Art Every Day Month: Do, do, doodling along

8 November 2010

You’d have thought I’d be bored of this by now. But nope, still with the doodle. And the colouring in of same. Here it is after day 5: And here we are after day 6: And I’ll admit that at the end of that session, I pretty much figured it was done with. But then [...]

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Art Every Day Month: Noodling about doodling

5 November 2010

Yes, still doodling. And so far, still every day. Here we are after day 3: And again after day 4: (The plum and saffron flowers are for Léan because it was her birthday yesterday.) And yes, it’s still fun. Actually, it’s so much fun that I have a hard time remembering to scan between each session [...]

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Art Every Day Month: Groovy doodles, baby

3 November 2010

Yes, it’s true. Despite my abject failure last year at actually doing art every day during Art Every Day Month, I have gamely – or rashly – signed up for the challenge again this year. (In case you’re not familar with AEDM, it’s Leah Piken Kolidas‘s fun response to NaNoWriMo for visual artists. And it’s [...]

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So you want your own creative development plan, eh?

27 October 2010

I can see why you would. Because, hell, just coming up with mine has filled me with enthusiasm for what’s coming up and given me some impetus to get started in advance of the ‘official’ start date of 1 January 2011. But you’ve never done this before, and you’re nervous and kind of confused about [...]

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Creative development plan 2011

25 October 2010

So I was going to write a clever intro to this. I wanted to find a way to include a story that led up to it, because you know I’m all about the stories. I was going to tell you all about the different foci (ah, yes, Mr Hodgson, Latin-teacher-of-my-youth, did you see how I [...]

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Subtle shifts and moving forward

23 October 2010

I’m hesitating to post this in case I jinx it. Because, you know how that goes. You say something’s going well, like your renovation of the garage, and as soon as you do, bam! A bloody great tree blows down the next evening and crushes it to matchwood before your very eyes. And then you [...]

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Conversations with a Goblin: Spanish Mike

13 October 2010

“They think you’re dead, y’know.” Mike the Goblin is picking his teeth. He does that a lot. It’s a goblin thing. “I’m sorry?” “The people who read your blog. They think you’ve died and forsaken them.” He digs something out of his mouth and examines it. “Do you mind?” I say. “That’s disgusting.” He shrugs [...]

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Lalalala, Not Getting Things Done(TM), ooo look! there’s a cricket

18 August 2010

This appears to be the sum total of my brain at the moment. Here are some of the deep, clever and truly revolutionary ideas that I am pondering: – Sleepy. Sooo sleepy… should I have a blankie or get under the duvet? Mmm. – Tea. Must have tea. – Look! Pretty French beans that I [...]

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A tale worth telling?

6 August 2010

Gather round, O best beloveds, and hear a tale worth telling. It’s the tale of a merry maid, moping mum, whose soul was sad and whose glance was glum, who sipped no sup but craved much crumb as she sighed for the lack of… something.* A tale of too much to do, too tired to [...]

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