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2019-04-28 Artweeks

Apr28
by on 2019-04-28 at 19:08
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It’s been really busy here, which is why I haven’t been posting much!
First there was the book (which you saw); and then Karen did her new show (and I made all the scenery); and now I’m doing Artweeks.
Artweeks is an Oxford/Oxfordshire festival, in which hundreds of artists open their studios to visitors for a few days.
If you’re in the area, do come and see the hippos!
My Artweeks gallery gives some idea of what I’m showing.

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Andrew and his hippo-shaped Artweeks sign in the driveway.

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2018-12-27 Herd of Hippos

Dec27
by on 2018-12-27 at 17:40
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Here’s my first ever herd of gingerbread hippopotamuses.

(Apologies for the site being down for a few days with hardware trouble. It’s solved for the moment.)

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Hippos made from gingerbread with their biscuit cutter.

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2018-10-03 A spotty limerick

Oct03
by on 2018-10-03 at 20:12
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A little doggerel for you.

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A girl in pink, spotted pyjamas
Said for breakfast she'd like some bananas.
But when she came near
They said that "We fear
The whole lot were scoffed by iguanas."

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2018-07-31 Summer Garden Fantasy

Jul31
by on 2018-07-31 at 20:12
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Sometimes the things that arrive in the sketchbook are best not explained.

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woman sunflower black-eyed susan frog elephant hawk-moth caterpillar badger trumpet watering can cosmos murano glass elizabethan ruff robin crest fence

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218-03-25 Cheap dog-sledging

Mar26
by on 2018-03-26 at 18:40
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We’ve just been on holiday for a week in Northern Norway with some friends, well inside the arctic circle. We were lucky enough to see the Aurora on four nights. It really is very beautiful there. The dog sledging was horrifically expensive (actually, so was everything.)

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Cheap dog sledging -- a woman is pulled in a wheeled cart, by a collection of dogs of vastly mismatched sizes. The alpha dog has stopped to relieve himself by a sign saying "No Dogs."

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2017-12-21 Winter Greetings

Dec21
by on 2017-12-21 at 18:38
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Winter greetings to all my readers, and non-readers too. Wishing you all a happy and healthy year ahead!

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Woman and polar bear dance in the snow

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2017-10-29 Cartoon workshop by Imogen Foxell

Oct29
by on 2017-10-29 at 08:42
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This wonderful cartoon of my Cartooning Workshop yesterday was made by (and republished by kind permission of) the talented Imogen Foxell (http://www.imogenfoxell.com) I’m the one in green on the left. The workshop was at the South Oxford Community Centre, and part of Oxford’s contribution to The Big Draw national drawing event. I had a lot of fun leading a set of interactive drawing games involving speed drawing and exaggeration to very enthusiastic participants. I’m pretty sure they had a lot of fun too.

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2017-09-15 Thomas Truax

Sep17
by on 2017-09-17 at 12:52
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We enjoyed an unsual musical act at the Old Fire Station on Friday. Thomas Truax plays songs with an understated, whimsical, often dark humour, with the occasional help of an mechanical drummer (named Mother Superior — you can see her at bottom-right in my doodle.) Also starring were the Hornicator and the Stringaling, and an impressive selection of effects pedals and looping tools. Thanks Thomas!

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whimsical record of a whimsical performance.

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