The art of waiting
Author: cloudytype
July sky
I’ve had the same set of watercolours in a Windsor and Newton black enamel tin since I was a first year art student at Falmouth. Over the years the pans of colours have been renewed but it’s one of those little constants I return to that makes me feel secure. I started doing quick sketches in watercolour of lockdown skies in March. I didn’t think I would need to make another sketchbook to contain them all. Yesterday it was an even pale grey all day so I didn’t bother painting it. Today it looks more interesting so I may well do several. There are no rules other than to be guided by the wind.
Time and tide waits for no one
So, I wrote my three lines of biography for Backspaces. I’m so chuffed to have my work included, and really looking forward to reading everyone else’s stories.
Happy Typewriter Day 2020
Happy typewriter day. Celebrating the day in lockdown… 😉
Elderflowers
Always make sure the rest of the household knows what is what inside your pot.
Jigsaws and envelopes
I’m not sure I want to become addicted to jigsaw puzzles during the remainder of lockdown, which is just as well, as there seems to be a world shortage at the moment. I have been enjoying revisiting Brighton Rock. Pinkie is even worse than I remember him. And I understand Rose even less. If I could type on a jigsaw puzzle, I would
Blackout poems with slowness
Normally I would browse second hand books for blackout poetry. Retyping the text out of necessity makes me think I should always do it this way from now on. I hope this is a way back into writing, a way to climb out of the lockdown brain fog pit
Colours of Lockdown 2
Making a postcard
Who knew typewriter keys were the perfect drying rack for small prints?
collage a message
Sometimes you need to say it with paper and glue
