All this talk of the 21 May apocalypse reminded me of a village notice board I saw a while ago, which read:
On Sunday 10.30am, Holy Communion at All Saints. 10.30am, All-age Worship at St. Mary’s. A memorial service will be held at St. Mary’s on Sunday at 3.30pm at which everyone can light a candle and remember loved ones who have died. On Wednesday Noah’s Ark will be sailing from the Village Hall at 1.45pm.
That’s right. Noah’s Ark will be sailing from the Village Hall. Don’t say you weren’t warned.
I could say that seeing my daughter, Jude’s basketball shoes in the hall gives me a sense of déjà vu (this week’s Illustration Friday topic) but that would probably be because I owned a pair when I was her age.
I actually remember the first time I experienced déjà vu. I was about 7 years old and was lying on the floor in front of the fireplace, playing with some plastic animals and figures on the cold, tiled hearth. I knew it was the first time I’d played that game in that place, but I had that compelling sense of familiarity that, even when I think about it now, still makes me question my memory of things that have happened… and of those that haven’t.
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Tagged All Stars, Art, Basket ball shoes, Basketball, Converse, déjà vu, Illustration, Illustration Friday, Line drawing, Observation drawing, Shoes
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It’s a little late (the home-made paper chains have been packed away) but I’d still like to take this opportunity to say ‘Happy New Year’ to all my friends, family and all the amazing illustrators I’ve met through Illustration Friday. Thank you for your comments and support – wishing you love and luck for 2011!
I was struggling again with this week’s Illustration Friday topic ‘mail’, until my friend Phil said he was thinking of drawing something wrapped up for posting…
I guess this technique could be loosely classed as a digital collage. The form itself is an observational piece of a hip-high, strange looking bird made from lovely tarnished metal that I received for my birthday a couple of years ago. He reminds me of the two herons my husband and I used to look out for every morning on our way to work. We named them Chester and Rameau. If we were lucky they used to swoop alongside us from bridge to bridge as we cycled the canal towpath.
I’m not sure this guy is actually a heron. He doesn’t have a name yet, but I’m open to suggestions.
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Tagged Art, Brown paper, Collage, Crane, Digital collage, Heron, Illustration, Illustration Friday, Mail, Observation drawing, Photoshop
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I thought this week’s Illustration Friday topic, ‘phenomenon’ was really tricky. I decided to produce a simple line drawing of a wooden sculpture I have of the seated Buddha (with the hand gesture showing teaching) adding texture with Mr Retro filters.
In Buddha’s spiritual teachings, the realisation that all phenomena are empty of any inherent reality – that it is the mind that brings a perceived object or event into existence, is what leads to inner peace.
One of the most important philosophical insights in Buddhism comes from what is known as the theory of emptiness. At its heart is the deep recognition that there is a fundamental disparity between the way we perceive the world, including our own experience in it, and the way things actually are.
Śūnyatā
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Tagged Art, Buddha, Buddhism, Emptiness, Illustration, Illustration Friday, Line drawing, Observation drawing, Phenomenon, Phenonema
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I really love dinosaurs, so I was tempted to draw one for this week’s Illustration Friday topic, ‘prehistoric’, but as I’m good friends with a very picky paleoartist (yes, there’s a name for people who draw dinosaurs) I knew I’d never hear the last of it, and so I decided against it.
I’ve drawn this typewriter for the contact page of a website my husband is working on – and I guess typewriters do seem prehistoric compared to new technology, so it seems fitting for this topic too.
I searched high and low for my typewriter for this project but couldn’t find it anywhere; thanks to Debbie for lending me this one to draw, which she’s kept since she was at school. The watercolour is a stock image I’ve manipulated.
