Thanks for the mention. I got a couple new subscribers from it! Every little bit helps.
Seeing your biking reminded me of the time when I was much younger and had gone on a bike ride down the bike path. I was about 2 to 3 miles away from home. I was having so much fun riding south on the path. But when I came back, it was no picnic. I had heavy wind in my face and I could barely pedal. First thought was, "how am I going to make it back?". Well, I did but it took me awhile. I was tuckered out after that.
I love your sketches! I want to see you do more. They are all great but the first 2 are my favorites.
Thanks, Matthew. I’m really glad to hear that my mention had a positive effect! Headwinds are terrible, although I’m now getting better at coping with them. THanks for your comment regarding the sketches. I did them many mooins ago, before any talent I had in that department seeped away. Now I am reduced to line drawings of three-eared cats.
Thank you for the amazing 'Only Fools and Horses' clip - I have no idea how anyone in the scene kept a straight face! Roger Lloyd Pack was such a great actor, and sadly missed.
Your art is fabulous! Your sketches of the Lake District really shout 'Lake District' - with just a few lines you have captured the essence of somewhere I know very well - absolutely brilliant!
Congratulations to you both on your hard-earned Bikeability certificates! Great work!
You're so kind to have linked to me - many thanks. ☺️
Thanks, Rebecca. I agree. I saw him in a serious role once, I think it was a film about the strike of the match ladies. He was brilliant in that too. I’m certain they didn’t keep straight faces: I wonder how many outtakes there were! The scripts were brilliant.
He was really versatile, wasn’t he? I too saw him in a serious role - it was in an episode of Inspector Morse called ‘The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn’. Unrecognisable - and very, very good.
My god, you and Elaine are so brave, you go on bikes around moving cars?! I even don't drive on highways.(Why I am telling that?) I love your black and white sketches. So much mood...
Wow, Terry. I have seen your flash sketches of cats and a couple of hasty bicycles and self portraits.... but this art is a completely different level. You are a man with fingers in far too many pies, but I do hope you don't leave the art work behind. Lovely.
If I could draw I would. I always thought I could, at least, draw a stick figure till I saw and an artist use stick figures in their sketch and I knew then I couldn't draw. Thanks for the share of one of my stories.
When we’re born we all know nothing. Becoming an artist takes lots and lots of practice. ‘Miles on the brush’ as a dear artist friend used to say. If you actually want to be an artist, then please have fun with your stick figures and you will become an artist.
my age might have caught up with me, but I always remember what the artist told me “Get the hang of drawing stick people and they can resemble anyone.”
So many cool links. Will come back and check them out when I have more time. And great work with the art. You’ll never forget where you were when you did those. It’s such a wonderful way to be fully in the moment. Well done.
Terry! LOVE your art and how Fauvist the pastel drawing is. I also loved your portrait after cycling and YAY! for you and Elaine taking the Bikeability. course. I want to take it, too. Head winds can be such a challenge. Oh! The drawing of the abbey - did you use a fountain pen? The lines are luscious. The felt tip pen lake district sketches are moody - have you tried alcohol markers? They're super fun. I'm clapping for an encore. Thanks for the links to other writers - I've signed up. Yay x 2 or 3. Thanks, too, for the link to mine 😃. Your writing courses look fantastic, btw. Wish Austin - London was just a 30 minutes flight. The 3 videos were great, and I didn't know the musician, Giacomo Turra. He's so good and fun to watch. I've signed up to be a guest DJ at a company event in the upcoming months and I'm going to include him and maybe that particular piece showcased in the video. He's smokin'. Golly gee, what a great way to start my day.
thanks very much, Mary. The alcohol pens make me high! I think I used a caligraphy pen I bought in an art shop. I liken the felt tip ones too: I didn't know if it would work but I think it does. Glad you found some good links there. Two of my courses are online, so no excuse. I'm nnot sure nwhere you are in terms of time zone, but it would be morning (10) or afternoon (1) or somewhere in between for you!
SKETCHING ! Now the ball is ( semi - sorta - maybe - kinda - could be but not sure ) in my court ! Bing has a neat little tool that enables me to do art online. DALL - E. All one needs to do is type in ( no idea if it has a speech option ) a select few phrases, the AI takes it from there. It has proffered some, em, UNUSUAL results, but I'm still generally PLEASED with the outcomes. OpenAI is available online as well. Haven't tried it.
I did that, yeah, but my cerebral palsy reasserted itself in a major way, for the last few years even my signature resembles an EKG or seismograph tracks. 😁😆 So I became aware of DALL - E at just the RIGHT TIME. & my last couple of computers apparently enjoy SPIRITING my photographs away into a wormhole.
Hey Terry!
Thanks for the mention. I got a couple new subscribers from it! Every little bit helps.
Seeing your biking reminded me of the time when I was much younger and had gone on a bike ride down the bike path. I was about 2 to 3 miles away from home. I was having so much fun riding south on the path. But when I came back, it was no picnic. I had heavy wind in my face and I could barely pedal. First thought was, "how am I going to make it back?". Well, I did but it took me awhile. I was tuckered out after that.
I love your sketches! I want to see you do more. They are all great but the first 2 are my favorites.
Thanks, Matthew. I’m really glad to hear that my mention had a positive effect! Headwinds are terrible, although I’m now getting better at coping with them. THanks for your comment regarding the sketches. I did them many mooins ago, before any talent I had in that department seeped away. Now I am reduced to line drawings of three-eared cats.
