I’ve started reading a book called The encyclopaedia of watercolour landscape techniques. There’s some really interesting stuff in there and I’ve already started playing with wet-in-wet and spattering techniques.

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So now I’m happy with the notes and the slurs and dynamics, I can finally move on to finalising the design. This has taken far too long, but it’ll be grand to know that it’s all done. Then back on to the Satie piece again, now I have my brush pen…

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I know it looks like I’ve been slacking off big-time, but the truth is I’ve been being manically creative left, right and centre – drawing, walking, listening to music (my new composer/group for the month is Radiohead) and reading books. Not to mention accidentally getting myself employed again, which has been a big contributor to the silence.

So, a bit of a summary:

• Finished reading Danny Gregory’s ‘The Creative License’
• Read a surprisingly fascinating and inspiring book on creating sketchbooks for textile artists
• Have started reading a book on assorted watercolour techniques for painting landscapes (but will be useful elsewhere too, of course)
• Done a bunch of drawing, including a capsicum, a sketch of the Thames at Hammersmith and a pair of mackeral fillets, the last two of which I also coloured with my watercolour paints; the first with my coloured pencils with which I am still totally in love.
• Went for a couple of walks, covering the next section of the super-long walk across London I am gradually working my way through.

See? Not slack at all… really!

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Finally getting through them. Not too many left from Switzerland, then there’s just the ones for Nancy and Reims on the way home.

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Yep. Finally transferred the markings. Printing now, then I need to check over layout and at the piano to make sure everything looks and plays through OK. I think some of the intervals are a little wide and impractical. Might need to add to the composer’s note something to the effect that these can be rolled.

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We followed a walk from the Time Out 2nd book of London walks which ran from Mile End through Stepney and down to Liverpool Street. Very enjoyable.

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At least, it seems that way. Huzzah! And my first time using ActionScript 2, too!

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