Thursday 28 February 2019
by Wulf
Comments Off on Looking Down on the Back Garden – February 2019
Today was the last chance to update my garden series for February 2019. Daffodils are out and many things are budding. There should be more change by the time we get to the photo for March including, most likely, the … Continue reading
Wednesday 27 February 2019
by Wulf
Comments Off on Bus Journey
I’m glad that my bike has been back to full working for a couple of weeks now. It is a much better way to commute than bus – faster, cheaper and with all the exercise benefits too. However, I got … Continue reading
Tuesday 26 February 2019
by Wulf
Comments Off on Is this Weird?
I watched a fascinating short YouTube video this evening about weirs: So far, so normal. I’ve got esoteric tastes. However, while I can often figure out why I’m seeing particular video subjects based on other things I’ve watched recently and … Continue reading
Monday 25 February 2019
by Wulf
Comments Off on To Be Negative
Today’s lesson for Figuary was about negative space – the shapes formed by the spaces between other shapes. It can be easier to draw these negative spaces than the positive ones, because you aren’t pulled so hard into drawing what … Continue reading
Sunday 24 February 2019
by Wulf
Comments Off on Maybe Later
On the way back from Devon today, we stopped for lunch at a National Trust site called Sutton Lane Meadows. This is billed as a “delightful wildflower meadow” but, even in the above average temperatures we are enjoying this February, … Continue reading
Saturday 23 February 2019
by Wulf
Comments Off on Chromatography
I remember a school science experiment where you put different substances on one end of a piece of soaked blotting paper and watched as they separated out into different colours. As I recall, this was called chromatography and I think … Continue reading
Friday 22 February 2019
by Wulf
Comments Off on Now With Free Haiku
Visiting RHS Rosemoor today, I took the time to sketch a cherry tree: With the buzzing bees In the perfumed shelter of The spring cherry trees That isn’t the most profound haiku ever, but it follows the western syllabic schema … Continue reading