tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1060700973397080872009-11-03T19:44:39.372ZRuminations and observations from the relaxed side of lifeOld Reprobatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13912737246279283524noreply@blogger.comBlogger268125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106070097339708087.post-37096698792303931582009-11-03T19:33:00.006Z2009-11-03T19:44:39.387Z<div style="text-align: justify;">... eh lad..?... and the first dose of creative confusion and stickiness struck... a couple of days in the doldrums after <a href="http://talesfromthetowers.blogspot.com/2009/11/at-last.html">the first state</a>... and then feeling quite down... but with love and understanding from my darling Kay... and support and guidance from an old Italian Master... I may have found a way forward with the painting...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SvCGzYqkefI/AAAAAAAABDc/h3shwUl7rTA/s1600-h/from+bryn+euryn+01-2nd+state-sml.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 231px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SvCGzYqkefI/AAAAAAAABDc/h3shwUl7rTA/s400/from+bryn+euryn+01-2nd+state-sml.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399964170569677298" border="0" /></a>... still very early days... but I feel rather more human than I did at lunchtime today...<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/106070097339708087-3709669879230393158?l=talesfromthetowers.blogspot.com'/></div>Old Reprobatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13912737246279283524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106070097339708087.post-10283404094582191022009-11-01T11:21:00.001Z2009-11-01T11:23:23.278Z<div style="text-align: center;">... beginning to feel a little more settled... begun work on the first [large] landscape...<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/Su1vcC1QUXI/AAAAAAAABDQ/0gB-PHuzUbU/s1600-h/from+bryn+euryn+01-1st+state-sml.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 231px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/Su1vcC1QUXI/AAAAAAAABDQ/0gB-PHuzUbU/s400/from+bryn+euryn+01-1st+state-sml.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399094055874351474" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">... now off out to photograph the stormy sea...<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/106070097339708087-1028340409458219102?l=talesfromthetowers.blogspot.com'/></div>Old Reprobatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13912737246279283524noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106070097339708087.post-60306718666692433162009-10-30T14:34:00.002Z2009-10-30T14:40:02.412Z<div style="text-align: justify;">Been working on all 3 daubs today while we await delivery of the new bookcases...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/Sur519iNILI/AAAAAAAABC0/QDmM0zaS0sU/s1600-h/Rhos+01-3rd+state-sml.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/Sur519iNILI/AAAAAAAABC0/QDmM0zaS0sU/s400/Rhos+01-3rd+state-sml.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398401808803373234" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/Sur52bt9xSI/AAAAAAAABC8/QewMMR2rYNE/s1600-h/windfarm+01-2nd+state-sml.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/Sur52bt9xSI/AAAAAAAABC8/QewMMR2rYNE/s400/windfarm+01-2nd+state-sml.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398401816905762082" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/Sur52kEeBaI/AAAAAAAABDE/tWPtadSTb9k/s1600-h/windfarm+02-2nd+state-sml.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/Sur52kEeBaI/AAAAAAAABDE/tWPtadSTb9k/s400/windfarm+02-2nd+state-sml.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398401819147634082" border="0" /></a>... also begun laying down the drawing for the first of the big paintings... images to follow in due course...<br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/106070097339708087-6030671866669243316?l=talesfromthetowers.blogspot.com'/></div>Old Reprobatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13912737246279283524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106070097339708087.post-53112339224637798542009-10-27T13:15:00.003Z2009-10-27T13:18:23.853Z<div style="text-align: justify;">While I study the first of the windfarm paintings I've started work on a second... stormier sky and sea this time...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SubyuGNCRrI/AAAAAAAABCo/A-rLiXKFP_c/s1600-h/windfarm+02-sml.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SubyuGNCRrI/AAAAAAAABCo/A-rLiXKFP_c/s400/windfarm+02-sml.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397268077203310258" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">... hopefully I can work on both simultaneously to help with the progress of each one...<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/106070097339708087-5311233922463779854?l=talesfromthetowers.blogspot.com'/></div>Old Reprobatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13912737246279283524noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106070097339708087.post-36455234220363104332009-10-25T16:09:00.006Z2009-10-25T16:19:42.316Z<div style="text-align: justify;">.... to get something moving while I wait for the 'tree' to dry... so I have made a start on the first seascape... the windfarm off-shore...