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Mondoodle 8-11-2010

elise — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 03:15:56 +0000

I have been thoroughly AWOL for the last couple of weeks because I was in JAPAN! (Insert face-breakingly enormous smiley here.) And what’s more it was for a holiday. An actual holiday – I took no drafts, didn’t jot ideas, wrote none of my novel and only drew about twice. Really and truly. It was wonderful. It was only toward the end that I got a little twitchy and picked up the pen. But I took lots of pictures, and most of what I wanted to draw was glimpsed out of a train window or from a speeding car – those fractional sights that you wish you could freeze in you brain and retrieve later. As soon as I can be cyborged – that’s what I want. Perfect video recall.

Anyway – more about that soon. For now, here’s a little girl… freehand, quick, no pencil predrawing.

Drawn at the desk in sight of the crab-apple blossom, the last blast of fiery mollus azaleas, and listening to sparrow-gossip. Tuesday 9th November, 2010.

There has been a lot happening this year that I’ve not been sharing very much. I think I’ve been feeling guilty about projects and how some have not progressed quickly, or have stolen time from others. But that’s enough of that! I have a meeting this afternoon then I should know more about my booky future.

Proper updates to follow.

Quick-draw Rabbit plus one

elise — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:21:05 +0000

I’m thinking that with these videos, while you watch the sequence of strokes, you might also watch a story unfold if I sketch it in the right order. That’s tricky for me as it requires a certain amount of planning, and I have been enjoying letting the drawing do its own thing to an extent. I’ll have to think up some elaborate ones. Unfortunately the YouTube thumbnail can ruin the surprise. I wish I could properly choose my own… they offer three random moments and none were quite early enough. It would be nice if you could zoom in on a little piece of the action instead, as the teaser.

I hope you enjoy it.

And while I’m thinking about drawings… Any requests? Any particular animal?

oh ek its cold!

elise — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:53:42 +0000

Ok so last week we were in Cairns. Yes a holiday! It was beautiful and warm and the seas were brimful of fluorescent fish. Like puppy here… oh what a gorgeous boy. Makes me want to get back into my fish book idea.

And now we’re back in Melbourne and it’s cold. Oh, so cold. So here’s today’s picture. Brrrrr