Sketch 365 – by Scott Hulme

Went in for an eye test today.  Can you tell yet that we’re done with the European travels and back to mundane life?  Anyway, it was off to the optometrist.  I always enjoy donning the evil, all-seeing robot mask.  And no, I don’t find that the sense of ultimate power it grants is in any way compromised by the fact that I need help using it every single time…

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Got my iPhone 4 today.  High readings on the geek excitement meter.

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A beautiful day with wife and family, largely spent overlooking the Rhine and eating amazing food.  And, of course, sketching.

I could do this every day.  In fact, it’s my wife’s new business model.  We move somewhere scenic like this, and I sell little sketches for €10 a piece.  Of course, this would require two key things:

a) the ability to draw fast enough to turn a profit; and
b) a continual supply of easily impressed tourists.

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I originally gave myself a challenge today to depict the concept of “every person who has ever lived.”  Not surprisingly, it wasn’t easy.  I tried it a couple different ways, but it wasn’t working out.  So I went a different direction: bones and sinews.

(And yes, this is my quick approximation of Da Vinci’s drawing.  Hey, steal from the best, right?)

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There!  Between the treetops!  There she goes!

(This is based on a photo I took today while at a ropes course.  That’s two days in a row of precariously hanging from wires!)

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While I was shopping for menswear recently, the sales guy pulled out a tie for me and I thought, “That’s ugly and I would never buy it.”  So I bought it.  (After having looked at it for a couple minutes, it had really grown on me.)

When I took it home, my wife said, “But you hate paisley!”  I hadn’t even seen it in there.  So observant.  Anyway, I wore that tie today and messed around this evening sloppily sketching the pattern.

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Had an evening of live music from Austrian multi-instrumentalist and extended-family-friend Tony.  I scribbled this out while sitting next to “Mrs. Tony” and enjoying the show.  She seemed to get a kick out of it.

Here, Tony uses the universal language of song to tell of his experiences “working for the man every night and day.”

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This evening, a friend of mine introduced me to Cynar, a wacky Italian artichoke aperitif.  (He himself is a wacky Italian, so I suppose it makes sense.)  I imagine people must find it to be a pretty polarizing flavor, but I liked it.  Then again, I eat Vegemite.

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The view from our hotel balcony looks out over a big open field, adjacent to which sits this church.  Not a fancy or ornate building, but when the sun hits it in the morning, it’s blindingly bright.  It also rings bells throughout the day and plays “Ave Maria” every day at 6 p.m.  Nice if you like that sort of thing, but I imagine if you lived there, the novelty would soon fade.

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This thing hangs in the lobby of the hotel we’re at this week.  Not sure why it’s a skull instead of a full head.  I guess the global economic downturn has done a number on their taxidermy budget.

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