06 October 2009

6 October 2009


College day today.  Today we applied watery layers of successively darker black ink - with a decorator's brush, all drips and splodges.   Happy Birthday David - 60 today!


5 October 2009

I'm researching how to illustrate a storybook my friend has written.  Here is a quote from the book I'm reading:  Get in the habit of drawing something in your sketchbook daily.  Good advice!  For the time being, though, I'm trying out different styles.

4 October 2009


Medieval quiver and chain'.  My car is a write-off.  It was a really good car.  I hope they return my maps before they squash it.

04 October 2009

3 October 2009


Our menu in the pub today was decorated with little drawings of culinary items, so I thought I'd try something similar.  Rosie home at half past midnight.

02 October 2009

2 October 2009


I prefer this technique.  Rosie went off at 5am to the WW1 battlefields trip with the school.

1 October 2009


The ones that got away!  We were shooting arrows at squashes/pumpkins at the have-a-go event at the weekend.  These were undamaged and John gave them to me with his recipe for soup.  They are so attractive I'm using them for table decoration, then painting them - finally I'll cook them.  Good value from a vegetable!