my attempt to stop procrastinating and start drawing!
Thursday, 25 June 2009
Taverna in Kalives
It was so hot on this day. Kalives is a very nice little town by the seaside - full of English ex pats - it was lovely to sit in this little taverna next to the sea with the breeze blowing through. They did a very nice cheese saganaki as well!
Hi My name is Tony Brown and I am a lazy writer. I like your drawing style and am curious as to which taverna you made that sketch in. I was in Kalives at the beginning of May with other grecophiles who enjoy the enthusiasm of www.greekofile.co.uk. Actually, I did finish my first novel and it's for sale on my site: www.grecofilia.co.uk but if you would like a copy I can email you one as an attachment. I console myself for not having an agent or publisher by telling myself my book's impossible to pidgeon-hole, that I'm not a celebrity and nor do I have artificially enchanced breasts so it wouldn't be a sure-fire hit. My latest consolation is the realisation that I really enjoyed the writing of it - visiting Greece every day without leaving home and that is all I need. But do keep that pencil sharpened and just have fun.
My name is Angie Wood and I live on a narrowboat on the beautiful Oxford canal.
A long time ago in the eighties I studied Art and Design at Goldsmiths College and went on to be a paste up artist and then a graphic designer. I’ve never stopped painting and drawing though – I painted pet and animal portraits for a while and over the past two years have begun creating small oil paintings of vintage objects, textiles and flowers. I collect items from fleamarkets to paint and my little narrowboat is getting fuller all the time! I’m particularly delighted by colourful patterns on textiles and ceramics and I also love painting reflective surfaces. I’m usually attracted to items from the early part of the twentieth century, which bring back memories of my great aunts’ and grandmother’s cosy houses. My artistic aim is to pay homage to the things I paint by observing them as closely as I can, and to create something beautiful that will hopefully make people as happy as I was when I was making it!
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Hi
My name is Tony Brown and I am a lazy writer.
I like your drawing style and am curious as to which taverna you made that sketch in. I was in Kalives at the beginning of May with other grecophiles who enjoy the enthusiasm of www.greekofile.co.uk.
Actually, I did finish my first novel and it's for sale on my site: www.grecofilia.co.uk but if you would like a copy I can email you one as an attachment. I console myself for not having an agent or publisher by telling myself my book's impossible to pidgeon-hole, that I'm not a celebrity and nor do I have artificially enchanced breasts so it wouldn't be a sure-fire hit.
My latest consolation is the realisation that I really enjoyed the writing of it - visiting Greece every day without leaving home and that is all I need.
But do keep that pencil sharpened and just have fun.
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