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		<title>Croquis</title>
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 		<description>This group is dedicated to croquis sketches and drawings. Anything goes: 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20 minute drawings, longer studies, detailed figures, rough sketches, doodles and artwork.

&lt;strong&gt;Wikipedia definition of the term &amp;quot;Croquis&amp;quot;:&lt;/strong&gt;

&amp;quot;Croquis drawing is quick and sketchy drawing of a &lt;strong&gt;live model&lt;/strong&gt;. Croquis drawings are usually made in a few minutes, after which &lt;strong&gt;the model&lt;/strong&gt; changes pose and another croquis is drawn.

The short duration of the &lt;strong&gt;pose&lt;/strong&gt; benefits &lt;strong&gt;the model&lt;/strong&gt; because they don't need to keep their poses for a long period. This also benefits the artists because it helps them concentrate on the essential elements of &lt;strong&gt;the pose&lt;/strong&gt;. With this type of drawing and posing, an artist simply does not have time to draw all the details, so they learn to ignore them and concentrate instead on the important elements. Croquis is also a good method of drawing subjects which won't stand still and pose but rather keep on moving, such as animals and children. &lt;strong&gt;Croquis drawing can then be used as a foundation for another work of art such as a painting or may be used as a work of art itself.&lt;/strong&gt;

The word croquis comes from French and means simply 'sketch'.&amp;quot;

&lt;strong&gt;Below is the other definition of the word, which this group is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; about:&lt;/strong&gt;

