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Tag Archives: style
Well, the odd-looking thing, dominating the photo of the drawing for a new lino print, is called a…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary word is, hodmandod.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well, with a title like that for today’s post, I think we’d better start off with a look at the photo: So, which shall we talk about first, the drawing, which is … Continue reading
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Tagged a quick photo, art, arts, bench holdfast, Birmingham, clamped down, discovery, drawing and a tool, hodmandod, holdfast, it's called a..., lino print, observations, old label, puzzle, serendipity, sketch, stairs?, style, surrealism, useful tool, WODEN, words
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Some overheard, and misheard, snatches of café conversation…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s word is, mollusc.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘It was animalised – but she was so good’!‘A hanging ceiling was possible…’‘A good feed of what-know…’‘Yes, but I’m not, shore.’‘A doosy sat’?‘Doofing’?‘It was shredded, in a shelter.’‘She was a wheaty-type mummy…’‘It was … Continue reading
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Tagged animalised?, art, arts, conversation, docket?, ebbs?, Fastnet, goo-out?, hanging ceiling, loutable?, madness, mollusc?, mummy, observations, Paul, portraits?, serendipity, Sherlock, shredded, storm people?, style, surrealism, Terrance, words
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Come on, let’s have some fun, on the moon!…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s nice sounding word is, marzipan.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Imagine being a kid back in 1956!And for Christmas we got a book, perhaps like the Lion Annual for that year. The girls would get books with ponies on the front … Continue reading
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Tagged 1956, art, arts, Christamas, craters, discovery, drawing, education, fun on the moon, graphics, grinning, guns, illustration, kids, marzipan, on the moon., planets, ponies for girls, rockets, serendipity, style, surrealism, The Lion Annual 1956, words
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I’m always drawn to areas of town, like this one…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary word is, lectisternium.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hm… I don’t know who this land belongs too, but considering that it is right in the middle of the city centre, you’d think that they’d keep it a bit more tidy, … Continue reading
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Tagged a second photo!, art, arts, click here, composition, crap, discovery, Dulltown, humans are stupid, in the corner, it's the same thing again, juxtaposition, madness, observations, rubbish, ruined world, serendipity, sleek and stylish, sleek train, style, surrealism, words
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That lino print, with the things, in the sky…
But first…Dulltown UK: Today’s moths are: the Galium Carpet, the Garden Carpet, the Latticed Heath, the Death’s-head Hawk Moth, the Cloaked Minor, and the Drab Looper.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Look, dear reader, here it is!If you’d like to see the original scrappy drawing … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, black and white, click here, cubes, discovery, floating things, madness, moth names, observations, serendipity, sky, style, surrealism, the Cloaked Minor, the Deaths-head Hawk Moth, the Drab Looper, the Galium Carpet, the Garden Carpet, the Latticed Heath, three-dimensioinality, triangles, words
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Some more misheard snatches of classical singing…?
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s squirrel is the one that has decided to not be cute and cheeky, any more.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Classical singing.I suppose they, the people in charge of music (Who are the people in charge of music?), might try to … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, BBC Radio 3, bodlows!, clasical music, classical, conversation, crownings, cute and cheeky?, ha ha ha ha ha, idio-man, Lord?, madness, nitoon?, notebook, observations, on the radio, palm, serendipity, sond?, spaniel., squirrel, style, surrealism, tooty, tooty fool, Victorians, war and suffering, words
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How about another of my strange drawings, pastels?…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: ischium, riparian, skegger, jesserant, costrel, modius, and xyster. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Extra marks will be … Continue reading
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Tagged About 24" x 17", art, arts, black ink, close up view, conversation, costrel, dictionary word, discovery, don't look at the eyes!, eyes, facial hair, gallery, ischium, jesserant, madness, modius, observations, on paper, outlines, pastels, Professor Mouldie, puzzle, riparian, serendipity, skegger, style, surrealism, the eyes., words, xyster
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What’s that?… Some more TV forensics?…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s Rolls-Royce is the one with a scruffy black and white cat asleep on the bonnet…>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘What are you watching’?‘Oh, just the TV…’‘Yes, but what’?‘Oh, just people killing each other…’‘Killing each other? Do you like that sort … Continue reading
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Tagged already dead?, art, arts, back and white cat, car bonnet, churchgoers, cold cases, conversation, discovery, guns, in prison, making notes, mathematical, observations, pertpetrator, plaster cast, Rolls-Royce., serendipity, solving the case, style, surrealism, the shoes!, TV Forensics, watching TV, words
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An idea? For a future lino print?…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s 17th century oath is Ad’s Bobbers!A simple corruption of, God’s Body. It has a nice sound to it, doesn’t it? I think I might try to introduce it into conversation today – ‘Ad’s Bobbers! Will this … Continue reading
