Hand Snail
For today’s once-in-a-while foray (TDC5232) into The Daily Create, I give you, Craig, The Hand Snail.
Fiction 2025 List
2024 was a much bigger reading year for me, so 2025 feels a bit thin at just 29 books, several of which were novellas. Pretty much in chronological order. As usual, very heavy on SFF. But here it is! Not going to pick out any “bests of” from this list, but glad I finally got…
June 2024: Getting Back To It
The start of June was all in Sri Lanka with Et-chan and I did no watercolor practice at all and very little drawing. So, after a bit of a hiatus I sat down again in Kuta Lombok to get back into it. The place: Sitting outside at Surfer’s Paradise. On the right, the first attempt.…
Just for the record: May 2024
Took a little time in an air-conditioned hotel room on a hot day to sort through some pads and papers and photograph a few examples. None of these are going to win any prizes and some of them pain me to look at, but that’s a good thing, right? If looking back two months kinda…
Getting Lost is the Best
Stop: Gallery Komunitas Lukis Hegarmanah, Bandung. Google. OSM. (Day 51) I was looking for the Cikapundung Antique Market, which I was having trouble finding because I did not realize it was on the third floor of a building that housed a plumbing market on the ground floor, and an electrical supply market on the second…
Hey, Jakarta. It’s been a while.
Stops: Gajah Mada Plaza, Galeri Nasional, Taman Ismail Marzuki & IKJ (Institut Kesenian Jakarta), and RA Suites Simpatung, Jaksel. (Days 45-49) The last time I was in the city of Jakarta was mid-August 2000. Between faded memories and massive redevelopment, I might as well have never been here before. It was good to explore a…
A Realization
Back in Medan (Tjong a Fie House, Jalan Kesawan. Days 34-35) Moving on from Aceh and Pulau Weh brought me back to Medan. It’s the hub for all transit. I will be passing through here again. So, it is good that I have my routine sorted out: stay at the Kama Hotel and dinner at…
This Nature Stuff Is Chaos
Left the city behind and the nice boxy shapes of urban sketching land for something a little more organic. And, hard! Definitely a learning experience. April 2024 in Sumur Tiga, Pulau Weh. (Still) Getting Started. OK. There are a lot of things wrong with this. A lot. It is not good. There is no depth.…
New Thing: New Category
So, one of the things I have planned for my sabbatical–which was not on the research application–is to put some time and effort into doing some art. I have watched a LOT of YouTube tutorials. The whole Urban Sketcher scene is an inspiration. And, something like this is amazing. I’ve done this in fits and…