Frankie

July 28, 2004 2:49 AM from

Been on Holiday

and all I have to show for it is a picture !!

Sorry about being so glib, but it is almost true, in some ways at least.

The holiday was good, and it was just what we, and especially I, needed.

In some ways it was a traditional "Family" holiday, with not only the occupants of "Chez Smudger" going. My Sister and her young family, along with my Mum, we all went for a week by the seaside - and we went to Bridlington.

No pressure, plenty of "no hurry".

Sand castles. Paddling and Football on the beach.

There were walks, Museums and Sewerby Hall

There was, of course,the "traditional" British summer weather.

But what I do like , as many of you will already know , is drawing.

I tried buildings for the first time. It was OK, but nothing special. But all the Kids (both mine and my sisters) spent time drawing. There were birds. There were cartoons (which our Liam was particularly into). There were houses, gardens, flowers.

There was also plenty of :

"Dad, look at this"

and

" Uncle David, look at my house?"

My new Fujifilm S5000 camera worked like a dream. The images were clear and sharp, and what was even better, any of the "iffy" images could be deleted without having to pay for the film to be developed first (

although a man of my caliber would never take a dodgy picture -

)

What worked even better, was a quick visit to Boots. In there was a dandy little machine that processed images from digital camera cards directly to prints. The Kodak machine worked a dream, and my Mum got immediate piccy's of all her Grand kids - it was smart.

Back to my picture.

As you can see, it is an image of the "Hollywood" Frankenstein (based on a photo of Boris Karlof used as a Base image on the front cover of the Sunday Express S3 magazine of several weeks ago).

Now, this is one of the first times that I have used a mixture of Charcoal and Chalk that came in an "Artist Sketching Kit" that came a lovely price (£2.50 for a good size box).

What do you think?

I think it's OK-ish, maybe a few too many "finger prints" and smudges around the edge.

They were the un-intentional marks - although it doesn't seem to detract from the picture , and, to be honest, I had not taken into account how "dusty" (or had I forgotten?) the chalk and charcoal could be.

All in all I like it myself.

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