• Basically, this drawing is all about Ellipses, which are like circles seen from the side! You can learn more about Ellipses in my free Everyone Can Draw Course or watch this video

     

  • https://youtu.be/R5Q2vgs0z-o

    Feeling tired? Feeling sleepy? Just listen to this relaxing city lullaby to wash away the cares of the day and get you or your little ones in the mood for snuggling down and going to sleep.

    City Lullaby

    Hush now my child,
    Hush now my baby child,
    What keeps you awake tonight?
    Do you hear the cars?
    Do you hear the people talking in the late-night bars?
    It’s the sound of the city
    It’s the beat of the night
    And you should be asleep by now, baby
    (night night baby)
    Yes, you should be asleep by now, baby
    (sleep tight baby)
    While the city plays on.

    Sleep tight baby
    Sleep tight baby
    Sleep tight baby
    Sleep tight baby

    Now close your eyes
    Now close your tired eyes
    The neon is far too bright
    Do you hear the trains?
    Do you hear the sweeper clearing up the days remains?

    It’s the sound of the city
    It’s the beat of the night
    And you should be asleep by now, baby
    (night night baby)
    Yes, you should be asleep by now, baby
    (sleep tight baby)
    Let the city play on.

    Bye-bye baby
    Sleep tight baby
    Bye-bye baby
    Sleep tight baby
    bye-bye

    ©shoorayner

  • I’ve been to Hull quite a few times now, visiting schools and libraries. If I have time, I like to pop into the Maritime Museum, where they have an extensive exhibition on the history of whaling, Hull having been a major whaling port.

    Christine Hill, the Principal Librarian with whom I’ve worked with often, has been gently encouraging my interest the last couple of years. There is a story I want to write, but the more I research, the more I learn how gruesome the whaling trade was. at the same time, I become more in awe of the grit and bravery of the men who went whaling.

    I’m reading the ship’s surgeon’s diary of the final, brutal journey of the Diana at the moment. If it were written as fiction you wouldn’t believe the deprivations an endurance of the crew.

    In amongst all I’m reading I know there is a story that is suitable for the modern day child, celebrating both the humanity of the whalers and the quarry they sought, while placing it all in an historical context for today.

    Meanwhile I’m letting the drawings help get my ideas flowing.