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Tagged abstract, Ad's Bobbers, art, arts, black and white, design for lino, discovery, don't, God's Body, green tea, horizon, ideas, Imagination, lino print design, madness, mug of tea, observations, Panasonic DMC-LX15, serendipity, slippery, style, supermarket queue, surrealism, throw it away, words
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Oh, Dave, not another ripped poster photo?…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s politician is the one shunned by all his politician friends, for telling the truth.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, yes, but I like ripped posters! They are so random, and so stylish. If you were an artist, and you were … Continue reading
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Tagged abstarct, abstract art, abstract Expressionism, art, arts, by the road, conversation, discovery, found art, London, madness, observations, posh gallery, rain, ripped, ripped poster, serendipity, shopfront, style, surrealism, telling the truth, thousands of pounds, wood, words
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The final look at the Adrian Hill oil painting book…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary word is: faldstool. What a strange word, and thing, it is.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, it is The Beginner’s Book of Oil Painting. A 1979 reprint of the 1958 first version. Another of my scruffy old books – … Continue reading
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Tagged 1958, a good read, Ade with a brush, Adrain Hill, art, artist's choice, arts, bon voyage!, common mistakes, conversation, discovery, faldstool, junk shop book, observations, oil-painting, serendipity, style, telegraph pole, The Beginner's Book of Oil Painting, the last chapter, words
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Some overheard, and misheard, snatches of café conversation…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s architectural term is, ‘rear vault’. The small vaulted space between the glass of a window and the inner face of the wall, when the wall is thick and there is a deep splay.Gosh, I wish I … Continue reading
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Tagged architects, art, arts, bloody, cafe, Cafe Conversation, conversation, Diddley, falling star, in the cafe, madness, misheard, moist?, No!..., norbert, observations, overheard, plankets?, pums?, rear vault, serendipity, splay?, style, surrealism, words, yit?
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Court cards in trumps are useful only for the tricks they make…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s augmented chord is the one at the beginning of No Particular Place to Go.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It’s that old fat battered book again!Yes, it is that cheap junk shop book, The Daily Express (a British newspaper) Enquire Within, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1934, 1934 book, 90 years old, ale?, astringent, blue water?, cardoons?, cards, discovery, gargles, mode of play, needs no bush?, observations, serendipity, style, sulphuric acid, surrealism, The Daily Express, The Daily Express Enquire Within, washing blankets, Whist?, words
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Oh, that lino print that I mentioned a few days ago…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected colours are: Pastel Purple, Brush Brown, Pencil Pink, Rubber Russet, Compasses Cream, Pen Puce, Ink Indigo, Crayon Crimson, Ruler Rouge, and Sharpener Silver. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oh look, here it is!For a look at the previous … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, black and white, black ring, Brush Brown, carefully selected colours, clinber, Compasses Cream, conversation, Crayon Crimson, hollow?, Ink Indigo, inside, madness, mountaineering, observations, Pastel Purple, Pen Puce, Pencil Pink, questions?, Rubber Russet, Ruler Rouge, serendipity, Sharpener Silver., siliness, space, style, suns, surrealism, sweating cobs, words
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Just a few short, but pithy, items…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary word is, gymnorhinal.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Excuses for being late. No. 527.I’m sorry I’m late, but I started pondering on the idea of global catastrophe, again. A single overheard remark:‘No, Tony, it was only some plankets in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, art, arts, conversation, discovery, gymnorhinal, lucky number, madness, mowing the grass, name change, noisy, Norman D Landings, observations, overheard, party night!, plankets?, popular music, serendipity, Simon and G, style, surrealism, words
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Yet, some more notes, on playing blues guitar…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s supermarket vegetable, that you are not sure about, is the pak choi.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well, I thought that I’d finished with these short pieces about playing blues guitar, but there were a couple of things that I meant … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, blues, Blues guitar, blues is dead, discovery, doing solos, don't be boring, how to play blues guitar?, Howlin' Wolf, Louie louie, madness, Muddy Waters, not boring!, not note for note!, not too clever, pak choi, roadrunner, satisfaction, serendipity, style, surrealism, timing, vegetables', what I used to do, words
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In the alley, a small abandoned boat…
But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: unalist, monteith, riffle, erinite, arbalest, and rynd. Please have these words looked up, and placed in suitable sentences, ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Should the professor turn up … Continue reading
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Tagged abandoned, arbalest, art, arts, dangerous, dictionary words, discovery, drugs?, electric bikes, electric scooters, erinite, graffiti, model boat, monteith, mororbikes!, observations, painted walls, pedestrians, pizzas?, Professor Mouldie, riffle, rynd, serendipity, spray cans, style, surrealism, the alley?, unalist, walkway, words
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