Icad #10- Arctic Freeze Frame

Here is icad #10- another black and white landscape, of a mountain range in the arctic, with a river cutting down the middle of the ice.

3 Black and White Landscape Icads

Here are three landscape icads I drew yesterday (in addition to yesterday’s icad):

Tree on Hill with Storm Above

I think this is the best?

 

 

Rays of Light Abstract

It is pretttttttty abstract, but I like the yellow cutting through the dull black and white backdrop

Waterfalls

This was my first, which you may have been able to tell. There is two much white in it!

Photograph Gallery- Holiday In Suffolk

These are pictures I took while on holiday in Pakefield, Suffolk. We went to many different beaches, including Southwold, Aldeburgh, and Sizewell.

Southwold pier, taken from southwold beach.

Southwold town taken from the pier.

Icad #8- Inspired by a Photograph

This icad was inspired by a photograph I took while on holiday at Deal- Lights on the Horizon at Night.

I again used 4 and 6B pencils, to smudge the colour. I like this style… I think it makes the different areas of lightness merge more smoothly, and the colour looks more solid.
You should try it If you want very light areas, put occasional lines or dashes and smudge them, or smudge a dark area of colour into the white space with your fingertip to get a light area of colour.

This is Lights on the Horizon at Night, the inspiration of my icad… a dark, abstract photograph, with a boat out at sea, its lights shining across the ocean:

Primal Family Nourishment

This post is to let you know that my mum, administrator of “Live Grow Nourish Create”, has started up a new paleo food blog, called Primal Family Nourishment (which you can check out here)

Viv, administrator of Primal Family Nourishment says here in her about page: “This blog is to document our progress as we transition towards a “primal” way of eating emphasising fresh meat, fish, eggs, vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds, and minimal high fat dairy.”

Cornelius In His Skull

My (corn) snake Cornelius in his new skull!

The Best Moment Award

“Awarding the people who live in the moment,
The noble who write and capture the best in life,
The bold who reminded us what really mattered -
Savoring the experience of quality time.”

I’ve been nominated for the Best Moment Award!! Never received this one before. It’s pretty cool Thanks to Charles E. Yallowitz for nominating me

RULES:

Winners re-post this starting with their acceptance speech. This could be written or video recorded.

Winners have the privilege of awarding the next 15 people with this award! The re-post should include a NEW set of 15 people/blogs worthy of the award; and winners notify them the great news.

RESOURCES:

• What makes a good acceptance speech?
  • Gratitude. Thank the people who helped you along the way
  • Humor. Keep us entertained and smiling
  • Inspiration. Make your story touch our lives
• Get an idea from the great acceptance speeches, compiled in MomentMatters.com/Speech
• Display the award’s badge on your blog/website, downloadable in MomentMatters.com/Award

So… here are my nominees!

(I hope It’s okay, but I won’t be compiling a speech for this award, as I’m quite busy lately)

http://rubyh711.wordpress.com/

http://younglesonphotoblog.wordpress.com/

http://michaelqpowell.wordpress.com/

http://snaphappydj.wordpress.com/

http://steveboer.wordpress.com/

http://elizabethmeltonparsons.wordpress.com/

http://alanpaulstevens.wordpress.com/

http://meladycooks.com/

http://joe2poetry.wordpress.com/

Colchester Zoo- Wild Dog

Raspberry And Yoghurt Ice Cream

I got an ice cream maker earlier this month; A Magimix De Glacier, with a 1.1 litre freezer bowl. So far Ive made two ice creams with it. The first was made with coconut milk, and it was not as such ice cream… but a slab of ice… So this time we decided we’d make try and get a better consistency and texture, using yoghurt! Following a recipe that came in the box with my ice cream maker, we made a Raspberry and Yoghurt Ice Cream (Surely that’s a frozen yoghurt? ) . Anyway, sweet, but taut, and actually looking and tasting very ice cream like, I was pretty pleased with it Here’s the recipe:

Ingredients-

250g Raspberries

100g Caster Sugar

3ooml Yoghurt (We used St. Helen’s Goats Yoghurt, which has a thick and creamy texture; maybe this helped with the texture of the ice cream)

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We served it with chopped hazelnuts and chocolate chips. You could just as easily add these to the actual ice cream; just churn the ice cream for 10 minutes, add the chocolate chips/chopped hazelnuts, and churn for another 1o minutes.

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What Kind Of Butterfly Is This???

Here is a picture I took at Wolferton earlier this year. Does anybody know what kind of butterfly this is? Is it some kind of skipper. I don’t remember seeing one before. It’s got beautiful pattern!