[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-van-dycks-foppish-lads":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Here's this morning's warm-up drawing. (Feel free to colour it, if you like. \u003Ca href=\"http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l27/jabberworks/uploads%202013/mcintyre_vandyk_drawing_zps1cee7ae3.jpg\">This version\u003C/a> might print better.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/mcintyre_vandyk_stewart_bros_zpsa808bb39-1b329478ad.gif\">\\r\n\\r\nI started drawing Van Dyck's \u003Ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sir-Anthony-van-Dyck-Lord-John-Stuart-and-His-Brother-Lord-Bernard-Stuart.jpg\">portrait of Lord John Stuart and his brother Bernard\u003C/a> when I was at the National Gallery with my parents last week, but ran out of time. They're such wonderful fops, I pretended they were Muppets.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/vandyk_stewart_bros_zpse54b5645-ed99eafb44.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd here's the video they're talking about, which everyone seemed to be watching yesterday. It's a Canadian astronaut \u003Cb>Chris Hadfield\u003C/b>, Commander on the International Space Station. You can even follow him on Twitter at \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield\">@Cmdr_Hadfield\u003C/a>. (I don't think John and Bernie are on Twitter yet, but you never know.) I see he's been back on earth for an hour now, so welcome home, Commander.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http://youtu.be/KaOC9danxNo\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/astronaut_zpsb8b0e13d-9fb16b46bc.jpg\">\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\nI bet if we made a collection of people's secret life ambitions, recording \u003Ci>Space Oddity\u003C/i> \u003Ci>in space\u003C/i> would be top of the list. Or it would be if they'd thought of it. ...Hey, did you see \u003Cb>Philip Reeve\u003C/b>'s \u003Ca href=\"http://philipreeve.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/star-trek-into-darkness.html\">review of \u003Ci>Star Trek - Into Darkness\u003C/i>\u003C/a>? It's a corker, go read it over on his blog. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"2380\"/>","2013-05-14T08:12:00.000Z","van-dycks-foppish-lads",[],"van dyck's foppish lads",1776628725132]