husive 50% off sale on ALL of our David and Charles Books. That includes great works on painting, photography and drawing. There are almost 200 items in the sale, but here are some of our top picks.  Sale ends Sunday 27 November, so get in quick!

Claudia Nice is nice, so nice she’s willing to share all (well some) of her top tips for drawing and painting all different types of trees in her book, Drawing and Painting Trees in the Landscape.  Whether you’re out in the wild or sketching from photos, this bestseller has all the step by step instructions you’ll need to get every leaf, branch and twig just the way you want it.

Drawing & Painting Trees in the Landscape by Claudia Nice

Buy now for only £7.49

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Winter is most definitely upon us and as the nights draw in and the days grow cold it’s ever so tempting to slump in to the sofa and hibernate until the daffs come out in March. But it’s undeniable that the early morning frost, icicles, and low lying sun can bring a whole new dimension to the most everyday of surroundings.  Bare branched trees offer rare opportunities to capture wildlife in the fold, weather pushes the rivers to their brinks and a single snow flurry can completely transform any landscape into a veritable feast of imagery for keen photographers.

Guy Edwardes' Snow Drops

1. 100 Ways to Take Better Nature & Wildlife Photographs

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A quick post today to highlight the latest offer on RUBooks. With Christmas around the corner, RUBooks has a great offer this month. Spend over £15 in art and you can choose a free book. You have a choice of Acrylic Workbook, Watercolour Workbook, Expressive Oil Painting and Drawing Index.

As artists, we all follow other artists and have our favourites who’s work we admire. Today’s post starts a series of posts highlighting some of the many well known artists in the field today. A series of posts that will bring together a brief run down of the artists, their books, dvds and video clips they have produced. The internet has a wealth of information, but sometimes the information your looking for can be scattered far and wide. The aim of these posts is to bring together information on your favourite artists into one place you can enjoy it.

Terry Harrison, artist and author

Terry Harrison grew up in Norfolk. His early art education was basic and he nerver dreamed that one day he would become an artist. At fifteen, Terry moved to Hampshire and was inspired by a brilliant art teacher. He took ‘O’ and ‘A’ levels in art, then won a place at Farnham Art School at the age of sixteen. He became a graphic artist, but continued to paint in his spare time. In 1984 Terry gave up his job to paint full time. He demonstrates to artists’ groups and teaches on painting holidays. He has also developed a range of his own brushes and paints. He is also the author of many best selling art books on painting with acylics and watercolours and now lives in the Cotswolds.

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