My medical problems and their investigation and treatment
HEALTH UPDATE - THE BALL IS ROLLING AGAIN Warning - medical details. If you are squeamish, please don't read. After everything that has happened (or rather, not happened) over the past 5 1/2 years, it really does now look as if I am going to get my operation sooner rather than later. It's…
NEGATIVE WATERCOLOUR - KOI CARP, OUR FIRST PLUM CROP, AND A HEALTH UPDATE Negative Koi Carp This is a negative watercolour I have been wanting to do for some time. I used several unrelated images of koi carp from the internet as inspiration, and made my own composition and colouring. Every picture goes…
ONLINE ART COURSE - BOSTON TERRIER IN GRAPHITE, AND A HEALTH UPDATE I am not really a dog person, but I had to admit that I found this picture adorable! Nice to be back with graphite again, as well. I enjoy this medium. It is a lot less messy than charcoal, although it…
Today is my 71st birthday (eek... I haven't even managed to get my head around being 70 yet!). The day started badly with my waking up at 7.00 a.m. so I thought I'd get up, but I'd only started to get ready when I felt so tired and in need of more sleep…
NEW ART MATERIALS, MORE TEABAG STAINS, AND CATARACT NEWS Coloured pencils A couple of years ago I got a set of Derwent Coloursoft pencils. These wax-based coloured pencils are very soft and creamy, and blend very well, but it is impossible to retain a sharp point on them and they are not good…
3-D MANDALA - METAL WITH PINK GEMSTONES, A NEW DRAWING TOOL, AND A HEALTH UPDATE 3-D Mandala Background First of all, I am not involved in any way with the spiritual aspects of mandalas. I just enjoy drawing them as an art concept. The way one builds up concentric circles with different patterns…
ONLINE ART COURSE - PORTRAIT IN PASTEL PENCILS, AND ANOTHER UTI The third project in the pastel pencil drawing module of the course was a charming portrait of a little girl blowing bubbles. When I first saw what we were expected to draw, as always, I thought it was much too hard! However,…
ONLINE ART COURSE - THE FINAL PROJECT IN THE INK PENS MODULE, A HEALTH UPDATE, AND A VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL CHAPEL Ink Pens module - self-directed challenge This final project in the module consists of three small drawings. All the teacher Phil provided for this one was an orientation video and then…
ONLINE ART COURSE - IGUANA INK DRAWING, AND A HEALTH UPDATE Online art course Yesterday my hubby and I sat down together to complete the next drawing in the ink pens module of the course. At first glance, the reference was intimidating, to say the least, but as always, Phil, our teacher, took…
COMPUTER, COLORECTAL AND CATARACTS, AND ONLINE ART COURSE What an extremely busy time it's been recently. So much so that I've fallen behind a bit on the online art course, but it doesn't really matter, as the course is designed for us to work at our own pace. Obviously it's good to keep…
