Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Sunset.

Taken from our garden - a few days ago.

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Travail book.

I made the Travail artist's book (using the profiteri etchings I had printed earlier) for the exhibition, but forgot to post about it.
tra·vail  
(trə-vāl, trăv′āl)n.

1. Work, especially when
arduous or involving painful
effort; toil.
2. Tribulation or agony; anguish.
intr.v. tra·vailed, 
tra·vail·ing, tra·vails
1. To work strenuously;
toil.










Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Quick Drawings.

Our local trains are quite different from ones abroad, I guess. For one thing, we have entertainers on board who do all kinds of stuff, from singing a capella, to making farmyard noises (yes, really), to preaching fire and brimstone. These are usually accompanied by a tin going around for collections.  It can be very interesting, although I have been told that if you take the train regularly, it all becomes a bit much! For another thing, we have hawkers on some trains - selling potato chips, toffees, cold drinks (which they carry around in buckets of ice), second-hand books, plastic toys and so forth. It provides people with a much-needed income.
So on my train trip some weeks ago, I bought this plastic toy - you draw on it with a magnetized pen, and then you can clear the drawing by sweeping the lever across. It has been quite useful for me to practice quick drawings, mostly while watching DVDs ...