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Finding lost things

tannie — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:31:45 +0000

Today I rummaged through my rucksack looking for a bottle of vitamins I thought I bought and didn't find it—I still don't know if I actually bought it. Went I dug into one of its pockets I felt an unfamiliar cold shape and took it out.

Surprise! My leatherman micra, lost for years. I bought it at the start at my eurotrip, thinking it would come in handy. It has a pair of scissors that did proof useful for opening food packages and such. After returning home, I misplaced it for a little while and then found it shortly after I moved.

And then I misplaced it again.

Its empty cardboard box lay on my nightstand, for years, as a reminder of it. At times I googled the type, thinking of purchasing another one, but never did.

And today, I found it.

I think I'll put it on my keyring.

Making icelollies (and drawing it)

tannie — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 23:02:14 +0000

I made ice-lollies. I quit sugar last sunday (meaning, refined sugar, not the kind found naturally in fruit, veg, honey and such). The heat wave decided to test me or something.

I used my fancy ladybug shaped vegetable peeler to peel two pears, and added a banana. I blended until somewhat smooth—ooh chunks of fruit in ice-cream!—and then poured the mixture in the ice-lollie-shapes I had. With one left, I added some lemonade, because that always works.

And I made drawings of it.

I stepped out of my comfort zone for this, quite literally. I stood in my kitchen drawing this and found that I prefer sitting down for my drawing. Standing cramps up my other arm, the one holding the book.

But still, here you have it. Instructions on how to make fruity ice-lollies. I did add a bit of maple-syrup though I wonder if I really needed too.

And I love my new vegetable peeler! It slips right onto my fingers and I can use my whole hand to peel.

The worst drawing of the year

tannie — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:56:39 +0000

I drew my hair clip today. I think it qualifies as the worst drawing I made this year.

Understandable, since I drew it with my non-dominant hand.

And the writing looks awful ;)

Solar panel

tannie — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:25:06 +0000

I bought a little solar panel recently. It lies in my windowsill, with open window, sucking up the sun's rays.

At night it recharges my phone, which works very well. It came with lots of different plugs to charge different phones and even my Nintendo DS. I like that I can use the sun to charge things. It also has a separate attachment so it can charge batteries. I haven't tried that out yet.

I made this drawing while my hand hurt badly and cramped up a lot. Not the smartest thing I ever did.

Drawing my hat.

tannie — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:10:38 +0000

I went out to the mall (yes, we have one!) for some groceries and somewhat needed purchases and failed horrible in the last category. They did not have what I wanted.

Crossing the large parking-lot to the stores I realised I forgot to bring my hat (or cap). My scalp burns easily—which hurts—so on sunny days like today I wear protection. I hoped into the nearest clothing store and found exactly one hat. A simply grey-ish bucket hat. I now have a full quartet of bucket hats.

It posed nicely for my drawing.

The right shoe

tannie — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:23:11 +0000

I didn't know what to draw, so I drew my right shoe. A very comfortable kid's shoe which leaves tiger-footprints in the sand.

I have small feet.

A drawing to end a day of hard work.

tannie — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:27:31 +0000

Today I had a good day and I decided to hoover—yes, 'hoover', I actually have a Hoover—the sofa. This always takes a bit of work with all the pillows to move around. I figured that as long as I had to move them, I might as well wash the pillow-cases. It took me all day, but I aired out the pillows on the balcony, washed the pillow-cases, hoovered the entire sofa and the floor under and around, mopped the floor and put everything back together. I took lots of breaks and drank a lot and ate in between too, but I managed it.

At the end of the day, I decided to make myself a nice cocktail, and for extra kicks I added some blue food-colouring to it. Sometimes you just need a little extra colour!

I then decided to draw it; it turned out wonky, as all my cocktail drawings do, but still. Bad drawing beats no drawing.

Aspiration

tannie — Mon, 31 May 2010 22:28:05 +0000

I've followed Michael Nobbs' for quite some time and really enjoy his work. The one thing that attracts me in his work, is that like me, he also deals with illness. Sometimes I'll stumble on a blog of someone who does great work and they'll have a job, go to college and do that great work all at once. It makes me tired just thinking about that.

Michael, however, frequently blogs (and draws!) about how he copes with his illness and others things life tosses at him. He makes his own books and sells them. The last issue of The Beany came out as an ebook today (and for a short time you can buy it for only $1!). Despite his illness he takes on (little) projects and makes stuff happen. He seems to have found a way to make it work despite being ill, something I still aspire to.

I have not yet figure it all out, and I have not yet made it all work. Thanks to Michael however, I know I'll get there, eventually.

The sale has ended; you can still buy a copy for the regular price of ~~$9.95~~ $4.95 from Michael's site

Some other inspiring artists:
* scott c
* Irisz Agocs
* Eric Orchard
* E*phi
* jess (borkedplanet)
* Kurt Halsey
* Mattias Ink
* marc johns
All worth checking out.

Trying out new foods and drawing them

tannie — Wed, 19 May 2010 19:00:57 +0000

Kohlrabi

AubergineI've tried out some new foods recently, some for eating and some for drawing. The kohlrabi roasts in the oven as I type this and the aubergine—I just can't call it eggplant!—lies waiting for an idea to pop into my head. The aubergine doesn't look like the kind I know, the deep dark purple ones, so I just had to buy it.

I've taken out a veggie(and fruit)-box subscription which should introduce me to more and new and exiting veggies and fruits—which I'll then draw.

Small drawing and re-found drawings.

tannie — Mon, 17 May 2010 21:21:03 +0000

Today didn't go too great, and at some point I decided to make a little drawing. I drew the little (handy) scissors I bought recently. While I took the photo I noticed the other drawings in the moleskine and realised I hadn't put a bunch of the others drawings online yet. I made them all in 2007, and I enjoyed looking at them today.

The headphones have broken since (cable), however, I still have and use the wallet and the dog leash. And I wouldn't mind one of those raspberry cocktails ;)