&amp;quot;In fashion, the term refers to a quick sketch of a figure (typically 9 heads tall as this is the accepted proportions for fashion illustration) with a loose drawing of the clothes that are being designed. Often a large number of croquis drawings will be created for one finished look, which is fully drawn and finished.&amp;quot;</description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 04:02:21 -0800</pubDate>
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			<title>Vietnam, Tayland, Laos, Cambodia</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/groups/croquees/discuss/72157623745632324/</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/manolo_lopez_carrillo_dibujos/&quot;&gt;Dibujos Manolo Lopez Carrillo&lt;/a&gt; posted a new topic:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I´m planning to go in july for one month in one of this countries to make travel and drawings, if someone has some interesting track about some of this places I would like vey much to know about it, I´m interested specialy if some of you know some artist foundation, residence, collective to get in contact with, some artist or group of them nationals or from abroad that live there or spend time on this countries, any information would be very usefool, thanks a lot&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:10:31 -0700</pubDate>
						<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/manolo_lopez_carrillo_dibujos/">nobody@flickr.com (Dibujos Manolo Lopez Carrillo)</author>
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			<title>Visit and Comment on my Work</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/groups/croquees/discuss/72157613559644770/</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/naturistartist/&quot;&gt;Naturist &amp;amp; Artist&lt;/a&gt; posted a new topic:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;you will find&lt;br /&gt;
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Sketch - Potraits&lt;br /&gt;
Sketch - Nudes&lt;br /&gt;
Sketch - Landscape&lt;br /&gt;
Photos - Nudes&lt;br /&gt;
Poetry  - Self&lt;br /&gt;
Jokes and Intresting Creative and Funny Adds&lt;br /&gt;
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remember to comment on the ones you liekd or displiked.&lt;br /&gt;
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natureboy&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:59:17 -0800</pubDate>
						<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/naturistartist/">nobody@flickr.com (Naturist &amp; Artist)</author>
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			<title>Reply to Random people postcard swap</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/groups/croquees/discuss/72157600001270316/72157600063271215/</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/breial/&quot;&gt;// Maria A //&lt;/a&gt; posted a reply:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'm in on next round!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:00:17 -0700</pubDate>
						<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/breial/">nobody@flickr.com (// Maria A //)</author>
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			<title>Reply to Nudy pictures and the freedom to choose</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/groups/croquees/discuss/72157600030013453/72157600031080355/</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/brom/&quot;&gt;Br0m&lt;/a&gt; posted a reply:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks for pointing this out - I never noticed this thing appearing in my settings. Bad Flickr. Good Lilly.&lt;br /&gt;
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-Brom&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:10:56 -0700</pubDate>
						<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/brom/">nobody@flickr.com (Br0m)</author>
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			<title>Nudy pictures and the freedom to choose</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/groups/croquees/discuss/72157600030013453/</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/lilly1975/&quot;&gt;lilly1975&lt;/a&gt; posted a new topic:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For the past couple of days I've been trying to figure out what are the flickr new guidelines and how they effect me, the copy writing, as always in flickr was wonderful and everything was really friendly and funny, but over all, I really couldn't understand how the new system works. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Today I got to see the whole thing in action. Ned got an e-mail from a friend that she can't see his page - everything is gone. We tried to check different ways of solving it, but as it turned out, without any notice or announcement, his account was redeemed &amp;quot;unsafe&amp;quot; because he didn't moderated his images (an option that didn't even exist till not long ago) and so, he was just removed from anybody that doesn't bother to read and change their viewing filters.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Most changes in flickr are known to all flickr users a long time in advance, they announce stuff very clearly, but this huge change took place somehow behind both his and my noses. I don't think that the actual new system is bad, I think every person has the right to avoid nudity, or, god forbid &amp;quot;non photographic material&amp;quot; if they choose to. I actually like the idea of people being responsible to mark their own contact as appropriate or inappropriate as they see fit. I think that for me - a person who has a lot of different type of content, this is a pretty great solution, however, I really don't like the way that this change was done and I really don't like it that most people would not get to see Ned's beautiful images because someone in flickr think they are unmoderated and that he's being - in their words - &amp;quot;a loose canon&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So in order to promote free choice and free (and easy to access information) here is how you set your account to be able to see Ned's and many other talented artist and just people who take nude photos and painting and other stuff that doesn't follow flickr idea of what safe.&lt;br /&gt;
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1) on the left top menu, under the drop down menu of &amp;quot;You&amp;quot; there's a &amp;quot;Your account&amp;quot; option.&lt;br /&gt;
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2) choose that then go to &amp;quot;Privacy and Permissions&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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3) on the bottom of the page, under &amp;quot;content filter&amp;quot; press &amp;quot;edit&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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4) choose &amp;quot;safe search off&amp;quot; and choose both non-photographic images&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;screenshot&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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5) save your changes&lt;br /&gt;
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That way you are receiving all of flickr content and not just what they think you should be getting.&lt;br /&gt;
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For bonus points: Copy and paste those instructions and send them to all the people on flickr that you know or post it in groups.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I know this is an art group and not a nude group, but this also effect you - a lot of people don't know that their default setting is not to see images that aren't photographs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thanks!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Lilly&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:48:38 -0700</pubDate>
						<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/lilly1975/">nobody@flickr.com (lilly1975)</author>
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			<title>Reply to Random people postcard swap</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/groups/croquees/discuss/72157600001270316/72157600001303640/</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/brom/&quot;&gt;Br0m&lt;/a&gt; posted a reply:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ok, I signed up - interesting idea. I'll bring a stack of blank postcards with me wherever I go from now on :-)&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:26:39 -0700</pubDate>
						<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/brom/">nobody@flickr.com (Br0m)</author>
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			<title>Random people postcard swap</title>
			<link>http://www.flickr.com/groups/croquees/discuss/72157600001270316/</link>
			<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/people/lilly1975/&quot;&gt;lilly1975&lt;/a&gt; posted a new topic:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I just published the next postcard swap, it's going to be dedicated for fast figure drawing of random people.&lt;br /&gt;
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I think it will be really fun - especially now that the weather is starting to get better and it's possible to spend time outside. &lt;br /&gt;
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So grab your pencils and pens and brushes and crayola crayons or whatever it is you like drawing with and join me in the amazing random people drawing swap!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/2597&quot;&gt;www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/2597&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 09:07:11 -0700</pubDate>
						<author flickr:profile="http://www.flickr.com/people/lilly1975/">nobody@flickr.com (lilly1975)</author>
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