The gnu is almost completely tangled! Next we have to add a bit of color, then the shading. And I need to take some more photos! Meanwhile, I carved a gazillion stamps for the Gnus of Gnu London grand tour to take place this summer. This photo shows them partially carved and not cut apart...
Just saw this You Tube video called "Everything is Amazing, Nobody is Happy" It's very funny, but also brings up a good point. We roll our eyes when our parents (grandparents) say things like "when I was a kid..." And now I find myself saying the same thing with...
I just watched a wonderful movie called "Ballet Shoes". Here's the short description from Netflix: An unusual explorer named Gum (Richard Griffiths) and his kindly niece (Emilia Fox) adopt three orphans -- Pauline (Emma Watson), Petrova (Yasmin Paige) and Posy (Lucy Boynton) -- and raise them as sisters in 1930s London....
We have begun! I've been working on all four knees (gnees!) down to the hoofs. My inspiration is Mendhi henna tattoos. Deb's been working on the gnose, eyes and forehead. Very cool. Some of the face will eventually be in color too. Liz has been working on the shoulders. And on...
It's taken me a week to post this, but I spent last week in Whitinsville, MA attending a Zentangle Teachers Certification Workshop. Wowza! It was amazing! It was so much fun to be surrounded by so many "square pegs". Lots of artists and quite a few people, like me, who still...
House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones My review rating: 4 of 5 stars I just finished this last night. Great book, I think I might have enjoyed it more than "Howl's Moving Castle". But my memory of that book was spoiled by the stupid "anime" movie done...
