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We seem to get a lot more helicopters circling us than we ever did - maybe it's cheaper than sending police cars but I'm sure the cost of aviation fuel has gone up like everything else. W.r.t. eyes, I was told that your blink rate drops off considerably if you spend a long time looking at computer screens. Speaking as an IT person with eye problems, that's probably true.
Anyway - I drew some Verbena from my back garden as it's one of the few things to survive the heatwave. The rock looks like a dead cat, but I can assure you no animals were harmed in the making of this picture.
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No respect for the elderly, chick-a-bids!
We have the St Catherine's Lighthouse near us, and coastguard helicopters frequently hover over it in the early hours: other things keep me awake, principally that swine Arthur P. Ritis, but coastguard helis don't - I find them reassuring, in that they're looking out for people; t'was the coastguard who, in heavy snow, drove me to hospital after I'd upended in it and broken my wrist; didn't get to go in the helicopter, but was transported in one of their very rugged vehicles over terrain no ambulance could cross: I've positively welcomed anything Coastguardy since then.
I would paint a helicopter, but .......... they move!
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Sylvia I just love that drawing of the chucks. I must have missed it in the gallery and that looks good so far Gillian. I agree about eyes, I always have episodes of double vision and blurry eye syndrome but, I'm well use to it. Very annoying when you are trying to do detail. Here is some of my painting, I won't show you the whole thing because it's naked. I'm just thinking about a garment. I'm not looking at anything so I'm building the face as I go along and it will probably look a lot different to this one finished, this is just a base I'm working on. I'll be doing some work on the eyes and the shape of the face today.
