Month: September 2010
At the auction
It was just a simple chest of drawers in the auction but waiting for the number fourteen to come up got my brain in a fuddle. It was so close to the beginning of the auction I was worried I might miss it. Number fourteen was announced and offered at £100. Nobody went for it.…
How to draw Bubble Writing
This seems so easy and obvious to me, but that’s because I’ve been doing it for so long and had so much practice, which is the answer to most things that we find difficult. I often hear children asking how to do bubble writing, so this is a basic lesson. I’ll follow up with more…
Fly Agaric Mushrooms – Fairy Tale Ingredients
On a walk in the Forest, this afternoon, I came across quite a little glade of Fly Agaric mushrooms. They never fail to excite me. It must be years of fairy story inculcation. They would always appear in the corner of Arthur Rackham illustrations, like warning signs. Danger – Strange things may happen over the…