Taexalia
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My Creative Self
I scanned my drawing and made copies so that I can try out different ways to colour the image. This is the first attempt, which I worked with a little in my picture editing software. Totally great fun ... read more
Doodle Play
Perfect timing - the latest issue of Mslexia plopped through my letterbox today. I'm always intending to submit work every time the new issue appears, but I always manage to put it off... I was struck by something Maggie O'Farrell said in her interview - "I have to be disciplined to do the washing or do the tax return or the hoovering... but I don't need discipline to write, not at all." Clearly I've got things quite the wrong way around because I'm having to discipline myself to write ... read more
Zoo Day
I think a day at the zoo fits nicely into Leah's totally optional theme for January... Play.
It has to be said that I have mixed feelings about zoos - the idealist in me feels that animals are best seen in their natural habitat. Unfortunately we humans seem to be destroying natural habitats at a rate of knots :evil: and zoos are now serving as vital links to saving/trying to save species after ... read more
Sandwood Bay