Category: Drawing
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Three Little Birds
Caribbean Crete 16 – 22 May 2015 “Don’t worry about a thing, ‘Cause every little thing gonna be all right. Singin’: “Don’t worry about a thing, ‘Cause every little thing gonna be all right! “ Rise up this mornin’, Smile with the risin’ sun, Three little birds Pitch by my doorstep Singin’ sweet songs Of…
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Feeling Good…………..
…………..in Crete 18 – 25 October 2014 After what has been a fairly busy year involved with large projects, a chance to scribble in a notebook again and work on a smaller scale with a 7 day break and a return visit to Crete, thanks to an invitation from our good chums Peter & Monica.…
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Here Comes The Rain Again
The Jurassic Challenge – it’s no walk in the park 27.5.14 When my chum Andy Croson told me he would be walking the Jurassic Way to raise money for Cancer Research, I told him I would walk a section with him. I’ve known Andy for over 40 years and in recent months another mutual and…
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Smile Like You Mean It
Portrait Drawing at the National Gallery 2 January 2014 A visit to the National Gallery, with notebook and pencil. A day spent learning from the Masters to improve concentration, the discipline of looking and the nerve of working in a public space. With drawing, there’s no hiding place. (See also ‘Unforgettable’ – notebook drawings of…
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Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting
George Bellows (1882-1925): Modern American Life 9.6.13 An afternoon with George Bellows at the Royal Academy, and an exhibition of contrasts. Gatherings in open spaces, and in claustrophobic cityscapes and interiors. Freezing winters, suffocating summers. Powerful, stark structures of a city metamorphosing into a modern age. The rural idyll of fields and sea. Urchins bathing…
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Wonderful Life
Return to Loch Craignish 26 May – 1 June 2013 Following a gap of 5 years, a long overdue return to Argyll and a peaceful week spent walking, reading, drawing, painting and beachcombing along the shoreline of Loch Craignish, from the marina at Ardfern to the Point looking across to the isles of Lunga, Scarba…
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Man in the Mirror
ME Self Portrait a Day I’m Starting With The Man In The MirrorI’m Asking Him To Change His WaysAnd No Message Could Have Been Any ClearerIf You Wanna Make The World A Better PlaceTake A Look At Yourself,And Then Make A Change…………………. (Glen Ballard / Siedah Garrett 1988)
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The Boys are Back in Town
‘Is it worth going all the way to London to visit just one exhibition?’ My stamina levels since my prolonged stay in hospital had been at an all time low. Whether I could walk the required distances and last a full day out was also a big question to ask myself. Nevertheless it was a…