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Mondoodle 24-05-2010

elise — Mon, 24 May 2010 10:46:10 +0000

A guy that’s been lurking in my notebook. An aviator or perhaps skiing bear. All that really matters is the scarf, the goggles and those gloves.

Not sure when I drew him. Some images are best lost and found. I like him being on a journal page too – as if I discovered him when looking out of a bus window and sketched him quickly.

Mondoodle posted Monday May 24, 2010.

Mondoodle 26-04-2010

elise — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:06:38 +0000

Sorry about last week’s lack of Mondoodle. It’s a little strange being up in the studio tonight. I’ve been working in the lounge for weeks now, painting of course. I’d prefer to be up here as the light’s so much better but the big canvas made me relocate. I haven’t actually worked on that for a while but it’s too much of a pain to yo-yo all of my clobber back upstairs and down – the paints, the reference material and the easels. Yes, I seem to always have three set up at the one time. One lovely studio easel (although the upright post hits the roof up here) and two sketch easels. Seems I can’t just work on one thing at a time when I paint in oils either!

I like this peaceful moment. I can imagine his chest rising and falling as he breathes and the lovely warmth of him. A protector and a friend. Wouldn’t it be lovely if bears could purr.

Monday 24th May, 2010. Posted in the lamp-lit studio at 11pm with the smell of fresh cinnamon tea-cake still in the air.

flying bear

elise — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:30:53 +0000

Night flying.
Stars… a big black umbrella and a bear.

It just seems so right to me…