Arty Interval: someting new

Here's a few pieces I did with copic markers, promarkers, a few hints of 4b pencil and watercolour backgrounds. I do love the first more than the others. I'm working on a more intricate one right now between job interviews, reading and finishing submissions for anthologies. Excellent. Forward!

More Speed Watercolours

As I continue reading Ian Tregillis's 'The Rising' here are a few more of my speed watercolour paintings (under 15 minutes). I'm not satisfied with any of them but I think there are good parts to each. I'll try the same subjects again at a later date and see if I can improve them, or just to
see how my skills progress.

                    Doll Face                                    There Is Water In The Desert

~ 

The Girl In The Hijab                                        Tree                                           

100 Book Challenge

Over the last two years I worked a lot. I was, and still am, in retail and I let my job take over so I didn't read as much as I wanted to considering the amount of books I buy. At times it did make me happy; advancement, the feeling of doing well in my job etc. but it didn't last. Things needed to change.

This also resulted in a 'to read' pile that's grown unruly bordering on sentience. To prevent the whimsical, but chilling, situation when I one day return from work to find my books reading each other I've set myself a 100 book challenge. Starting from the 1st of January I will attempt to read at least 100 books before 31st December 2016. It might not sound a lot, in the past when I had more time on my hands it would have been easy, but I feel I need to regain my book feet.

I was going to limit this to a facebook album of photos but why not a blog? This means I'm already on book #7 so the first few posts on this blog will be playing catch up.

I've also re-started twitter after a few years absence and I'm using the hash tag #100bc to chart my progress.

This blog, though primarily featuring the books I'm reading, will be a return to creativity for me. I'm a writer myself, an amateur artist and clay enthusiast. Interspaced between my book posts you'll see the results of me trying to teach myself how to paint properly, draw hands and expose some of my own flash fiction.

After suffering a long time with manic depression, a few rough knocks recently and the general feeling of being run down this will hopefully encourage me to enjoy my own mind again.

thank you,

Chris Parvin