Watching Ice Age 2 this afternoon.

Loy Krathong

At the weekend I went with Pat to the Loy Krathong festival at the Buddhapadipa temple in Wimbledon. The centrepoint of the festival (which falls on a full moon in november) is the launching of small hand-made rafts equipped with candles and incense. The rafts (krathongs) are traditionally made from banana tree trunk, though ours were made from styrofoam adorned with thin paper leaves. Releasing the rafts is a way of letting go of anger and bad things, and of giving thanks to the river.

Ace animation promoting the Finnish city of Turku's role as European Capital of Culture (along with Tallinn) in 2011. By Woodpecker Film.



Turku 2011 Kulttuuripääkaupunki from Woodpecker Film on Vimeo.


Lovely textures, non?

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Some dogs

Sketched at a dog show at Earls Court last weekend.

Horsey

Portrait commissioned as a surprise Christmas gift for the steed's young rider. I don't really paint a lot of furry things, so it took me a while to get the technique right. Fairly pleased with the finished piece though. Acrylic on illustration board.

I've posted a little work-in-progress montage on my olde Facebook page.

More Lakes

A few more sketches from Cumbria.