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Nov 6, 2023
Doing seventy
Despite my deeply-held conviction that there must have been a clerical error, the calendar does not budge on this issue: in a couple of...
Sep 11, 2023
And now: RAPTURE - The Poem
I have previously posted (in Pointypencils and on Instagram) my drawing of my Dad on a Zoom call with me when he had just been...
Sep 6, 2023
RAPTURE
During Covid lockdown, my Dad was hospitalised with pneumonia. I was not allowed to visit, but luckily we had Facetime by then. I grabbed...
Aug 30, 2023
New pictures on PointyPencils.
While away on holiday I have posted several new watercolours and biro drawings. You can find them on Instagram @thepointypoet or on the...
Aug 21, 2023
Tristan Casting
During our regular evening beach walk, we came across a kid perched on the rocks fishing. I asked his mum and dad if I could take a photo...
Aug 18, 2023
Pictures on Instagram
After meeting an accomplished artist at a family party last weekend, I have decided to follow her example and post ‘Pointy Pencils’...
Aug 17, 2023
Sunset
My Dad sent me a picture of himself and my cousin watching a sunset together. It got me thinking that it was interesting to know why we...
Aug 11, 2023
Pen & Ink
I had a surprisingly satisfying first go at pen and ink (actually Biro) with watercolour wash and the result is on Pointypoems under the...
Aug 4, 2023
Tower
If You've seen my Bio, you'll know that I fly aeroplanes as a hobby, and that I am based at Blackbushe Airport. It's a busy place, with...
Aug 1, 2023
NEW PRESENTATION: POINTYPENCILS
Given that pictures have always been an important element in Pointypoems, and that I have now started to produce some pictures myself, we...
Jul 13, 2023
Pointypencils!
My second attempt to record the progress of a drawing. This time a portrait done in watercolour pencil on sketching paper. Water applied...
Jun 30, 2023
Players Navy Cut
A card-carrying Baby-Boomer, I was born and brought up in the fifties, and for the first four years of my life we (Father, Mother, my...
Jun 1, 2023
Welcome to Blackbushe: evolution of a drawing
I'm lucky enough to have use of an office/studio where I can either write or draw without the need to clear up afterwards. My Dad says it...
Apr 11, 2023
Finger-painting
While her grandad perseveres with art classes, three-year-old Matilda is a natural, especially with paint. Today’s poem was triggered by...
Mar 7, 2023
LC “Wildcat” Wade, the Forgotten RAF Ace
We are coming soon to the 'personal projects' part of the art course, and I have elected to follow the 'biro-on-ephemera' exercise that...
Feb 16, 2023
A Thousand Words
A Thousand Words in Biro Art class last week was entitled 'Ephemera and Biro Art'. It was inspired by London-based artist Mark Powell...
Jan 31, 2023
Girl on a Swing
I've been obsessing about another photo, because it seems to capture an instant we can all relate to from childhood. I decided to try and...
Jan 23, 2023
The Art Class: Mark-Making
Given that I have started doing some pencil sketching again, and would like to get better at it, I decided to look for a local art class....
Dec 19, 2022
Big Sis
Another brilliant photo from Han sparked another sketch and another poem. There's something at once conspiratorial and protective about...
Dec 12, 2022
Mandonna with child
We recently went to visit my son Pete and his wife Han, and to meet our second Grand-daughter Willow (barely a fortnight old). A day or...
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