Taking another stab at the annual Koko Black fill-in-the-blank art contest. What’s rising up out of the giant crater? Blurry mobile phone pics to follow!

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And so the Monthly Gargoyles Contest is at its last-ever edition. I’d only ever entered a handful of times, not being a particularly avid fan of the Gargs, and also being a champion procrastinator … but inspiration has just struck 4 days before I fly out for my Christmas break, and fingers crossed I’ll get it done in the next 3 or 4 evenings.

Theme from November 2006, ‘Black and White’. Odette, Odile, white, black, grey. The idea’s been kicking around my head for years,off and on.

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First up, self-portrait of the artist wearing a tutu for the first time in her life, grinning stupidly from ear to ear *crosses “wear a tutu” off unofficial list of things to do before turning 30*

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And the least shonky of a series of sketches, done after watching a cinema screening of Giselle (Royal Ballet, starring Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg). I was the only person in the cinema under 30, and maybe one of 8 people under 60! Sadly, no drawing of mine will capture the exquisite fluidity and lightness of Alina Cojocaru…

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More of the Wolf, found hiding in more than one Moleskine sketchbook. And whatever you do, do not accept invitations from this guy to see his etchings!!

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Mer-centaur?

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Progress sketches for an MGC entry (Paper Dolls being the theme!). I’ve been having this terrible impulse to draw something frilly and floofy a la Aimee Major. Hopefully I’ll have gotten it out of my system by the time this is finished!

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Just amusing myself on a 90-minute train ride to a site visit. Most of it is random stream-of-consciousness scribbles, but the horse was from life (went past a lot of farms!)… and just as an afterthought, the sliding door I was supposed to be thinking about on the train!

Oh, and the building’s coming up nicely. It has steel frames and a first floor and stairs and some walls.

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lump of ginger, and blue guy on the tram staring off into space…

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…and one very wonky dish, but I’ve run out of steam for now. Inspired by Ratatouille - the food just looked so good in the movie!

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…because my eyes are a bit overstrained from going back to 8-hour workdays at the computer, and also because I keep reaching for Ctrl-Z even when not drawing with the wacom

Rough sketches for a hypothetical project (Red Riding Hood as a pas de deux…and yes it’s meant to be more than slightly disturbing!)

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