Monday, 5 January 2026

'Life' drawing again

New Year, new habits...

Going to see if I can get back into 'life' drawing again. (By 'life' I mean from photos). It always helps my drawing when I do this regularly - it's like practising scales.
 
Looking at my sketchbook I don't seem to have done any for 5 years, so I was pleasantly surprised that it worked - it helped that it was an easy pose and easy body-type to draw. I used the pose app from AdorkaStock and just drew the first one that appeared.
 
Purple crayon, so I couldn't rub anything out or even smudge out mistakes!
 
A sketch in purple crayon of a fat woman sitting cross-legged on the floor. The is holding a pole-shaped weapon across her knees, and has her tongue sticking out and her eyes crossed!

 

Stone Age Smash®

The prehistoric Peruvians had instant mashed potato.

This is my favourite fact among the many fascinating facts in a book I got for Christmas.
 
 
Which, btw, means that the claim on the Smash potato packets is many thousands of years out of date.
 

Saturday, 3 January 2026

New Year Song

Last year I had difficulty thinking of a New Year song.

This year I've had one in  mind since it came out 11½ months ago!

 Where the Living is Deep from The Gray Havens

Thursday, 1 January 2026

Happy New Year!

Jesus spoke to them again: “I am the light of the world💡. Anyone who follows me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life.”
John 8:12