Last night I went to a Life Drawing class for the first time. I have really started to feel the love for drawing again and have decided to attend this class to make the most of this.
It was good to get to work at an easel again.
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We haven't had Disciples for a couple of weeks. We are due to rehearse tonight and I suspect we are going to have to cancel. The Bear is ill, Al and Holly aren't replying to texts and Dal doesn't want to sleep beside The Bear if he's ill or The Bear's ex-missus who is currently on The Bear's couch. We'll see what happens in the next hour.
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Ink on Bristol
The weekend is approaching. For all the cool kids the weekend starts on Thursday. It's a bit disappointing, but there is no Fat Disciples practice tonight. A friend of mine and Rina's from work is leaving to go back to Oz, so we are going for Korean food in Dotori tonight. It's a really cool restaurant in Finsbury Park that serves awesome sushi. If you go, go for the sharing platter as your option - its like a degustation menu. For £25. Awesome.
Not too sure what this weekend will hold. I have recently been doing a bit of drawing (as an RSVP to a friend's wedding). I get the love of drawing in waves. I am in the middle of a big drawing-love patch. I thik that this weekend I will try to draw a comic strip that shows what i did this week. It may be cool or it may be dreadful, but whatever it is it means I will be hearing the scrape of pen and ink on bristol this weekend.
Not too sure what this weekend will hold. I have recently been doing a bit of drawing (as an RSVP to a friend's wedding). I get the love of drawing in waves. I am in the middle of a big drawing-love patch. I thik that this weekend I will try to draw a comic strip that shows what i did this week. It may be cool or it may be dreadful, but whatever it is it means I will be hearing the scrape of pen and ink on bristol this weekend.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Ligne Claire and Record Breaking
I subscribe to Empire Magazine. It is one of a number of magazines I subscribe to (along with Official Xbox magazine and Olive Magazine). Empire is the one I most thoroughly read. Cover to cover, every month. I've read it for years. It is a good magazine, but not faultless. It often scores hyped movies with more stars than they deserve and it has its nose firmly shoved up the arse of Steven Spielberg. This month's issue illustrates this affectation with the first of a 2-part feature on the great auteur. Saying that, I am a fan of the man and did enjoy the piece. The reason I even mention it is that there was a significant portion of this feature dedicated to Spielberg's upcoming movie - Tintin.
I like Tintin and always have. And by that I mean the comic books. For some reason I could never gel with the cartoon (despite its complete faithfulness to the original texts). I love the adventure, the humour and the mystery in the books, but most of all I love that he travels. Tintin sees the world and through following him we get exposure to areas of the world we otherwise wouldn't. Now, there are points at which the stories delve into outdated stereotypes and casual racism. This is not good, and can be uncomfortable to read, but the sheer joy of seeing Petra, or Delhi or Chicago forgives a lot of the ills.
The style of art that Herge uses in his Tintin adventures is called Ligne Claire (or Clear Line). The panels are detailed and busy, and leave no room for the sort of "filling-in-the-blanks" imagination that makes the best of Frank Miller's work so appealing. There are limited artistic flourishes, rather simple lines, and blocks of shade or colour. Ligne Claire can also be seen in the Blake and Mortimer books, or Moebius' run as artist on Silver Surfer.
I decided over the weekend to look into the style and see what else was available and came across Garan Ewing's Rainbow Orchid (http://www.garenewing.co.uk/rainboworchid/). It seems to be following in the style of Tintin and is getting rather good reviews. I have picked up the first volume on Amazon for less than £5 and will see what it has to offer at the end of the week.
Looking forward to that.
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This weekend, the first in October, was ridiculously hot. 29.9oC on Saturday made it the hottest October day in history. People were sunbathing at the end of the Crescent and it felt like a summer's day (or at least like the sort of day you would hope for in summer). Rina and I decided to have a BBQ for dinner. What we neglected to realise was that just because it was as hot as a good July didn't mean the days were as long. Not long after I started the coals we were in darkness - but a bit of ingenuity from Rina involving a torch and some candles meant we had a fantastic evening.
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Celtic lost to the Edinburgh Rangers. I think Neil Lennon needs to look at his performance in role. Not good.
I like Tintin and always have. And by that I mean the comic books. For some reason I could never gel with the cartoon (despite its complete faithfulness to the original texts). I love the adventure, the humour and the mystery in the books, but most of all I love that he travels. Tintin sees the world and through following him we get exposure to areas of the world we otherwise wouldn't. Now, there are points at which the stories delve into outdated stereotypes and casual racism. This is not good, and can be uncomfortable to read, but the sheer joy of seeing Petra, or Delhi or Chicago forgives a lot of the ills.
The style of art that Herge uses in his Tintin adventures is called Ligne Claire (or Clear Line). The panels are detailed and busy, and leave no room for the sort of "filling-in-the-blanks" imagination that makes the best of Frank Miller's work so appealing. There are limited artistic flourishes, rather simple lines, and blocks of shade or colour. Ligne Claire can also be seen in the Blake and Mortimer books, or Moebius' run as artist on Silver Surfer.
I decided over the weekend to look into the style and see what else was available and came across Garan Ewing's Rainbow Orchid (http://www.garenewing.co.uk/rainboworchid/). It seems to be following in the style of Tintin and is getting rather good reviews. I have picked up the first volume on Amazon for less than £5 and will see what it has to offer at the end of the week.
Looking forward to that.
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This weekend, the first in October, was ridiculously hot. 29.9oC on Saturday made it the hottest October day in history. People were sunbathing at the end of the Crescent and it felt like a summer's day (or at least like the sort of day you would hope for in summer). Rina and I decided to have a BBQ for dinner. What we neglected to realise was that just because it was as hot as a good July didn't mean the days were as long. Not long after I started the coals we were in darkness - but a bit of ingenuity from Rina involving a torch and some candles meant we had a fantastic evening.
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Celtic lost to the Edinburgh Rangers. I think Neil Lennon needs to look at his performance in role. Not good.
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