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I guess I underestimated how burnt out - or just physically tired? - I was after the last work practice because I'm still sleeping extra and I couldn't really face putting on Face to go inquire after managers who might accept my CV in person. One of the stores is a 2 minute walk from home, but it's like two hours' work to present myself in social interactions like that. I did take Tristana to be vaccinated yesterday, her second set. She barely complained on the trip and was fearless at the vet. We were in there for 17 minutes, counting paying and waiting, versus 30 minutes on the bus each way and probably another 20 outdoors of walking and waiting in the sunshine (it was about 7° C/45 F, but with bright sun at this season it was definitely a beautiful day even if it was a little chilly for my taste).
In addition to sleeping, I've done a bunch of reading and lettering - not really calligraphy - this week after I was glancing through my old sketchbook and found some letter studies and notes about how much I loved the lettering of Welsh poet and artist David Jones, who died in the 1970s. To quote Wikipedia, "He is also much admired for a genre that he invented later in life, which he termed "painted inscriptions". These drew on phrases and extracts from Welsh and Latin texts, and exert a continuing influence on calligraphers.[5]" These inscriptions, inspired by Roman British stonecarving and medieval lettering, are unquestionably my favorite lettering style I've ever seen:
I also admired the work of modern calligraphers whose work the Pinterest algorithm thought was 'related' to David Jones. Here are some of the things I've doodled... with weird shadows, because I can't get the networked printer-scanner to work again:
In addition to sleeping, I've done a bunch of reading and lettering - not really calligraphy - this week after I was glancing through my old sketchbook and found some letter studies and notes about how much I loved the lettering of Welsh poet and artist David Jones, who died in the 1970s. To quote Wikipedia, "He is also much admired for a genre that he invented later in life, which he termed "painted inscriptions". These drew on phrases and extracts from Welsh and Latin texts, and exert a continuing influence on calligraphers.[5]" These inscriptions, inspired by Roman British stonecarving and medieval lettering, are unquestionably my favorite lettering style I've ever seen:
I also admired the work of modern calligraphers whose work the Pinterest algorithm thought was 'related' to David Jones. Here are some of the things I've doodled... with weird shadows, because I can't get the networked printer-scanner to work again:
