[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-morning-coffee-drawing":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/coffeelady_dec08-3aa3f3e459.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI just used my new pen nib to draw this self portrait. It doesn't look all that much like me, but that's okay. Ever since I was a kid and saw \u003Ca href=\"http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h124/hotmommaart/normanrockwell36.jpg\">Norman Rockwell paintings\u003C/a>, I've wanted sticky-out ears. I don't have them, but I like to draw myself with them anyway.\\r\n\\r\nTwo cool websites: Alex Milway referred me to the blog of \u003Ca href=\"http://vivianeschwarz.blogspot.com\">Viviane Schwarz\u003C/a>, and I'm looking forward to the upcoming Peckham launch of \u003Ci>There are Cats in this Book\u003C/i>. I have a copy of her book \u003Ca href=\"http://www.vivianeschwarz.co.uk/shark.html\">Shark & Lobster\u003C/a>, which is a magnificent example of crossover between picture books and comics.\\r\n\\r\nAnd my illustration critique group used to meet in the studio of \u003Cb>Kev Hopgood\u003C/b>, who's done a mind-boggling amount of professional comics and managed to support his family with the business, which is very encouraging. He's just launched a \u003Ca href=\"http://www.kevhopgood.demon.co.uk\">complete overhaul of his website here\u003C/a>.","2008-12-11T09:30:00.000Z","morning-coffee-drawing",[],"morning coffee drawing",1776628725245]