Some time ago I found an old wiro notebook in a drawer. A scruffy wiro bound notebook with a photo of 2 men in a kayak with a bear on the front cover. In that notebook I found terrible sketches drawn in pencil made while travelling in 1991. One sketch leapt out at me. It was a rough pencil sketch of Mt Ararat from a backpacking trip to eastern Turkey. The sketch really surprised me – it was a very basic pencil sketch, drawn using a .5mm technical pencil on a cheap notepad. The sketch is just black and white… To my surprise the sounds and smells of the day came flooding back. Meeting some Kurdish goat herders and their flock near the base of Mt Ararat, about 10km from the Iranian border on a bright sunny but cool, alpine day. Along with memories of driving across the mountain steppe in an old Renault 19 and the smells of chai and coffee in a Doğubayazıt pasta solunu. It all came back come flooding back! Why did it evoke such vivid memories? I’m not really sure to be honest. Maybe t...
Wandered along to St Mary's Senior Proms last night to catch our eldest performing with her band. I wasn't quite prepared for how impressive the performances would be, particularly the first numbers performed by the combined St Mary's and St Peter's college band.
Turned out to be a great chance to trying out my new 'Worther Shorty' mechanical pencil that came in the Singapore Symposium goody bag. I can say it's really nice to draw with, the chunky faceted sides seem to fit the hand well and with it's very short length it fits easily in your pocket - just like the A6 Moleskine I was carrying last night. Check out the Shorty review on Parka Blogs.
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