<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SuR4vfwXL6I/AAAAAAAABCc/QLPeEmo7jOo/s1600-h/windfarm+01-sml.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SuR4vfwXL6I/AAAAAAAABCc/QLPeEmo7jOo/s400/windfarm+01-sml.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396571010870226850" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">... just the first state... thus much studying to be done before making any more marks...<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/106070097339708087-3645523422036310433?l=talesfromthetowers.blogspot.com'/></div>Old Reprobatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13912737246279283524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106070097339708087.post-14091430817898569622009-10-23T10:20:00.002+01:002009-10-23T10:23:41.964+01:00<div style="text-align: center;">Now that I've got the lighting rigged properly I can see what I'm doing....<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SuF1w_us7_I/AAAAAAAABCQ/NHArkSI1fGU/s1600-h/Rhos+01-2nd+state-sml.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SuF1w_us7_I/AAAAAAAABCQ/NHArkSI1fGU/s400/Rhos+01-2nd+state-sml.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395723313168052210" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">... just need to get my head and hand sorted out then maybe I can get somewhere with it...<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/106070097339708087-1409143081789856962?l=talesfromthetowers.blogspot.com'/></div>Old Reprobatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13912737246279283524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106070097339708087.post-15989506485004479672009-10-17T12:50:00.005+01:002009-10-17T12:56:28.702+01:00<div style="text-align: justify;">Started work possibly before my head, my eyes and my hand are in the correct state... but I needed to do something.... I don't have the correct materials yet... the lighting in the studio is not right yet and I am not yet used to the studio layout... but I needed to do something...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This is it... though a very rough first state only... I need to study it for a while to see if I should continue with it...<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/StmwMW-M_oI/AAAAAAAABBo/SBJD4PiJ33I/s1600-h/Rhos+01-1st+state-sml.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/StmwMW-M_oI/AAAAAAAABBo/SBJD4PiJ33I/s400/Rhos+01-1st+state-sml.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393535755124276866" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">... it's taken from the bottom of the garden through the lilac tree to the veranda...<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/106070097339708087-1598950648500447967?l=talesfromthetowers.blogspot.com'/></div>Old Reprobatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13912737246279283524noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106070097339708087.post-22854040258449350982009-10-12T13:11:00.002+01:002009-10-12T13:16:34.944+01:00<div style="text-align: justify;">... for a cool drink and a cigar and to sit awhile contemplating the hills, the sea, the birds and the gentle breeze soughing through the lilac and maple branches at the bottom of the garden...<br /><br />Maybe more constructive posts will follow when I can be bothered to give a damn about anything beyond this idyll.<br /><br />Thank you, Kay, for making it all possible... XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/106070097339708087-2285404025844935098?l=talesfromthetowers.blogspot.com'/></div>Old Reprobatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13912737246279283524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106070097339708087.post-74318971395604174762009-09-04T14:54:00.001+01:002009-09-04T14:56:42.961+01:00<div style="text-align: justify;">Exchanged contracts on 'The Cottage' today and now preparing to move at the end of the month. The new blog will begin shortly thereafter. <br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/106070097339708087-7431897139560417476?l=talesfromthetowers.blogspot.com'/></div>Old Reprobatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13912737246279283524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106070097339708087.post-48642955429189604492009-08-18T15:13:00.006+01:002009-08-18T15:28:55.402+01:00<div style="text-align: justify;">This will be the final message from The Towers..... and the reason is simple.... my removal from that London - den of iniquity and inequity, city of clamour, chaos, cacaphony and confusion... where the air is dirtier than a bag of dirt, where the young and vibrant thrive but where the old[er] and decrepit decay - is complete and not at all regretted.<br /><br />I am now ensconced in temporary lodgings breathing calmer, cleaner air twixt sea and mountains, refreshed and restored to rude health and youthful vigour and awaiting completion of the purchase of our cottage sometime in the next month or so.