28 February 2019
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Today was the last chance to update my garden series for February 2019. Daffodils are out and many things are budding. There should be more change by the time we get to the photo for March including, most likely, the … Continue reading
27 February 2019
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I’m glad that my bike has been back to full working for a couple of weeks now. It is a much better way to commute than bus – faster, cheaper and with all the exercise benefits too. However, I got … Continue reading
26 February 2019
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I watched a fascinating short YouTube video this evening about weirs: So far, so normal. I’ve got esoteric tastes. However, while I can often figure out why I’m seeing particular video subjects based on other things I’ve watched recently and … Continue reading
25 February 2019
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Today’s lesson for Figuary was about negative space – the shapes formed by the spaces between other shapes. It can be easier to draw these negative spaces than the positive ones, because you aren’t pulled so hard into drawing what … Continue reading
24 February 2019
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On the way back from Devon today, we stopped for lunch at a National Trust site called Sutton Lane Meadows. This is billed as a “delightful wildflower meadow” but, even in the above average temperatures we are enjoying this February, … Continue reading
23 February 2019
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I remember a school science experiment where you put different substances on one end of a piece of soaked blotting paper and watched as they separated out into different colours. As I recall, this was called chromatography and I think … Continue reading
22 February 2019
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Visiting RHS Rosemoor today, I took the time to sketch a cherry tree: With the buzzing bees In the perfumed shelter of The spring cherry trees That isn’t the most profound haiku ever, but it follows the western syllabic schema … Continue reading
21 February 2019
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I wonder how the economics of supermarket fuel discounts work? I’ve recently had some 5p / litre vouchers from Tescos. I do try to note the expiry dates and make use of them, so it becomes a kind of game … Continue reading
20 February 2019
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I like a building with a good atrium – a large and well-lit indoor space – and the Weston Library in Oxford is one of those places locally. I popped in there on a lunchtime stroll last week and sketched … Continue reading
19 February 2019
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In February last year, I took part in the RPM Challenge and managed to produce a whole solo album in the course of that month. It hasn’t stormed the charts although, to be fair I’ve neither given it much of … Continue reading