Such a lovely start to the week, Terry!
Thank you for the amazing 'Only Fools and Horses' clip - I have no idea how anyone in the scene kept a straight face! Roger Lloyd Pack was such a great actor, and sadly missed.
Your art is fabulous! Your sketches of the Lake District really shout 'Lake District' - with just a few lines you have captured the essence of somewhere I know very well - absolutely brilliant!
Congratulations to you both on your hard-earned Bikeability certificates! Great work!
You're so kind to have linked to me - many thanks. ☺️
Thanks, Rebecca. I agree. I saw him in a serious role once, I think it was a film about the strike of the match ladies. He was brilliant in that too. I’m certain they didn’t keep straight faces: I wonder how many outtakes there were! The scripts were brilliant.
He was really versatile, wasn’t he? I too saw him in a serious role - it was in an episode of Inspector Morse called ‘The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn’. Unrecognisable - and very, very good.
I didn’t see that one, and I thought I’d seen them all.But in light of your comment, maybe I did but didn’t reconise him.
Actually he was recognisably Roger Lloyd Pack, but not recognisably Trigger, if that makes sense!
I love your sketches.
Especially the 'Lake District' ones. :).
Thanbks very much, Olga :-)
My god, you and Elaine are so brave, you go on bikes around moving cars?! I even don't drive on highways.(Why I am telling that?) I love your black and white sketches. So much mood...
Lol. We don't have much choice! Thanks for kind words.
LOVE your sketches!
Thanks, Palm 😁
Wow, Terry. I have seen your flash sketches of cats and a couple of hasty bicycles and self portraits.... but this art is a completely different level. You are a man with fingers in far too many pies, but I do hope you don't leave the art work behind. Lovely.
Thanks, Sharron. I did them when I still had a bit of talent. Chortle.
Love your artwork, Terry. Another facet revealed.
The video clips were great. The "looping" guy is an incredible talent.
Thanks, Jim. I agree about the looping guy. I've looked at a few of his other videos since posting that, and he's definitely talented.
If I could draw I would. I always thought I could, at least, draw a stick figure till I saw and an artist use stick figures in their sketch and I knew then I couldn't draw. Thanks for the share of one of my stories.
When we’re born we all know nothing. Becoming an artist takes lots and lots of practice. ‘Miles on the brush’ as a dear artist friend used to say. If you actually want to be an artist, then please have fun with your stick figures and you will become an artist.
'Miles on the brush' - Beth, this is a wonderful way to look at this! Thank you so much - I've just written that down!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😘
where? I write down lots of stuff, and can never find it afterwards!
Whaaaaaat? You don’t index your notes?! 🤯
I write everything in my notebook, and anything which I want to refer to again, well, I index it.
(And sometimes it even works!) 😉
Of course I index my notes, but I can never find the index
🤣
Miles on the brush: an excellent saying.
my age might have caught up with me, but I always remember what the artist told me “Get the hang of drawing stick people and they can resemble anyone.”
Very true!
Well I can't draw either, Paul, but I managed those somehow!
So many cool links. Will come back and check them out when I have more time. And great work with the art. You’ll never forget where you were when you did those. It’s such a wonderful way to be fully in the moment. Well done.
Thanks, Beth. I agree about being fully in the moment.
Terry! LOVE your art and how Fauvist the pastel drawing is. I also loved your portrait after cycling and YAY! for you and Elaine taking the Bikeability. course. I want to take it, too. Head winds can be such a challenge. Oh! The drawing of the abbey - did you use a fountain pen? The lines are luscious. The felt tip pen lake district sketches are moody - have you tried alcohol markers? They're super fun. I'm clapping for an encore. Thanks for the links to other writers - I've signed up. Yay x 2 or 3. Thanks, too, for the link to mine 😃. Your writing courses look fantastic, btw. Wish Austin - London was just a 30 minutes flight. The 3 videos were great, and I didn't know the musician, Giacomo Turra. He's so good and fun to watch. I've signed up to be a guest DJ at a company event in the upcoming months and I'm going to include him and maybe that particular piece showcased in the video. He's smokin'. Golly gee, what a great way to start my day.
thanks very much, Mary. The alcohol pens make me high! I think I used a caligraphy pen I bought in an art shop. I liken the felt tip ones too: I didn't know if it would work but I think it does. Glad you found some good links there. Two of my courses are online, so no excuse. I'm nnot sure nwhere you are in terms of time zone, but it would be morning (10) or afternoon (1) or somewhere in between for you!
SKETCHING ! Now the ball is ( semi - sorta - maybe - kinda - could be but not sure ) in my court ! Bing has a neat little tool that enables me to do art online. DALL - E. All one needs to do is type in ( no idea if it has a speech option ) a select few phrases, the AI takes it from there. It has proffered some, em, UNUSUAL results, but I'm still generally PLEASED with the outcomes. OpenAI is available online as well. Haven't tried it.
Dall-E! I use that too sometimes, but there'smore satisfaction, for me at least, in doing it yourself.
I did that, yeah, but my cerebral palsy reasserted itself in a major way, for the last few years even my signature resembles an EKG or seismograph tracks. 😁😆 So I became aware of DALL - E at just the RIGHT TIME. & my last couple of computers apparently enjoy SPIRITING my photographs away into a wormhole.
LOL. Thanks Drew