<br /><br />Without the Towers there can be no Tales and so it seems like the appropriate moment to bring this blog to an end...<br /><br />You don't get rid of me that easily though.... when my darling Kay and I have settled into our new home and we have an interweb connection, a new blog will replace this one... until then, dear readers - if readers there be - toodle-pip. XXX<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/106070097339708087-4864295542918960449?l=talesfromthetowers.blogspot.com'/></div>Old Reprobatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13912737246279283524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106070097339708087.post-28247989695498197222009-08-04T19:58:00.003+01:002009-08-04T20:03:03.382+01:00<div style="text-align: justify;">... disappear for a while.... there's just time to post this portrait which was completed a little while ago and which is now safely in the hands of the sitter.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SniFQl-c3PI/AAAAAAAABBE/W1_SPbAr1tY/s1600-h/elaine+02-final+state-sml.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SniFQl-c3PI/AAAAAAAABBE/W1_SPbAr1tY/s400/elaine+02-final+state-sml.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366185476130397426" border="0" /></a>Thank you ma'am.... it was a pleasure and a privilege to paint you...<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/106070097339708087-2824798969549819722?l=talesfromthetowers.blogspot.com'/></div>Old Reprobatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13912737246279283524noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106070097339708087.post-199863199704186122009-08-01T17:37:00.002+01:002009-08-01T17:42:42.160+01:00<div style="text-align: justify;">Sorry there have been no posts for a while.... main reason is that, as some of you may know, I am upping sticks and moving out of that London.... and it all takes time and organisation. The work that I have managed to do during this period is not ready for posting and now that my move is imminent, I shall be away from the blog for a couple of months until me true love and I are settled into our lovely new home...<br /></div><br />Bye bye for now... X<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/106070097339708087-19986319970418612?l=talesfromthetowers.blogspot.com'/></div>Old Reprobatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13912737246279283524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106070097339708087.post-59298955130965674472009-06-12T11:10:00.005+01:002009-06-12T11:26:57.252+01:00<div style="text-align: justify;">The big painting is now, possibly, in the state it's meant to be.... where another brush stroke may be one too many....<br /><br />I do not know yet.... whether I dare make the one more mark that I know I ought but which you, dear reader, will never notice....<br /><br />That, though, is not the point.... I shall know that the mark ought to have been made... and may not rest, easily, until it has been...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Ah well... the studying and the considering and the stressing will keep me occupied...<br /><br />... and you may not notice the difference between the image below and the one that was posted previously...<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SjIrbUaLz8I/AAAAAAAAArA/KKEaSVrO6rs/s1600-h/1.321+muse+121-21st+state.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SjIrbUaLz8I/AAAAAAAAArA/KKEaSVrO6rs/s400/1.321+muse+121-21st+state.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346383455977197506" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">... and, in a 30 minute burst of inspiration and from a desire to say something simple... this one just had to be made... to express my love for the woman who has transformed my life...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SjIrbt7f7_I/AAAAAAAAArI/XfFK-mF_OU4/s1600-h/5.kay+03-roses.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SjIrbt7f7_I/AAAAAAAAArI/XfFK-mF_OU4/s400/5.kay+03-roses.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346383462827814898" border="0" /></a>... my darling Kay... words are not adequate...<br />XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/106070097339708087-5929895513096567447?l=talesfromthetowers.blogspot.com'/></div>Old Reprobatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13912737246279283524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106070097339708087.post-85609316344191545282009-06-07T08:12:00.005+01:002009-06-07T08:31:52.588+01:00<div style="text-align: justify;">The large painting so recently featured here is still drying before can I apply the final highlights. I have, however, been working on these others - some of which haven't been seen for some time, while they dried thoroughly - with dark glazes, in order to emphasis certain areas, and at least two of them are now in the state I have been hoping to reach with them...<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This is one of the two... several months in the drying and now nothing more is to be done...<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/Sitp9JHL8bI/AAAAAAAAAqo/Sefjdx4Tn_4/s1600-h/3.318+muse+119-10th+state.