Rosenberg

Just came back from a weekend near Rosenberg in Liptau. The place where we stayed:

(Schedule now back to weekly posting)

Wingworm

Ledbury

A building on a street corner in Ledbury, which is a very nice small town in southwest England.

English Castles

The hilltop gatehouse of Arundel Castle.

Ludlow Castle, seen from a nearby playground.

More household objects

Sketches from my parents’ house: light switch, flowers in a pot, slipper:

I think drawing small objects is useful; my mother (a better artist than me) disagrees, thinks it’s borderline autistic, and finds it an irritating habit; in that way that sometimes a family member does something microscopically trivial and it absolutely enrages you for no rational reason. (There’s a section on this in the Screwtape Letters.)

I’ll admit my mother’s irritation amuses me; but when she angrily took away a clothes peg I wished to draw (and I concede my motives were not completely pure), I decided not to push the matter.

Fireplace, scissors:

Up next, some sketches of proper architecture.

Portraits

The Significant Other, sketched… not sure where.

Two female relatives, in a pub overlooking the river Arun:

They were not satisfied with their portrayals; I challenged them to do better, a challenge accepted by another female relative who tried to draw me:

I think she captured the quiet tormented despair in my eyes quite well.

Marlbro

Three pictures from the town of Marlborough (I don’t know the relationship of the town to the cigarettes – I suppose I could look it up if needed). Two buildings:

and one comfy chair from Caffe Nero (with a hat resting thereon):

Croft Castle

I missed my schedule for about a month, for various (not very good) reasons. But I now have more material and plan to post twice a week through July (Thursdays/Sundays).

Croft Castle, Shrewsbury (or possibly Herefordshire):

An interior window: