WOW. Lot's of things change in 2 years. I can't believe it was really that long since I have posted an entry. But I think it is. I guess a year-and-a-half. Too long. Sorry about that. And Jan, sorry to have held your book for so long. So, here is the long-awaited entry. I know... THAT took 2 years? Well, no. It took a couple days. Which is why I often wonder why I waited so long. It's the same way with projects around the house too.

I decided to pick up on Zaza's last entry and play off of the feathers. No, I do not usually wear a feather boa. The only color is in our blue eyes. That way I can leave out the gray hair.

Anyway, this book is on the move again. Unless I hear any objections, I will send it on to Chris which is the normal flow of things.

Thanks.

GIMMEE AN "M"!

MELISSA! MELISSA!! MELISSA!!! Now leading cheers for moly_x. I hope that you like it, 3MW.

Lisa's book

I finished up Lisa's book today. I've been experimenting with water soluble graphite lately and this book seemed to fit in well with that. Robin's entry before mine was a large facial spread in pencil. I'm pretty happy overall with my painting of Lisa, not so much of myself. I would have preferred to leave myself out completely! Maybe I just need more self portrait practice. It was difficult to even find a picture of myself. But rules are rules :D

I hope you like it Lisa. Oh also, this is just a snap taken with my iPhone. I'll scan a hi-res image tomorrow and post it to flickr.

Edit: I added the scanned image.

Strangers in Paris

Originally uploaded by 3MW

Melissa and Jan hanging out in Paris with matching scarves. I've superimposed Lisa's previous entry so you can get the idea of the sequence (and because starting from scratch in the middle of the book is a tad overwhelming). J'espère que vous l'aimez.

Suspicious Characters - Remi's moleskine

Here is my contribution to Remi's moleskine - portraits executed in sepia ink with a dip pen:



And the sign-in page to date:

Robin's portrait

Finally I finished Robin's portrait. Of all his photos I like this the most because the way he proudly shows the fish he just caught.

I hope he likes it :)

At least

I've finally found some time and inspiration to do Emma's portrait. I had tried few times before but I wasn't satisfied with the results.

Here's my portrait:



And Emma's:



I'm sending it to Marina tomorrow morning.

Now I've got to work on Ann-D's.

Tanaudel reenters Earth's atmosphere

I am back in Australia and I have begun my Moleskine for the exchange.

I executed my self-portrait in Pitt Artist Pens (my favourite sketchbook pen at the moment, although you can see the individual pen strokes). As you can see, I was feeling pretty cheerful when I planned it, and not having any self-esteem issues.

And here is a small version because Blogger is cutting off the right-hand side of the picture. Does anyone know how to stop that?

Here is the sign-in page. I am showing the small version because it is very ugly, although you can of course see a larger version by going through to Flickr and clicking "all sizes". I am hoping every one else's frames and pictures will make it a little bit less of an eyesore.

I don't think I have a theme. But I do like old fashioned games and parlour games and word games, so I won't object if people reference those - and I did allude to them in the books on the sign-in page.