Beach, pencils and paint.

New colouring pencils and another walk on a cold beach. Returned to painting today. Changing how I paint, so I am in a chair and off the ground to try and make it less cold. I'm abandoning painting people again for now because it's too much of a barrier to using my imagination and it's really, thought-wise, the easy option. People can be in scenarios and stories, whereas making stories and emotions without recognisable tools is much more exciting and involving. The simplicity of an abstracted object can be a enabler or a distraction, a photo reproduction is a poor imitation of life. Painting, the way I paint people is a poor imitation of the literal, albeit with possibilities of imaginary settings and abstracted versions of people, their bodies etc. But when I am painting something less linear then that is when I have to be inventive with my thoughts and placement of paint and lines.

Probably waffle but it's my party and I'll cry if I want to.







































- from the roving mike of destiny.

Always a Child on the beach (2011)

Walking.

Went for a walk. Got to the top of a mountain. Went on the way back down. Got in a bog. That took a while, in the bog. Trousers got all wet. In the bog for a bit long. Found some frog spawn / newt spawn.


















- from the roving mike of destiny.

The beach.

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Food and another beach

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A mighty omelette.

Feta omelette. Awesome.









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Tango down

I am a bit out of action at the moment. but do check back because normal service will resume asap. It's the time of year when i try to get as many Dust Piggies completed as possible. last year i did a years worth in a month or something. and then published them all in that month. silly. but not really. the new book is done. it's very lovely. and there's the usual daily cartoons dripping out my comic .... place?

At last i don't feel sad for being in the way (2011)

Pyjama girl (2011)

We are on a break

(get it? it's a friend reference yeah?) might have a little break from the blog for a while. just while i check into the betty ford clinic. i'll still post art work if i do any.

Comfort blanket (2011)

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List of shit I did today.

I did some shit today. And because won't sleep tonight I thought I'd do a HUGE documentation.


My painty carpet which is like the best thing I've seen in ages.






Then went to buckfast abbey which used to be run by monks but is now a tourist centre.





Nice silhouettes though.





And again nice door.





This would make a totally awesome house for me now that the roman Catholics arent going to be living here much longer after they all get moved to prison for molesting kids and embezzling Nazi gold.





Again cool silouette.





The coffee was about as strong as my imaginary little sister.





This is before I put monk cream in it.





This was a half decent cup I had in totnes. Sweet.





Then went to this place in totnes and then...





I had a feta omelette, which is the BEST omelette I've ever eaten.





Ate it all. Left it clean. Just like catholics cleaning up after all the molesting they been upto.





We liberated some ketchup and remaining cream because the sell out monks ripped up off for a cup of shitty Joe.





Awesome dinner.

The first lonely application (2011)

- from the roving mike of destiny.