Been a while since I added something to Illustration Friday.
A combination of painting in Photoshop, textured layers & colour halftone filter was used to create this piece called Jump.
I’m really into the illustrative work from the 40s & 50s, particularly that used in advertising. Illustrators like Allen Kass produced tons of images for romantic novels. Hopefully this style is conveyed in the over-saturated colours.
The image is inspired by some photos I took while travelling by boat around Tonlé Sap in Cambodia. The Great Lake is the largest freshwater lake in South East Asia and is home to both Cham and Vietnamese communities who reside in floating villages.
Illustration Friday is a weekly illustration challenge. A topic is posted every Friday and then participants have all week to come up with their own interpretation. Illustration Friday was created by illustrator Penelope Dullaghan. You can see her own work here.
Love them or hate them, we are definitely in the midst of some proper April Showers.
The April rain, the April rain,
Comes slanting down in fitful showers,
Then from the furrow shoots the grain,
And banks are fledged with nestling flowers;
And in grey shaw and woodland bowers
The cuckoo through the April rain
Calls once again.
The April sun, the April sun,
Glints through the rain in fitful splendour,
And in grey shaw and woodland dun
The little leaves spring forth and tender
Their infant hands, yet weak and slender,
For warmth towards the April sun,
One after one.
And between shower and shine hath birth
The rainbow’s evanescent glory;
Heaven’s light that breaks on mists of earth!
Frail symbol of our human story,
It flowers through showers where, looming hoary,
The rain-clouds flash with April mirth,
Like Life on earth.
“April Rain” by Mathilde Blind 1841-1896
I’ve just had an inspirational weekend after attending a workshop aimed at recharging creativity. It’s now time to start work on this years E17 Art Trail, an annual festival and independent artist run project.
This years concept is still in the planning stage but I am hoping to find inspiration from local music.
I want to explore our Borough’s rich, cultural diversity by looking for international music (traditional or contemporary) being played in Walthamstow. There is a potential that sound may be included in the project and I am particularly interested in finding musicians that play traditional instruments who might want to collaborate and perhaps record their skills.
Anyone interested or anyone able to give any pointers can contact me on;
+44 (0) 7775 518 669
Cassius Marcellus Clay, Muhammad Ali, The greatest of all time, celebrates his 70th Birthday
With a tongue that was as quick as his feet, the heavyweight boxing legend has gifted us with a barrage of humourous quotes to name a few;
“I’m so mean I make medicine sick”
“There’s not a man alive who can whup me. I’m too fast. I’m too smart. I’m too pretty. I should be a postage stamp. That’s the only way I’ll ever get licked.”
“If you dream of beating me, you’d better wake up and apologise.”
Happy birthday Ali.
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