Office Gossip

I have been picking this up, and putting it down again for a little while now. It is a college project piece of editorial illustration, to go with an article entitled 'Office Gossip'. It's been really interesting to work on imagery that I wouldn't naturally choose to draw. The birds, yes. The water cooler and office furniture - not so much. I am gaining a huge appreciation for the value of layers, for the purpose of corrections when things have gone a bit wonky.

R.I.P
'Sketch With Two Faces'
Was sadly removed on this day,
Because it was annoying me too much.

This was fun. But am being a little dull with my compositions at the moment. Will try and be a bit more adventurous in my next work, whatever that may be.

So much lovely snow in little London. I've had Belle and Sebastian songs in my head all day, so thought a Fox in the Snow would be nice. Mid way through making this I realized the sinister connotations of what I have done, given how the lyrics unfold. Mmmm... So much for making pretty things!

Little Griffin got his first taste of snow today. A lot to take in for one so young , it was a cold pawed surprise as he sunk to his chin and then scuttled back inside. It tastes good though. Apparently.

This is from some sketches that I did of skaters at Somerset House before Christmas, worked in to and combined with a painting / photograph I made last year of skaters at the Natural History Museum. It's a bit 'sweet' compared to a lot of my work, but given that I am trying to make things for children, perhaps that's not such a bad thing. I'm finding it hard to know when to stop with Photoshopping. Being able to go backwards can be rather time consuming when you're a bit indecisive.

Dementia Poetry

'In the kitchen I used to ask
'Mother are you singing?'
And she used to say
'Yes Darling.
And it's all for you'

A snippet of poetry from Radio 4. Dementia poems were composed by John Killick from his conversations with dementia sufferers over a period of 10 years.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/youandyours/items/02/2005_46_fri.shtml

'There was an old man with a beard,
Who said 'It is just as I feared;
Four larks and a wren
Two owls and a hen,
Have all built their nests
In my beard'

Edward Lear


Right. Time to get serious about this blogging business. I am going to aim to put a drawing up a day. No matter how finished. That's the plan. And if I fail, I will have to quietly come back in the depths of night and delete this post.

After years of resistance, I am learning Photoshop. And I like it. So much for a purist approach - for which read computophobic approach. I am facing the fear, and layering.