Drawing People in Motion

What do you think of this rather charming and inspiring sketchy booklet? Click on each one to get the full benefit..

 

  http://citizensketcher.wordpress.com

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu8g2J6Sz6k

And check out Urban Sketchers  http://www.urbansketchers.org 

(..if you are local:- Norwich, Norfolk uk  http://www.stevesubg.wordpress.com) 

Five & Twenties crayonnings....

Some "five and twenties" to tickle your fancy.

 

The Phantom Tolbooth: news update

Remember the Post on Friday, 18 January 2013-
* The Dot and the Line * The Phantom Tolbooth: 2 big faves

Exciting new news: just out...! -  The Phantom Tollbooth Documentary : Beyond Expectations

 Check out:   http://phantomtollboothdoc.com
and
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/10/04/the-phantom-tollbooth-documentary/

...my heroes...!!

a little knowledge

Had to quickly grab this shot in one of the courtyard gardens of the Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla.

  

“A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.”  

  Albert Einstein 

(Also supposed to have been written by poet  Alexander Pope (1688–1744) in  An Essay on Criticism)

"Last Monday" inspiration...!

Please check out the work of the intriguing artist John Byrne. Numerous flamboyant self-portraits. 
Particularly great drawing of former partner Tilda Swinton.

 

...stimulated? ...motivated...?

  

    http://www.tvcatchup.com/programme/186782

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0392hqq/clips

Take Heart!

Take heart all you Americana/Folk aficionados out there! 

Nigel and Steve are just up and away, with their brand new, joyous musical sounds! Check out their shiny new FaceBook and Twitter sites, and hear them in action....
 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Tin-Heart-Troubadours/512648005484066

https://twitter.com/TinHeartTrbdrs

have a sit down for 5 minutes...

Time for a cuppa and a great little movie...
The Longest Way - 
"a walk through China and grow a beard! - a photo every day timelapse" 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ky6vgQfU24 

*SALT|SAND reminder

Gentle reminder for the small show of collages and photographs 

at the "Torero" Café+Delicatessen on Dereham Road

(sister to their restaurant on Magdalen Street).

Informal gathering on 21st September from 12.30pm to view the handful of artworks. 

And a chance to maybe grab yourself some of their apparently very popular, great value,

Saturday Lunchtime Paella from 1pm?

The little collection will be on show until the end of october

 

Torero: small selection

Little collection on display from wednesday 11th September at the delectable Torero cafe/deli on Dereham Road, Norwich.  
Some new; some more familiar pieces. Some with a hint of Hispanic heat. 

Please do visit when you fancy some delicious, real spanish refreshment.

Monthly Monday>Tuesday: 42 Chores

Bank Holiday Monday! - so "Monthly Last Monday" has already fallen by the wayside!
Never mind. Moving from calligraphy to photography. Have a look at these images:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151791031184589.1073741845.23010434588&type=1

 













                            Inspired...?

How to make a sexy PS

How does one make an "Artist's  Personal Statement" sexy?! What an awkward, anal, pretentious, uncomfortable task. 

Necessary requirement for upcoming mini-show in spanish deli/cafe "Torero" in Norwich, a side-kick business seperate from their great, authentic tapas bar/restaurant.  

Help! -  please give me some feedback...!!

Ink+Drink and Urban Sketchers

It's coming up to that time again..The Big Draw...not long...october...
www.campaignfordrawing.org/bigdraw/index.aspx

The Campaign for Drawing is an independent charity which raises the profile of drawing as a tool for thought, creativity, social and cultural engagement.

The Campaign has created a new regard for the value of drawing to help people see, think, invent and take action. Its long-term ambition is to change the way drawing is perceived by educationalists and the public. This has won support from leading practitioners in the creative industries and in art, architecture and design colleges, signalling an overdue realisation that drawing is fundamental to the training of students in these disciplines. 

The Campaign takes a wider view. It sees drawing as a basic human skill useful in all walks of life. The Campaign's work will finish when the words 'I can't draw' are dropped from our vocabulary.

Check out: 
1...
http://www.bigdrawshop.co.uk/collections/home/products/ink-drink-ticket

...and..2...   http://urbansketchersnorwich.wordpress.com/ a fantastic opportunity to get out there with a very jolly looking group locally and get drawing. Just found out about it. Come with me and give it a go this sunday at the Playhouse in Norwich 1-4pm?

*new* "Monthly Last Monday" post

Every Last Monday of the Month I will now aim to post a regular little something here to tittivate your taste buds. 

It will be a creative tickle, mostly of the visual kind, - a variety - some of my own doing. This was after all, why I was was requested, (nay - begged) to set up this blog in the first place.

Please may I invite you to send in some images or words that you think would tickle hearts and minds out there too?

I have a soft spot for the lush works of July's Number 1:  Silvia Cordero - calligrapher and collage artist

What do you think? Inspired? (I'm definitely off to find my sepia ink, brush and dip pen...)

Please vote!

Here are some new and old quick ideas/roughs (low res!) for an updated business card. Which one do you prefer? 

Live backwards?

 

Bless him, dear old Woody. Worth a try..? Sounds pretty good to me!

 

(This blog is becoming more and more philosophy based...!)

Picasso says

Life: 5's, 10's and 20's

Sometimes dare to dab a daub of colour...