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/Sitp9JHL8bI/AAAAAAAAAqo/Sefjdx4Tn_4/s400/3.318+muse+119-10th+state.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344481881944224178" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This troubled me for some time... and there may yet be more to do...<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/Sitp80ET1KI/AAAAAAAAAqg/86WoTqdYtm8/s1600-h/11.still+life+with+vase+and+lemon-6th+state.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 331px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/Sitp80ET1KI/AAAAAAAAAqg/86WoTqdYtm8/s400/11.still+life+with+vase+and+lemon-6th+state.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344481876295013538" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">... whereas this may simply require one more thin glaze...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/Sitp8uknqiI/AAAAAAAAAqY/liwugoM8o2A/s1600-h/7.complex+still+life-6th+state.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/Sitp8uknqiI/AAAAAAAAAqY/liwugoM8o2A/s400/7.complex+still+life-6th+state.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344481874819918370" border="0" /></a>Finally.... this is now most definitely in the state I wanted it to reach...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/Sitr5N6XOTI/AAAAAAAAAq4/qBI73KysURA/s1600-h/4.kay+02-freesias-7th+state.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/Sitr5N6XOTI/AAAAAAAAAq4/qBI73KysURA/s400/4.kay+02-freesias-7th+state.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344484013536393522" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">... it is, as it says, dedicated to my beloved...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Kay... thank you for you<br /></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/106070097339708087-8560931634419154528?l=talesfromthetowers.blogspot.com'/></div>Old Reprobatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13912737246279283524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106070097339708087.post-51178756218144260002009-05-14T19:26:00.007+01:002009-05-14T23:54:48.978+01:00<div style="text-align: justify;">Yes I know.... not been posting updates.... well.... that doesn't mean I haven't been working... I have... and I do have a good reason for not posting...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">... the work has taken quite a while to bring to a state where I could photograph it.... tonal differences needing working out... corrections to certain areas... all sorts of technical bits &amp; pieces...<br /><br />... but now I can post it...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SgxjsOVaGII/AAAAAAAAApg/nKxKM5nzIc4/s1600-h/1.321+muse+121-19th+state.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SgxjsOVaGII/AAAAAAAAApg/nKxKM5nzIc4/s400/1.321+muse+121-19th+state.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335749269940476034" border="0" /></a>... and, as usual, still lots to do so not sure when next update will be posted...<br /><br />... now I shall relax for a little while listening to...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/joe+cocker/track/you+are+so+beautiful" title="'Joe Cocker - You Are So Beautiful' - open on FoxyTunes Planet">Joe Cocker - You Are So Beautiful</a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >via <a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://www.foxytunes.com/signatunes/" title="FoxyTunes - Web of music at your fingertips">FoxyTunes</a></span><br /><br />which is dedicated to my darling Kay<br />XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX<br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/106070097339708087-5117875621814426000?l=talesfromthetowers.blogspot.com'/></div>Old Reprobatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13912737246279283524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106070097339708087.post-68509072834171050072009-04-18T16:32:00.005+01:002009-04-18T16:41:13.226+01:00<div style="text-align: justify;">Lots of tiny marks &amp; the first glaze coat... I'm only showing the work done since the previous post because it's the only area that's changed...<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SenzEuoEZ3I/AAAAAAAAApA/1On1AbTYmpY/s1600-h/2.2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 295px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SenzEuoEZ3I/AAAAAAAAApA/1On1AbTYmpY/s400/2.2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326055296903440242" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">... and I think that concludes work for today...<br /><br />Now... for a new and very special person in my life...<br /><br />I'm playing: <a href="http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/emmylou+harris/track/someone+like+you" title="'Emmylou Harris - Someone Like You' - open on FoxyTunes Planet">Emmylou Harris - Someone Like You</a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >via <a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://www.foxytunes.com/signatunes/" title="FoxyTunes - Web of music at your fingertips">FoxyTunes</a></span> <br />...