My (Undead) Sister

This isn't what I did last night at art class, this is what I did yesterday to cheer up my sister. 


You might think that painting her as the undead wouldn't be very cheering, but then you haven't met my sister. She went to a fancy dress party looking like this, and I suspect she'd do it all the time if she had the chance (and didn't work in a bank...)

Calloo Calais

What are bank holiday weekends for if not day trips? So we took one to Calais, ostensibly to buy wine to try for the wedding. 

Admittedly, the wedding's not for a year and we're unlikely to remember which wines we liked after trying many of them, but who really needs an excuse to buy wine and drive about in the rain?

Early starts require coffee...

Especially early starts in the rain...

A gloomy view of Dover Castle.

Breakfast, waiting for the ferry.

Pretty French building.

And another one.

And finally some wine!

Sunday Sketchblog #12

I've set myself a new challenge. 


You know those people who take a picture a day for a year, or who post what they're wearing every day? I'm going to try my own version... a sketch of myself each day.


Not sure how long for... the little Moleskin notebook I have has sixty pages so hopefully I'll fill it. Oh, and only weekdays, unless I'm feeling very creative. I need no-plan days!


Here are some of the last week or so.

Oh, look! #6

Things I've liked this week...

Burlesque at a hen-do. A city that never sleeps.

Quilts and prints in an Oasis window. The Barbican!

(If you want to follow me on Instagram I'm timballoo.)

Montezuma's Monkey Bars. Inspired by London, with beautiful packaging and cockney rhyming slang names, these are already pretty amazing... and then you realise that they're 500g each. EACH!

I came across Ekaterina Koroleva's water colours via Pinterest. Beautiful and inspiring.

After an article in The Guardian suggested we should all stop shaving our bodies (well, the ladies anyway; I'm not sure of her position on gentlemen who shave anything other than their faces), this response on the f word seems pretty sensible.

Week Word: Sloth

This week's Week Word is 'sloth', chosen by Peggy. 

First, I have to point you in the direction of this baby sloth video on You Tube. Fantastically cute, and amuses me even more as Nick had never heard of a onesie before seeing it and it's now one his favourite words...

Otherwise, I'm afraid my creativity has abandoned me a bit this week so my contribution isn't really clever or insightful. Just slothy.

I'm a bit in love with that little chap though. Look at his lazy face!

Bits of the Barbican

Yesterday's art class involved a field trip to the Barbican. Rather than sitting and drawing the whole thing (or as much of it as we could see) we had to do lots of quick drawings, focusing on interesting details and how people were using the building.

I'm quite surprised to discover that I seem to prefer drawing with a pen over a pencil at the moment. I was quite terrified of it to start with - you can't rub anything out - but I seem to end up with sketches I like a lot more.

CPSH April Round-Up

We've had one more entry since I posted on Monday - Ruth at the Goldhawk Project!


And here are my favourites from this month's photos:

Inspiration

This is one of Ruth's. It's just beautiful and makes me want to go on adventures!

Something I Made

I loved Emma's doglets when she first posted them, and they're still just as cute.

Easter

Rachie's Easter breakfast appealed - at least she ate the cereal first!

Re-purpose

Rachie again, just because the thought of her 'emergency binoculars' made me laugh.

Motif: Symmetry

And finally Margot's symmetry from Indonesia felt very peaceful.

Thanks to everyone who took part. Head over to The Gift Shed to see which topics Emma's picked for May.