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Fantasia on a world gone mad

  Exactly what type of world is it that three serious ‘terrorist’ incidents in Germany in just over a week almost becomes the norm?   I don’t know but I that is where we are at the moment.  It almost … Continue reading

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Crazy Crazy world

Sometimes we all wish we could stop the world and get off….I think we are approaching one of those times.  An abortive coup in Turkey which exposed the security of one of the largest stockpiles of nuclear weapons in the … Continue reading

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Goodbye for a while

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No one knows for certain

Things are getting much more interesting with my Apple Pencil…oh and Procreate.  In fact this is me in a nutshell…don’t read the instructions/watch the videos just worry the problem until I find a solution.

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I changed this one when….

A quick sketch whilst waiting for my evening meal….

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I would walk a thousand feet for you….

Sometimes the stars align or perhaps a stray cosmic ray hits the right neuron in the brain but things just work out well.  Today was one of those days and you just have to sit back and enjoy the feeling…it … Continue reading

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16 years ago

If I die before I wake…the first line of the lyrics of a Heaven is a halfpipe which I haven’t heard in years.  I have just Googled it and it seems that this was a hit of sorts in 2000, 16 … Continue reading

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In Praise of Sketching

Over the weekend there was a whole lot of hot air and guff raised about the ban on sketching in a recent V&A exhibition.  Now there are arguments on both sides but the truth is that one of the reasons … Continue reading

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We can do the tango just for you…

Many years ago I was taught about amplification circles which, and I guess this should come as no surprise means something completely different today than when I was taught about them – well at least according to Google.   Back … Continue reading

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The sky is dark, the winter cold

There is a certain thrill we all get when something works out better than you had hoped….so it is with these drawings.  They are based on paintings by Anders Zorn, a Swedish painter who can be best described as John … Continue reading

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