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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Last of the festive flock (I promise)!
It has been a frenetic couple of days – hence the long, echoing time-vacuum between this and my last post on 16 Dec – and unforeseen ‘developments’ in my work schedule since Monday mean that the mere skip-hop-jump between here … Continue reading
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Tagged advent, bird, Christmas, illustration, orange, red, robin, robins, watercolour, winter
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White, or washed-out, Christmas…?
The bookies have, apparently, revised down massively the odds for a sparkling, snowy Christmas (4/1 for London, and a Scrooge-like 2/1 in Aberdeen, according to the UK Huffington Post 04/12/12) after being deluged with bets – the placement of which … Continue reading
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Tagged advent, Christmas, Illustration Friday, penguin, snow, snowball, snowball fight, snowing, white Christmas
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Understudy robins :)
Gulp. Another v. rushed, rather cheat-y offering as I appear to have sublimated from Thursday directly to Saturday. No passing ‘Go’ (although there has been a frenetic degree of ‘Go’ in my studio – and wider home – over the … Continue reading
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Tagged advent, Bologna, Christmas, illustration, illustrators, orange, robins, watercolour, xmas
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Winter of (gastric) discontent
The answer, it seems, is 6. Or possibly 5 – but by then he was committed to finishing the entire box, so it’s a rather academic point. Time for a Christmas Rennie… A bit of a scratty, rushed job today, I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, mince pies, overindulging, pencil, penguin, Rennie, sketch
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(Do penguins even eat mince pies…?)
Delicious Christmassy treats: how many is too many (and is there, in fact, such a thing…?)?
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Tagged advent, Christmas, graphite, mince pie, pencil, penguin, treats, watercolour pencil
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Appet-ice-rs (a *taste* of things to come…?)
We’ve had only the merest dusting of snow so far this December, and the chirpy presenter on last night’s weather forecast veritably danced a self-congratulatory jig while delivering the news that we could expect “not as much ‘The Beast from … Continue reading
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Tagged advent, Christmas, graphite, melt, sketch, snow, snowflake, watercolour pencil, weather
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Two spoonfuls…
Continuing on a ‘festive victuals’ theme (and swiftly glossing over the non-appearance of a post for yesterday – I was still operating remotely until 9.30pm so would plead absence of reliable blog-posting facilities, although I feel the most cursory of … Continue reading
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Tagged beer, Birmingham, bratwurst, Christmas, Frankfurt, Glühwein, hotdog, market, shopping, steiner, xmas
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