Month: December 2013
Xmas evening
Growing up
I’ve just realised that I am no longer asked “Can you butter my toast“. It was never a request. It was an expectation. Thirteen years and ten months it has taken to achieve this state of independence and mastery of technique. That of buttering the toast and spreading the Vegemite. Finally…. Well not quite.
Cricket Training
Three groups of under 11 kids training on the one oval. Yes, they all look the same and I can’t depict my own until he starts walking towards the car. I have gone to a Moleskine notebook and have still been using the Japanese ink brush pen and then colouring with watercolour. The pages of […]
Last Page…
…of another sketchbook, and another year almost over. Drawing Life will continue at http://www.katebirrell.com for 2014.
What do you want on your toast?
Vegemite …………… not too much butter And not too much Vegemite. ……………. but more Vegemite than butter
Cold Night
Cold night huddled standing. Rain falling, bails snapping, wickets crumbling; Dead and heavy.