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Well, I have just finished my first serious picture for about five years.

The outline - and most of the serious work was done from life during 40 minutes of fading light on 4 September. I have just spent a half hour tidying* it up and adding shading and such, all from memory. It is still a bit rough and ready, but considering the lack of practice....

My plan was to scan it and email it to the subject with a view to getting permission to post, but now my bloody scanner has died. The power light just won't come on and it is as inert as they come. Luckily, romney has just offered me the use of his later in the week, so it's not a complete loss, just immensely frustrating.

I am trusting those of you who know who the portrait is supposedly of to say nowt when it's posted; I want to know who, if anyone, recognises it. I myself am not sure it looks like who it is supposed to - and as I said, posting it in the first place all depends upon getting permission from the owner of the face.

*Originally that said 'tarting up', but then I thought the phrase might well be misconstrued.... oops. So, 'tidying'. Sorry!

(no subject)

Well, I have just finished my first serious picture for about five years.

The outline - and most of the serious work was done from life during 40 minutes of fading light on 4 September. I have just spent a half hour tidying* it up and adding shading and such, all from memory. It is still a bit rough and ready, but considering the lack of practice....

My plan was to scan it and email it to the subject with a view to getting permission to post, but now my bloody scanner has died. The power light just won't come on and it is as inert as they come. Luckily, romney has just offered me the use of his later in the week, so it's not a complete loss, just immensely frustrating.

I am trusting those of you who know who the portrait is supposedly of to say nowt when it's posted; I want to know who, if anyone, recognises it. I myself am not sure it looks like who it is supposed to - and as I said, posting it in the first place all depends upon getting permission from the owner of the face.

*Originally that said 'tarting up', but then I thought the phrase might well be misconstrued.... oops. So, 'tidying'. Sorry!

Tasteless

I'll tell you now that I am rather exasperated. And partially amused, but mainly exasperated.

For no reason that I can work out, the office firewall has started blocking my and my friends' LJ pages on the grounds that they are tasteless.

I mean good grief.

I fully accept the firewall policy of blocking access to pornographic or racist sites and a number of other subjects which don't spring to mind immediately, but which are not massively surprising. But tasteless? And my LJ? What have I, or any of my LJ friends written in the past 12 hours that should throw that up? Or is the firewall just getting snarky?

I don't know.

I do know that I can still get to my journal from work, but I have to do so in a round about manner, and remember not to use the refresh button. It's all very odd.

And damn it all; it's not tasteless.

Not recently, anyway.

Tasteless

I'll tell you now that I am rather exasperated. And partially amused, but mainly exasperated.

For no reason that I can work out, the office firewall has started blocking my and my friends' LJ pages on the grounds that they are tasteless.

I mean good grief.

I fully accept the firewall policy of blocking access to pornographic or racist sites and a number of other subjects which don't spring to mind immediately, but which are not massively surprising. But tasteless? And my LJ? What have I, or any of my LJ friends written in the past 12 hours that should throw that up? Or is the firewall just getting snarky?

I don't know.

I do know that I can still get to my journal from work, but I have to do so in a round about manner, and remember not to use the refresh button. It's all very odd.

And damn it all; it's not tasteless.

Not recently, anyway.

First artwork for over five years.

Well, I got my scanner up and running again. The plug wasn't working, but I have a spare adapter and so there we are.

Now I expect most of you who know me also know the subject, so I'm not going to tell you who it is and see if you can guess. Some of you already know, though. The pic was drawn from life in about 40 minutes of fading daylight - I really needed more time and better light. As I noted last night, I spent a half hour or so tidying the drawing from memory.

My rusty technique has let me down I think but here it is:



Unfortunately the pencil and rusty drawing skills may have added a few years. Oops. Sorry.

Anyway, I intend to get back in practice, I am already down to draw nyarbaggytep and immerwahr at some point.

First artwork for over five years.

Well, I got my scanner up and running again. The plug wasn't working, but I have a spare adapter and so there we are.

Now I expect most of you who know me also know the subject, so I'm not going to tell you who it is and see if you can guess. Some of you already know, though. The pic was drawn from life in about 40 minutes of fading daylight - I really needed more time and better light. As I noted last night, I spent a half hour or so tidying the drawing from memory.

My rusty technique has let me down I think but here it is:



Unfortunately the pencil and rusty drawing skills may have added a few years. Oops. Sorry.

Anyway, I intend to get back in practice, I am already down to draw nyarbaggytep and immerwahr at some point.