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/106070097339708087-6850907283417105007?l=talesfromthetowers.blogspot.com'/></div>Old Reprobatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13912737246279283524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106070097339708087.post-57969950104937315992009-04-15T21:16:00.004+01:002009-04-15T21:25:33.425+01:00<div style="text-align: center;">Coupla day's work on hands 'n' feet... we're gettin' there... slowly and enjoyably...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SeZBTJU7MgI/AAAAAAAAAoo/vuF42gMDaLk/s1600-h/1.321+muse+121-16th+state.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SeZBTJU7MgI/AAAAAAAAAoo/vuF42gMDaLk/s400/1.321+muse+121-16th+state.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325015406589194754" border="0" /></a>... and the details...<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SeZBTHNmmJI/AAAAAAAAAow/b3x-oXcZWxs/s1600-h/1.321+muse+121-16th+state-detail+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SeZBTHNmmJI/AAAAAAAAAow/b3x-oXcZWxs/s400/1.321+muse+121-16th+state-detail+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325015406021613714" border="0" /></a>... and...<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SeZBTaG3z9I/AAAAAAAAAo4/BzdV1JqJHGY/s1600-h/1.321+muse+121-16th+state-detail+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SeZBTaG3z9I/AAAAAAAAAo4/BzdV1JqJHGY/s400/1.321+muse+121-16th+state-detail+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325015411093655506" border="0" /></a><br />... now a tune or two from Mr Zimmerman [and the magnificent Ms Baez] live in 1964, ere I retire for the night...<br /><a href="http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/bob+dylan/track/talkin+world+war+iii+blues" title="'Bob Dylan - Talkin' World War III Blues' - open on FoxyTunes Planet"><br /></a><a href="http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/bob+dylan/track/silver+dagger" title="'Bob Dylan - Silver Dagger' - open on FoxyTunes Planet">Bob Dylan &amp; Joan Baez - Silver Dagger</a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-style: italic; font-size: 10px;">via <a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://www.foxytunes.com/signatunes/" title="FoxyTunes - Web of music at your fingertips">FoxyTunes</a></span> <br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/106070097339708087-5796995010493731599?l=talesfromthetowers.blogspot.com'/></div>Old Reprobatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13912737246279283524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106070097339708087.post-40985562793857312902009-04-12T22:00:00.005+01:002009-04-12T22:18:43.716+01:00<div style="text-align: justify;">... starts werk - after 'avin' decided not t' do owt, werk-wise at any rate, over t' weekend - at 9 o'clock on a Sundy evnin'? ... well I know o' one but I ain't sayin' no names!..<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />T' reason for startin' at all were an attack o' guilt - th' atheist work ethic if ya like - at 'avin' done nowt on Sat'day... an' yer know what?... ah's chuffed wi' what's come out o' t' session... ah've unny bin werkin' on th' 'ands what ah redefined t' other day, like... but they's gettin' summat close t' what ah reckons they oughta be like in t' long run.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SeJYhlA8ggI/AAAAAAAAAoY/Sl_TK517K0I/s1600-h/1.321+muse+121-15th+state.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SeJYhlA8ggI/AAAAAAAAAoY/Sl_TK517K0I/s400/1.321+muse+121-15th+state.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323915043400352258" border="0" /></a>... 'n this is t' close-up o' th' 'ands, for lest anyone's bothered...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SeJaBPKgRzI/AAAAAAAAAog/oxsDdlB712s/s1600-h/1.321+muse+121-15th+state-hands+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 327px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SeJaBPKgRzI/AAAAAAAAAog/oxsDdlB712s/s400/1.321+muse+121-15th+state-hands+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323916686802306866" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">... reet... that's it fer terneyt lahk...<br /><br />jus' 'avin' a bit o' rest wi': <a href="http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/miles+davis/track/venus+de+milo" title="'Miles Davis - Venus De Milo' - open on FoxyTunes Planet">Miles Davis - Venus De Milo</a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-style: italic; font-size: 10px;">via <a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://www.foxytunes.com/signatunes/" title="FoxyTunes - Web of music at your fingertips">FoxyTunes</a></span> <br /></div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/106070097339708087-4098556279385731290?l=talesfromthetowers.blogspot.com'/></div>Old Reprobatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13912737246279283524noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106070097339708087.post-72598604692358201322009-04-12T19:35:00.002+01:002009-04-12T19:40:16.526+01:00Apropos of this <a href="http://talesfromthetowers.blogspot.com/2009/03/angry-reprobate.html">posting</a>... just to let you know that, one month on and I am still awaiting a reply from Mr Dobson although I am not surprised... according to the <a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/frank_dobson/holborn_and_st_pancras">Write To Them</a> site... his record as regards responding to his constituents is rather poor, viz: "Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to <a href="http://www.writetothem.com/stats/2007/mps" title="From WriteToThem.com"><strong>a low</strong></a> <!