[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-greenwich-goodies-lewisham-literary-festival":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"This weekend's drawing in Greenwich Park. I loved how, when people passed me drawing, most of them would turn around to look at the tree. Some even stopped to take photos of it, a most magnificent tourist attraction. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/greenwich_park_11sept11-9f65f0cc10.jpg\">\\r\n\u003C!--more Loads more bloggity blog under the cut!-->\\r\nI wish I could draw the leaves, too, but they're awfully fiddly, it would've taken me at least another half hour, and standing on a slope drawing was doing my back in. I didn't notice that while I was drawing - I was totally in the Zone - but then I tried to put my pens back in my bag on the ground and it took me ten seconds to stretch out so I could bend over. I think this is what getting old must feel like.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/greenwich_11sept11-ad55c11beb.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHere are a few stages in the drawing. Have you been keeping an eye on \u003Ca href=\"http://philipreeve.tumblr.com/\">Philip Reeve's sketch blog\u003C/a>? He's been drawing some beautiful trees lately.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/greenwich_treestages-1-68540b88b8.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAfter packing my pencil case, I treated myself to a coffee and bun at \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/148035.html\">Rhodes Bakery\u003C/a>, but just before I went in, I had a look through the window of \u003Ca href=\"http://www.lushlampshades.co.uk/index.php?page=34\">Lush Designs\u003C/a>, got sucked in by all the pretty pictures and ended up buying this gorgeous cushion. Here it is on our sofa. I thought Stuart might be a bit annoyed about how much I'd spent on something we don't strictly need (£29), but he looked rather pleased when I showed it to him, and said, 'That's great,  you never spend money on anything for the flat'. I think he's hoping it might be a sign that I have a tiny bit of nesting instinct in me. (The lama cushion behind it was designed by \u003Ca href=\"http://www.meghunt.com/\">Meg Hunt\u003C/a>.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://www.lushlampshades.co.uk/index.php?page=34\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/lush_designs_cushion-21bf66183a.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nOh, and I WAS a \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squander_Bug\">Squander Bug\u003C/a> today! I also bought a fancy frock at \u003Ca href=\"http://www.sikadesigns.co.uk/index.htm\">Sika\u003C/a>, a shop on the edge of Greenwich Market. It's my favourite dress shop, they combine Ghanaian fabric with western retro dress designs. I am keeping it hidden until my next festival (one where I'm not dressed as a pirate. But you can see a bit of the petticoat sticking out of the bag.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/lush_designs_2-4f3c2b2b63.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd another event! Last night I took part in the \u003Ca href=\"http://lewishamlitfest.wordpress.com/\">Lewisham Literary Festival\u003C/a> with my studio mate \u003Ca href=\"http://www.littlewhitebird.com\">Ellen Lindner\u003C/a>, writer \u003Ca href=\"http://www.karenmcleod.info/www.karenmcleod.info/Welcome.html\">Karen McLeod\u003C/a> and moderator and \u003Ca href=\"http://forbookssake.net/\">For Books' Sake\u003C/a> coordinator \u003Cb>Jane Bradley\u003C/b>. Thanks so much to \u003Cb>Jonathan Main\u003C/b> from \u003Ca href=\"http://booksellercrow.typepad.com/\">Bookseller Crow\u003C/a> for helping out with book sales! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/lewisham_litfest11_1-8424403298.jpg\">\\r\n\u003Ci>Jonathan Main, Jane Bradley, Karen McLeod, Sarah McIntyre, Ellen Lindner\u003C/i>\\r\n\\r\nEllen and I talked about our work, published and self-published, and Karen read part of her short story \u003Ci>Never Can Say Goodbye\u003C/i> in an anthology called \u003Ci>Men & Women\u003C/i> that had me hooked and I had to buy a copy. (It's \u003Ci>not\u003C/i> a children's book, I should add.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/lewisham_litfest11_2-2609e886fb.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI was really grateful, our whole studio showed up, including partners, and I talked a bit about what we get up to at the \u003Ca href=\"http://fleecestation.co.uk/\">Fleece Station\u003C/a>. This was Lewisham Literary Festival's first year, and Stuart counted 30 people in the room, so that's not bad, considering. Thanks to everyone who braved the rain, including \u003Ca href=\"http://www.dreamtripper.net/\">Tammy Taylor\u003C/a>, \u003Ca href=\"http://katrinsalyers.com/\">Katrin L Sayers\u003C/a> and \u003Cb>John Cake\u003C/b> from \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Artists\">Little Artists\u003C/a>.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/lewisham_litfest11_3-5ab992cc42.jpg\">","2011-09-11T20:46:00.000Z","greenwich-goodies-lewisham-literary-festival",[],"greenwich goodies + lewisham literary festival",1776628720672]