Scheduled Downtime

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Sunhat? Check.

Sketchbook? Check.

Camera? Check.

Medication? Check.

Passport? Oui oui.

Bruv - you’re in charge of the house while we’re away.  Don’t let that cat boss you around.

Back in just over a fortnight (with a belly full of crepe).

Pick’n'Mix

As I’m off on holiday sans internet I thought I’d give you with a selection of favourite and interesting posts from my blog so far.

My favourite drawing
Half and Half (Doodle)

My favourite absent mind drawing
Absent Mind 1

The closest I’ve come to proper art
Apple Glazing Study

A drawing I really like but don’t know why
Deviation

The most hits from search engines searches
Fluffy Crazy Hair (Doodle)

5 Drawings that turned out different (better) than expected:

Disabilism

Scanner

Teeny Tiny Ironing Pile 

Work Absence

 Broken Scarf

My favourite photograph
Light and Shadow

My favourite photo self potrait
Self portrait project

You can see thumbnails of (pretty much) all my drawings and some of my photographs on my Thumbnails page - a quick way to find a drawing and spot things you may have missed.

Do you have a favourite?

Do please leave me a comment :-)  Due to spam-protection-measures your comment won’t show until I’m back off my jollydays but I’ll read every one.

About Pain (Doodle)

A drawing about some of my chronic pain.  It’s kind of disturbing looking so please be assured this is just about pain/physical discomfort it’s not about emotion or state of mind.

Conversation With Myself (Doodle)

I was tagged by Camille as part of a meme to have a conversation with your teenage self.

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I tried Camille but there’s no talking to her

Grrr (Doodle)

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If the last drawing was “moody” then this should be “mardy”

Moody (Doodle)

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Dunno (Doodle)

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I thought I’d draw a reflection of my feelings, my mood, my state of health, my days symptoms, my Monday life … and it’s such a mixed bag I just dunno what to say (draw about it).

Erm, yer.

Enormous Sofa (Doodle)

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My friend has the most enormous squashy sofa and I so enjoyed sitting on it yesterday drinking tea with her and her lovely fella.

It’s so enormous that if I sit on it only my ankles and feet dangle off the edge of the cushion.  Or if I sit with my feet on the floor it’s more of a lie than a sit (as illustrated).

FA Cup Zebra Legs (Doodle)

After the deer drawing earlier in the day and enjoying drawing those wonderful legs - I found myself fascinated by the Manchester United players legs while we watched the FA Cup Final. 

Photo from the BBC www.bbc.co.uk

 Their white shorts, long black socks and light boots looked so odd and from a distance they seemed to have fragile little stick legs like my deer drawing.

I drew this from the tv so excuse the technical innacuracies with the shirt!

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Oh Deer! (Sketchbook)

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First drawing of a deer with the idea of learning more about it’s shape to develop into a doodle.  Lost proportion on the length of the legs.

I love the wonderful angles - almost robotic.  Yet looking back at the photograph so elegant and graceful and I think I missed that in my drawing. Interesting.

Their legs scare me.  They look so fragile - I don’t know how they run around on them without them snapping.