-- Mean: 24% --> number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents."<br /><br />Simple question... what hose he do for his money?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/106070097339708087-7259860469235820132?l=talesfromthetowers.blogspot.com'/></div>Old Reprobatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13912737246279283524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106070097339708087.post-78842219135885641042009-04-10T16:42:00.005+01:002009-04-10T17:05:16.631+01:00<div style="text-align: justify;">Last couple of days spent with a size 0 sable brush re-defining the hands that were sketchy... [earlier positioning still visible in places.] Not sure yet how this area will develop... particularly when heavier skin tones are applied... but that's all for now... it really has to dry before I can push further with the whole painting...<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/Sd9sZlMP_iI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/4GOCsjTicBs/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/Sd9sZlMP_iI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/4GOCsjTicBs/s400/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323092471311236642" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And... for a kind, caring mountain-dweller...<br /><br />Now playing: <a href="http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/donovan/track/there+is+a+mountain" title="'Donovan - There Is A Mountain' - open on FoxyTunes Planet">Donovan - There Is A Mountain</a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-style: italic; font-size: 10px;">via <a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://www.foxytunes.com/signatunes/" title="FoxyTunes - Web of music at your fingertips">FoxyTunes</a></span><br /><br />and, afterwards... <br /><br />Now playing: <a href="http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/donovan/track/sand+and+foam" title="'Donovan - Sand And Foam' - open on FoxyTunes Planet">Donovan - Sand And Foam</a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-style: italic; font-size: 10px;">via <a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://www.foxytunes.com/signatunes/" title="FoxyTunes - Web of music at your fingertips">FoxyTunes</a></span> <br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;">... the latter, one of my favourite songs from that fabulously flower-filled summer of 1967...<br /></div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/106070097339708087-7884221913588564104?l=talesfromthetowers.blogspot.com'/></div>Old Reprobatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13912737246279283524noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106070097339708087.post-27761281503768424442009-04-08T15:48:00.003+01:002009-04-08T15:52:35.304+01:00<div style="text-align: center;">Another few hours spent making minor adjustments and tiny marks...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/Sdy5wgpJd3I/AAAAAAAAAoI/hDSWBR9JjKM/s1600-h/1.321+muse+121-13th+state.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/Sdy5wgpJd3I/AAAAAAAAAoI/hDSWBR9JjKM/s400/1.321+muse+121-13th+state.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322333102692464498" border="0" /></a>... still a long way to go but that's all for today...<br />----------------<br />Now studying today's work while listening to: <a href="http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/leonard+cohen/track/diamonds+in+the+mine" title="'Leonard Cohen - Diamonds In The Mine' - open on FoxyTunes Planet">Leonard Cohen - Diamonds In The Mine</a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-style: italic; font-size: 10px;">via <a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://www.foxytunes.com/signatunes/" title="FoxyTunes - Web of music at your fingertips">FoxyTunes</a></span> <br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/106070097339708087-2776128150376842444?l=talesfromthetowers.blogspot.com'/></div>Old Reprobatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13912737246279283524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106070097339708087.post-64559331723292630002009-04-05T20:27:00.006+01:002009-04-05T20:43:26.365+01:00<div style="text-align: justify;">One day you're up... the next you're down... one day things work... the next they don't... sometimes things come along to provide inspiration... then the inspiration's flown away like a lost balloon or a leaf on the wind... then you try &amp; claw something back... you step back &amp; look... long &amp; hard... &amp; make decisions... sometimes they're the correct decisions... sometimes they're not... how do we know unless we take the plunge?... maybe I'm back... maybe I'm not...