Walt's Artistic Pursuits
Mother’s Christmas tree went over. Accidental and assisted by my niece. The fairy’s wing has now vanished. Missing in the course of serving her duties.
#christmasfairy #christmastreefairy #fairy #fairywing #fairywings #artjournal #artjournaling #artjournals
George Michael. 25 June 1963 – 25 Dec 2016. The first single I bought was Young Guns.
George, late in life your song ‘Move On’ from the album Older helped me through my most challenging of times. Thank you. God Bless. Rest In Peace but make great music in heaven.
#georgemichael #lastchristmas #wham #artjournal #artjournaling #artjournals
A use for old lemon skins. I’m told that lemon juice can reverse the effects of ageing of the elbows and that it makes them smoother and less wrinkly. So, her goes it with the left-overs from today’s lemon meringue tart ingredients.
#homeopathy #lemons #slicedlemons #halvedlemons #lemonjuice #antiageing #naturalmedicene #naturaltreatments #lemonpie #lemonmeringue #lemonmeringuepie #artjournal #artjournaling #artjournals
His & Hers Christmas Trees. When we moved in together, so did our trees! Fatter fairy. Decoration. Santa Claus on a bike. Pre decorated. Flat folding. Pop-up. Spiral bound by tinsel. Made in China. Made mainly from plastic and metal. Flashing lights powered by 240v AC current. Bicycle chain, heart shaped decoration. Fairy made of woven corn stalks. Slot together plywood. Stencil cut wood from Scandinavia. Lights powered by 12v DC batteries. Beads. Bells. Ornaments woven from corn stalks.
#christmastree #Hisandhers #hisandherschristmas #christmasdecorations #festivetree #artjournal #artjournaling #artjournals
Well I’ve drawn a lot of bicycles this year so here is another for Christmas.
#artjournal #artjournaling #artjournals #mtb #mountainbike #santa #santaclaus #fatherchristmas #santaonabike #santaridingabicycle #cyclingsanta
Train People (16th December 2016).
Shepherds Pie for tea is just fine thanks x.
Police powers to take websites offline without judicial oversight. Hmmm. A dramatic change in the relationship between police and the internet community.
#urbansketching #urbandrawing #urbandrawings #londondrawing #urbansketching #artjournal #artjournaling #artjournals #trains #greatnorthern #commuter #commuting #greatnorthernelectrics #greatnorthernrail #thameslinkrailway #passenger #trainpassenger #metro #themetro #shepherdspie
Two passengers on my train.
#urbansketching #urbandrawing #urbandrawings #londondrawing #urbansketching #artjournal #artjournaling #artjournals #trains #greatnorthern #commuter #commuting #greatnorthernelectrics #greatnorthernrail #thameslinkrailway #passenger #trainpassenger
Today I drew our table lamps.
Bedroom 1: one of a pair. They remind me of Henry Moore, Living room: this is bigger than it looks, Bedroom 2: rather Art Deco, Angle poise: for the drawing board and computer.
#artjournal #artjournaling #artjournals #tablelamps #desklamps #lighting #desklighting #lightingdesign #lampshades #anglepoise
I observe people using their mobiles on the train and I imagine what they are up to.
‘I must add a sporty picture. Oh! and that one of me showing that I’m an animal lover.’
‘Yet another photo of a man holding a fish he caught.’
‘Hmm. A guy posing with a beautiful but drugged wild cat!’
#urbansketching #urbandrawing #urbandrawings #londondrawing #urbansketching #artjournal #artjournaling #artjournals #mobileusers #commuters #commuterlife #phoneusers #tinder #mobiledating #onlinedating #dating #angling #angler #anglers #apps #datingapps
Today I watched Adam Curtis’ HyperNormalisation
“…they constructed a simpler version of the world in order to hang on to power.”
“You were so much a part of the system that your were unable to see beyond it.”
“I am not real.”
ctr + alt delete. System down.
“We know they lie. They know we know they lie. They don’t care.”
#adamcurtis #hypernormalisation #bbc #bbctv #documentary #systemdown #bbciplayer #fakeworld #alexeiyurchak #ctraltdelete #artjournal #artjournaling #artjournals #trump #brexit
A passenger on my train destined for London Moorgate.
#urbansketching #urbandrawing #urbandrawings #londondrawing #urbansketching #artjournal #artjournaling #artjournals #trains #greatnorthern #commuter #commuting #greatnorthernelectrics #greatnorthernrail #thameslinkrailway #passenger #trainpassenger
Train Story. In 1976 a London suburbs boy was fascinated when new electric trains started as he imagined a future of monorails and flying cars. He would collect the numbers such as the 313062 as he crossed the railway by footbridge walking to school.
40 years later. That boy is a man living 20 miles north and today I take the exact same train to work. In 2016 I pay a lot to get into one of the biggest financial capitals of the world. The trains are often delayed, cancelled and frequently break down.
#publicservices #privatisation #trains #technology #1976 #monorail #flyingcar #313062 #greatnorthern #publicspending #commuter #commuting #greatnorthernelectrics #greatnorthernrail #urbansketching #urbandrawing #urbandrawings #londondrawing #urbansketching #artjournal #artjournaling #artjournals #thameslinkrailway
Wrench story. Today I bought a long armed wheel wrench. I had no wrench in my car to change my tyre. Every wrench I managed to borrow did not fit. Four commonly used sizes. Q. Why not have all wheel nuts the same size?
#artjournal #artjournaling #wrench #standards #weightsandmeasures #flattyre #sockets
A tree on the edge of the orchard.
#artjournal #artjournaling #artjournals #tree #orchard
Thank you www.cyclinguk.org for reporting on my Ink and Cycling Inktober challenge in your October newsletter.
http://www.cyclinguk.org/publication/cycle-clips/cycleclips-21-october-2016
I’ll be collaborating and supporting this charity artistically in the coming months.
Thank you Nina Ginsberg from BicyclesCreatecjhange.com for such a complimentary report on my Ink and Cycling Inktober challenge.
http://www.bicyclescreatechange.com/walt-cahills-inktober/
Your words supporting what I sought out to achieve has meant a great deal to me.
As I have now finished my Ink & Cycling, Inktober 2016 project, all 31 of my pieces can be viewed in a gallery by following this link.
https://waltcahill.com/2016-inktober-project/
This is day thirty one of my InkTober Project as I take part in Jake Parker’s 2016 InkTober Initiative.
Today the prompt is ‘FRIEND’.
For my Inktober Project not only am I using the 2016 InkTober prompt list for inking but I’m overlapping it with the theme of cycling which is another of my passions.
My Ink and Cycling project where I produced Thirty One drawings using the InkTober daily prompt list of words for inspiration while also applying the theme of cycling to each artwork.
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#inktober2016
This is day thirty of my InkTober Project as I take part in Jake Parker’s 2016 InkTober Initiative.
Today the prompt is ‘WRECK’.
For my Inktober Project not only am I using the 2016 InkTober prompt list for inking but I’m overlapping it with the theme of cycling which is another of my passions.
