tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post7945696517595060360..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Curry and frits - Anne RooneyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-67791211031458704622013-05-22T23:12:27.894+01:002013-05-22T23:12:27.894+01:00oh - only just seen your reply, Anne. It was for a...oh - only just seen your reply, Anne. It was for an illustrator's brief - to 'illustrate a prized possession using a new or unfamiliar technique' - it's been years since I did a brass rubbing and I wanted to carry my piano keys to my drawing board.<br /><br /> I lay paper over the keys and picked out the outline of an octave with my pencil, repeated the final image and played a few bars of Fur Elise with inky fingers! I posted the final art on Just Imagine Illustrators' Group on facebook. Now I write it down - it does sound bonkersSue Eveshttp://www.sueeves.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-11067637302635415862013-05-22T23:10:44.030+01:002013-05-22T23:10:44.030+01:00oh - only just seen your reply, Anne. It was for a...oh - only just seen your reply, Anne. It was for an illustrator's brief - to 'illustrate a prized possession using a new or unfamiliar technique' - it's been years since I did a brass rubbing and I wanted to carry my piano keys to my drawing board.<br /><br /> I lay paper over the keys and picked out the outline of an octave with my pencil, repeated the final image and played a few bars of Fur Elise with inky fingers! I posted the final art on Just Imagine Illustrators' Group on facebook. Now I write it down - it does sound bonkersSue Eveshttp://www.sueeves.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-14640612097352350302013-05-09T06:57:25.200+01:002013-05-09T06:57:25.200+01:00Thank you, everyone. It was a lovely micro-holiday...Thank you, everyone. It was a lovely micro-holiday, and I am very lucky to be able to go to such places. It is a cheap (but long) bus-ride away. It was far more enjoyable and restful than a hectic, expensive 'city break' would have been.<br /><br />Sue, I'm fascinated by the idea of you doing a pencil rubbing of a paina keyboard. How? Why? Please tell. And I can use my Macbook Air on the bus, which usually has power sockets and wifi.Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-24729713976659978712013-05-08T16:53:56.209+01:002013-05-08T16:53:56.209+01:00oh now I want a holiday in Oxford - sounds like yo...oh now I want a holiday in Oxford - sounds like you had the perfect writerly rest. How can you work on a bus?<br /><br /> On my bank holiday, I did a pencil rubbing of a piano keyboard.Sue Eveshttp://www.sueeves.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-53637449721385628292013-05-08T16:03:22.734+01:002013-05-08T16:03:22.734+01:00Teen Neanderthal romance is the new dystopian: you...Teen Neanderthal romance is the new dystopian: you heard it here first.<br /><br />Was lovely to lounge with you! And I mainly have holey cardigans. Susie Dayhttp://www.susieday.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-9748040519622938942013-05-08T09:49:12.865+01:002013-05-08T09:49:12.865+01:00It was not a Bank Holiday here Downunder - but you...It was not a Bank Holiday here Downunder - but you are right about "writers don't do holidays".... and I am green with envy at you being able to go to those places - even to work!catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-67974010791635077762013-05-08T09:46:28.164+01:002013-05-08T09:46:28.164+01:00Thank you for sharing your holiday. Just for a mom...Thank you for sharing your holiday. Just for a moment, I had one, as well!Ms. Yinglinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17805324364289597178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-10911042148991538412013-05-08T09:34:38.259+01:002013-05-08T09:34:38.259+01:00That sounds a brilliantly affirmative weekend, Ann...That sounds a brilliantly affirmative weekend, Anne. Plus the being free of all the daily writing housekeeping stuff.<br /><br />Love the sound of that cafe for lounging - and wishing there was one nearby.<br /><br />Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-77824674965824528532013-05-08T09:21:24.851+01:002013-05-08T09:21:24.851+01:00I completely recognise the "writers don't...I completely recognise the "writers don't do holidays" and so will my family. I take my kids to the most fabulous parts of Scotland - the stone circles of Orkney, the caves of Sutherland, the mountains of Skye - for very cold and wet summer holidays. Then I spend most of the holiday making sketches and taking notes for the next book I'm writing, set in Orkney, Sutherland or Skye...Lari Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290918954317744377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-56502241600080227432013-05-08T09:14:29.377+01:002013-05-08T09:14:29.377+01:00Your weekend sounds wall-to-wall delightful!Your weekend sounds wall-to-wall delightful!Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.com