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Apparently the Insect Circus will be in Wimbledon Park on Sunday. It look very strange to say the least, which appeals to me. Looks like it has some elements of steampunk too. I'm  taking a sketchbook and camera. If anyone else wishes to tag along let me know.


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I've been searching for an example of an artist who uses colours that could be construed as "drab" but uses them in a way that still looks fantastic, and recently, The New Yorker has done an article on Jean De Brunhoff's Babar! Perfect! Using colour this way is what I'm trying to do for Potoo, as he isn't the most colourful of birds, but Brunhoff uses colour sparingly, but in a way that still looks appealing.




Also part of the article is a slideshow, where you can view Brunhoff's original dummy for babar, and compare it with the published version.

As for me, haven't had much time for drawing, but I will this weekend. This is all I've had time to pop out:


And finally, today is International Talk Like  a Pirate day! Yaaar- here be an old etching.

Look what I found on the way back from alawston's!

( Do not click if you are squeamish about insects )

Isn't it gorgeous? The dog was like WTF IS THAT? haha. I found him at the Southfields train station on his back going "waaaah" So i righted him and decided to take him back to our garden where it was unlikely some idiot would squash him. I've never seen one before. I'm glad I moved him to a safer leafy area, especially after looking at the information on this site: http://www.stagbeetlehelpline.co.uk/ Then put it back in the exact place you found it! The only time you should ever move a stag beetle is for its own safety.

I wasn't gonna let him be squashed on his back.