Neat

Ha. look how the scanner chose to frame this one. Love it.

This was done without looking at the page, which has emphasised the trendy hair and wooly hat combo to some extreme. I have reduced him to a face with big scribbly lines top and bottom.

Which the framing only emphasises more.

Neat.

Intent

At a lecture in October.

And this guy was listening with total concentration.

Which I obviously wasn't as I found the time to sketch the audience.

The odd line coming from his head was my first line for his hood, which shows how drawings move about on the page as you draw them.

Also like how I had to redraw his nose a second time.

Birds ! Birds !

A heron

And a seagull

in a very damp and rainy Regent's park.

A rare appearance of other species in this blog. 

The heron never moved the whole time and was, I am assuming, asleep. The gull wouldn't sit still for one minute. Fidget fidget fidget.

I know which one I would want to have over for dinner.

Hurrah.., but Tech grump

Am now scannered up again. Which is very satisfying.

First test scan..

Liked his haircut. very short at the sides and all scruffy chaos on top. Is that a valid instruction to my barber next time I go ? What do you think I would come out with ?

Anyway... Tech grump...

Have spent the entire day getting the lovely new scanner/printer to do what it says on the box. ( i,e, scan and print instead of just sitting like a shiny black monolith - me being the 2001 ape waving his bone in frustration ) Turns out the scanner driver they supply isn't supported by Mac OS X, and you have to go to the Epson site and download a different one, ( they don't tell you this on the help site, I had to work that out myself ) which the Mac then refuses to open because Epson isn't a 'recognised' site and you have to sneak it in by the back door, so to speak.

Anyway now have printer running on WiFi, but scanner still needs USB. I will tackle that tomorrow.

But happy to be fully operational.

2014

" You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand."

Woodrow Wilson

Have an amazing 2014 everyone.

goodbye 2013

Okay.

Already have 1 resolution. To post more in 2014.

Been a bit lax this year, completely failed on my 2013 sketching project. And then the scanner refused to accept electricity as a power source which hampered the process even more.

Too many other things went on go slow this year as well, most probably my own fault.

So shaking off this year like a heavy old army coat that needs a damn good wash.

New coat tomorrow.

Something lightweight and waterproof and ready for adventure.

Have a big old night tonight everyone.

K

Failure to post...

... due to kaput scanner again.