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the challenge continues...

19/8/2014

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Half way through the challenge.. #draw21days
I did finish the sheet of birds but rebelled over 2 drawings of man made objects - I completed just one.

The challenge for yesterday was a monster - an unknown monster, so Godzilla is out of the running. I think I may end up with something creepy so will post once I've completed it - here is my "barely" cubist vase of flowers - and my sheet of doodles - long time since I did a whole sheet..

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The House

11/8/2014

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The 21 day Drawing Challenge gives participants the weekend to catch up - just as well - I have been more than a bit Manyåna lately. 
Saturday we had a really good meal in Norwich at The House - Freshly made Thai food that was truly delicious, I didn't take a camera so no images which was a pity as the food looked so beautiful on the plates too.
I also managed to avid buying anything in the 4 really good charity shops just a few steps away!

Sunday it rained and not the soft and gentle Irish rain - full on tropical downpour without any added warmth, we lost power and I caught up with the drawing I had procrastinated about.
Out of a choice of 8 subjects, I chose My Boss and being self employed it was an opportunity for a quick self portrait.
I did a couple of revisions in the evening and again today as it was part of the brief and applied a gaussian blur by rubbing the pencil marks with a couple  of fingers...

High Five
My Boss
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Days 2 & 3

8/8/2014

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Continuous line drawing - and Fill the shapes..

I was at Alby Crafts on Thursday, Claire Knight, papercut artist needed a day off.

I have some paintings in what was an empty workshop/gallery space for 3 weeks next to Claire's workshop at Alby.

Turned out to be a real blessing as I had started filling the shapes of Day 3's challenge with birds and Claire had a great book of aviary birds that proved to be very useful.
Tomorrow - High 5 ..

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Time to love the pencils

6/8/2014

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I like Lynda.com and although I sadly cannot justify the £14 per month membership would cost, I can do the 21 Day Drawing Challenge.
Day 1 - The subject - Cat - with 4 reference images of cats.

This was my solution and
I may go on to draw the rivets and detail the metal seams.

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A long Wait

2/8/2014

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Back in 2004 when my friend Tina was 50 I we went on a 3 week drive around Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona. While in Monument valley I drank some Navajo Tea, it is totally delicious and I was hooked.

I managed to get some sent over from a chap called Steve Heil - but he seemed to have disappeared from the pages of the internet.
The only way to get some - if I didn't want to pay $35 to get some posted to the UK - and I didn't - was to grow my own.

It proved a tetchy germinator - mostly because it is a high sea level plant and I was growing at practically below sea level in North Norfolk  England.

6 plants were planted out and began to put on strong growth.
Yesterday I cut the first crop, leaving the plants in the earth to grow another set of leaves stems and flowers and I now have almost 20 small bundles drying in the storage area in the studio.

First 2 small mugs of Navajo Tea drank yesterday were like nectar. The research into the plant is interesting too, 
Thelesperma megapotamicum contains Luteolin and is Hepaprotective and cancer preventive - handy for someone with autoimmune liver disease (PBC) and throat cancer in 2011.
 

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    Heather Tamplin

    I live and work in North Norfolk where the skies are wide and the weather can be wild.

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