Monday, October 30, 2006

Day 183
And half way for me now too! I can't believe I've done this many drawings - very satisfying. And I have got fitter and lost weight, thanks to the hilly cycling - I walk too slowly to count walking as really effective exercise. But what has been most fun is to learn to look more closely, to see things I otherwise would have missed, to try to sketch aspects of life in Canberra, particularly my suburb of Yarralumla, that will be interesting to my blog visitors from around the world and to make reciprocal visits to other's blogs and see snippets of their lives. Thank you, Julie, for initiating this challenge and to all my various visitors for your enthusiastic support. Continue to visit for 182 more surprises.
For today's effort, I returned to Saturday's site to sketch this enormous pile of half burnt pine logs - one of a number waiting to be torched. I think they look like carcasses of some sort of monster, suddenly caught in their tracks ... then I cycled around the lake - 25 km cycle in all.

6 comments:

Tami said...

I be checkin in for the rest of the show! These do look like bone piles! Good for you for doing following through on the challenge!

Julie Oakley said...

I really like this stark painting - great colours, composition everything. And thank you for doing this with me.

Julie Oakley said...

Oh yes I had to say it looks like some great upturned grasshopper or locust

Penny said...

Oh dear, I dont think I have been counting my walks, I will have to see how many and when I started, I went back to the begining of yours as I didnt start following until half way through May. Fascinating stuff. I like these logs

Peceli and Wendy's Blog said...

It looks like an insect on its back!
Yes, I think we all are capturing life in our suburbs or farms or towns through our blogs - and social history as well. So what do we do with all these pictures? Mine are all small - A5 or less.
W.

Jana Bouc said...

Congrats on making it half a year. I've so enjoyed following along on your journey. This drawing is quite interesting! Nice sky.