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There's a film on now...bbc2...about Klimt...Helen Mirren drama...LADY IN GOLD.
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I missed it
 Was betting on the Test cricket from Dominica so was watching that. Should be on playback later, I hope. |
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Test cricket in Dominica - A fookin parallel universe to me...
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 You don't know what you're missing. |
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Does anyone recognise this canny punter? First in line for the early-bird prices.
Why doesn't he take Nolf for his walk?  |
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That is fantastic, Foinavon - wot u using there? The yellow doesn't look like watercolour. Very graphic.
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Thanks, Velasquez, it looks like a poster doesn't it?
I used ShinHan watercolours (which have high pigmentation) in an almost impasto way as you would with gouache. Cadmium yellow-orange and permanent yellow deep only partially blended on the paper then scumbled here and there with dilute burnt umber when dry. The crimson is gouache, edged with blue watercolour pencil. The rest was done with burnt umber mixed with ultramarine blue. Have the adventures of Nolf finished? I enjoyed them very much. |
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Some folks think gouche is the best paint.
TALES FROM THE LONG ROOM by PETER TINNISWOOD is on youtube... |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuDSZqPMY64
tales from the long room - the lady wife |
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"My wife, as she approached her prime, grew to look more and more like that great Gloucestershire all-rounder, T.W. Goddard."
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I use gouache a lot. The reason for using the watercolour yellow was because it is transparent and gives a brighter cleaner look (which I wanted) than the gouache which has a more pastel finish.
I'll have a look at the link. |
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As a Scot who doesn't like cricket, I find this fookin' hilarious...and brilliantly written...
Cricket definitely has the best literature...Raffles, etc. |
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That is brilliant Vel, "who hasn't at the moment of delivery, looked down and wished it was the Nawab of Pataudi"
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I think they did a televised version with Robin Bailey but it's difficult to track down. |
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Thanks for posting the link, it's my birthday today and that's a lovely present.
I see there are others which I will listen to. |
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WITNEY SCROTUM -
"It is a fact well known to all lovers of our summer game, that the inhabitants of cities and large conurbations north of a line drawn from the Bristol Channel to the Wash are, without exception , shiftless louts with weak chins and smoker's coughs, having mean-lipped wives and slack jawed children, all of whom, regardless of their place of birth, speak with Birmingham accents and eat with their mouths open...I am not a prejudiced man." |
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOINAVON! Hope you are South of the Wash!
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Thanks Vel, I try not to think about it.
I am south of The Wash but just north of the line from Bristol Many people would think I have a Birmingham accent too.  I see the Germans and the French get a mention in Witney Scrotum. |
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Don't forget the Brown and Robertson Vintage Tawney Port - a most suitable birthday present I should think!
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I shall have a glass to celebrate tonight!
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Nice stash, Vel. Don't let Tommy see them.
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Back in the 50s, inspired by John Wyndham's THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS, Bodil started work on his magnum opus, FF WONKY CHEESE. This is the dust cover of a recent update, telling the story of tiny aliens who conquer the Earth through the corruption of a particular brand of delicious cheese that is often eaten with PORT WINE.
These aliens - from star system FRUNJELL XIII - take over the bodies of cheese mites then infiltrate humans through their digestive systems. Hector "Donny" Donker, a postman, is the hero of the story, and the first person to suspect cheese control by an entity from outside our solar system. |
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Sounds plausible.
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Clearly a variation on the old TROJAN HORSE routine...
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Dust cover of the sequel, in which the tiny aliens gravitate from cheese strongholds to toy rabbits. Like THE GODFATHER II, many critics believed it to be superior to the original.
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ILLUSTRATION ON PAGE 51...HECTOR "DONNY" DONKER FINDS A WONKY WABBIT NEAR AN ALIEN SPACESHIP. A FACIMILE OF DONKER'S MUCH COVETED SAFETY SUIT CAN BE OBTAINED ON EBAY.
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I like the cartoons, Vel. I knew someone who draws alien and spaceship scenarios to order for video games. His customer is in the USA and apparently pays him $50 per page, which doesn't seem much given the skill and effort involved. It's just a side-line for him as he has a day job.
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FFS FOINAVON - U R NOT THINKING BIG ENOUGH!
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CONSIDER THE TALE OF -- ADRIAN GHENIE -- A 39 YEAR OLD RUMANIAN PAINTER WHO, IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, HAS WENT FROM NOT SELLING ANYTHING TO SELLING A PAINTING FOR $9 MILLION AT SOTHEBY'S!
 CHECK HIM OUT ON YOUTUBE....HE DID A SERIES OF PAINTINGS ABOUT SOCIAL DARWINISM... |
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I say Charles, look at this little beauty!
Acquired it from Sotheby's, a snip at 9 million dollars. Amazing innit. |
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How would Britain look after five years of Corbyn government?
Two redundant Scottish artists discuss Celtic's chances for the new season over the purchase of a week's meat ration.  |
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Nolf is at home, asleep in his basket, dreaming of a warm bowl of chicken noodle soup.
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There is a Scottish artist who draws comedy tramps and gets loads of dosh for them...
Will have to goole now... |
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Ah, I might slap a bit of paint on then and put it up for auction
Good result for Scotland tonight, I thought they had it won for a couple of minutes. |