• Ever wondered what a secret, underground, government facility would look like? One that isn’t just a movie set? Then head over to Environmental Graffiti to check out Britain’s Secret Underground City. It was set up during the 1950s with the red scare, cold war looming and general nuclear bomb paranoia.
• Empty Easel recently shared 13 Tips for Working With Acrylic Paints.
• Geekreel recently pointed out this collection of 54 Mind Blowing Digital Paintings.
• I wish I had the patience to carve books.
• Pantone announced that Mimosa is the color of the year for 2009.

“The color yellow exemplifies the warmth and nurturing quality of the sun, properties we as humans are naturally drawn to for reassurance,” explains Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute®. “Mimosa also speaks to enlightenment, as it is a hue that sparks imagination and innovation.”

• A new livejournal community caught my eye. 52_crafts: “52 Crafts in 52 weeks, is exactly that. In the year of 2009 members endeavor to make 52 hand made craft projects and share them with other like minded people.”
• Art News Blog posted Online Tips for Artists including my favorite: Answer email that you receive about your art promptly. (I need to be more on top of that myself actually.)

• Can you believe the above image was created with a simple hole punch, camera and fiber optic light? Check out the explanation here at DPChallenge.
• A blog called Daily Routines captures the daily lives of artists, writers, photographers, scientists, architects, musicians, filmmakers and salesmen. This is a fascinating read. Check out the artists section.
• Via Gala Darling here is An Awesome Book by Dallas Clayton.
• DaniDraws.com posted links to 75 Artists You Must Know and Where to Find Them.

• Bubbles can freeze! The next time you’re out in the snowy cold weather, bring a bottle of bubbles with you and make frozen bubbles. Then take pictures and send them to me!
• Empty Easel also posted tips on How to Be a Successful Art Blogger: 7 Effective Blogging Strategies for Artists
• iPhone sketches! I don’t know about you, but I’m amazed.
• Order your sweetheart a tiny letter! “The World’s Smallest Postal Service (WSPS) is a teeny tiny transcription service and roaming post office based in the San Francisco Bay Area and also available online.”
• Metro Arts and Architecture is an amazing place. I’ll admit that public transportation is a pretty foreign concept to me, I wish we had gorgeous places like this to travel in around here. I’m particularly fond of the Frankfurt and Moscow pictures.
• A tutorial for creating your own Silhouette art as gifts.
• Plasterdoll is an adorable blog that displays illustrated versions of runway fashions.

• “An old pack of cards transformed into a typeface, by cutting them loosely with a sharp scalpel, each letter had to fit the size of a card.” Very cool font experiment.
• dcr Blogs just posted an article about Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act. You really should read it.