<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SdkHZ84xmlI/AAAAAAAAAoA/z5xccY_Scew/s1600-h/1.321+muse+121-12th+state.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SdkHZ84xmlI/AAAAAAAAAoA/z5xccY_Scew/s400/1.321+muse+121-12th+state.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321292577137334866" border="0" /></a><br />... it's taken Diana Jones, Gillian Welch and Iris DeMent to get me down to the bottom of the well and back out again in a rickety bucket held by a frayed rope... just hope it was work the journey and that the air up here is fresh &amp; clean...<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br />... now I'm gonna get drunk... while I bang my head to...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/janis+joplin/track/piece+of+my+heart" title="'Janis Joplin - Piece Of My Heart' - open on FoxyTunes Planet">Janis Joplin - Piece Of My Heart</a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >via <a style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);" href="http://www.foxytunes.com/signatunes/" title="FoxyTunes - Web of music at your fingertips">FoxyTunes</a></span> <br /><br />... fuckin' <span style="font-size:180%;">LOUD</span>...<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/106070097339708087-6455933172329263000?l=talesfromthetowers.blogspot.com'/></div>Old Reprobatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13912737246279283524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106070097339708087.post-56880571508805585532009-04-01T20:46:00.004+01:002009-04-01T20:53:31.397+01:00Couple o' hours here... couple o' hours there... 's slow but steady... 'n' I'm enjoyin' every eye-strainin', skull-spinnin', body-knackerin', moment of it...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SdPFkylvwqI/AAAAAAAAAn4/BgH3g-uyrik/s1600-h/1.321+muse+121-10th+state.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SdPFkylvwqI/AAAAAAAAAn4/BgH3g-uyrik/s400/1.321+muse+121-10th+state.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319812820700742306" border="0" /></a><br />... more... when there is...<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/106070097339708087-5688057150880558553?l=talesfromthetowers.blogspot.com'/></div>Old Reprobatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13912737246279283524noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106070097339708087.post-13499402533126892602009-03-28T00:13:00.006Z2009-03-29T10:59:21.884+01:00<div style="text-align: justify;">Simple reason why no posts recently... bin workin' on a coupla things... one o' which I ain't showin' cos it's a portrait &amp; ain't ready for showin' [nor yet approved for showin' by subject]... and second of which is this...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/Sc1s2o16sbI/AAAAAAAAAnk/bCiCBqrqP6Q/s1600-h/1.321+muse+121-7th+state.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/Sc1s2o16sbI/AAAAAAAAAnk/bCiCBqrqP6Q/s400/1.321+muse+121-7th+state.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318026420926722482" border="0" /></a>... an earlier state of which was the last posting... It's moved on quite a bit [and still much more to do]... but workin' on it is now a few hours at a time dealin' with quite small areas...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">... so now I are relaxin...<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/106070097339708087-1349940253312689260?l=talesfromthetowers.blogspot.com'/></div>Old Reprobatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13912737246279283524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106070097339708087.post-42350969720528321622009-03-11T21:14:00.004Z2009-03-11T21:24:59.715Z<div style="text-align: center;">Feelin' healthier &amp; steadier today so managed to move on with this...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SbgqPagUMTI/AAAAAAAAAnU/TDcg7C0AAmE/s1600-h/1.321+muse+121-3rd+state.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SbgqPagUMTI/AAAAAAAAAnU/TDcg7C0AAmE/s400/1.321+muse+121-3rd+state.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312042204784767282" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">... there's still a long way to go, obviously... just laid down the basic flesh tones... but that's not what I came here to talk about...<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">... there are a couple of people I know who are going through some pretty tough times at the moment... and I got to thinkin' about them and wanted to wish them well so I thought I'd make something for them...<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SbgqPs_RTLI/AAAAAAAAAnc/KXNRz3DAMso/s1600-h/4.calla+lily.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KgQu729cOeg/SbgqPs_RTLI/AAAAAAAAAnc/KXNRz3DAMso/s400/4.calla+lily.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312042209746439346" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">... you know who you are... this calla lily's for you... with love...<br /></div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/106070097339708087-4235096972052832162?l=talesfromthetowers.blogspot.com'/></div>Old Reprobatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13912737246279283524noreply@blogger.com0