COMPUTER NEWS - ACER UPDATE Since my last post, there have been further developments. Not booting into Linux The USB drive with the Linux installation on it functioned perfectly and I was able to install Linux Zorin on my hubby's Acer laptop. However, the computer would not boot into Zorin whatever I tried.…
CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER - MAKING USE OF PACKAGING I recently searched online for some black striped washi tape which I have seen several people using, and which seems quite hard to find. Eventually I came across an online shop called Curiouser and Curiouser - the name itself was enough to make me want…
COMPUTER NEWS - FURTHER LINUX ADVENTURES I hesitated over the title of this post and eventually decided upon "Adventures" rather than "Problems" - one must keep a positive attitude! For a while since Richard's visit (see this post), everything was running smoothly with the new system. The Lenovo ThinkPad 14-in laptop running Linux…
ISLAMIC ART ALBUM - BEGINNING SOME GEOMETRIC PATTERNS I have not yet completed the first signature of this album, which contains designs in the Arabesque style, but needed a change of mood for a while. I therefore began the second signature, which will contain geometric designs. For some time I have been following…
"EVERY LITTLE HELPS..." FOR THEM, NOT FOR US! I've been having an ongoing saga with Tesco, with whom I have been shopping onlne for many years. I cannot get to the supermarket by myself unless my hubby drives me, and online shopping has been great. The drivers are fantastic - really helpful and…
COMPUTER NEWS - TRANSITION TO LINUX Over the past few weeks, I have been gradually transitioning from Windows to Linux. There has been a great deal of news going around the Internet about the drastic changes Microsoft has been making to their latest operating system, Windows 11, resulting in individuals, corporations, institutions and…
ISLAMIC ART ALBUM - FOURTH AND FIFTH PAGES - CENTREFOLD SHAMSA For the centrefold of the first signature of this album, I decided to do a full page spread. As with the shamsa on the first page, I drew a half shamsa, because a full circle would be too small to be able…
ISLAMIC ART ALBUM - THIRD PAGE - TEZHIP 2 Another Tezhip to face the page with the first one. ("Tezhip" is the Turkish word for illuminated art - artwork with gold). As before, I used my gold gouache paint, and Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolours for this. I followed the same tracing method as…
ISLAMIC ART ALBUM - SECOND PAGE - TEZHIP 1 "Tezhip" is the Turkish word for illuminated art - artwork with gold. Today I drew a lozenge-shape illuminated with gold and incorporating biomorphics (small flowers and leaves). I drew it on the reverse of the first page, and distressed the edges with inks as…
ISLAMIC ART ALBUM - FIRST PAGE - GREEN SHAMSA I began this small project primarily to demonstrate my new "Divide and Rule" drawing instruments, which I bought for the purpose of drawing concentric circles, radiating and parallel lines for my art projects. They are proving very easy to use. The Circle Tool and…
