Wednesday, 28 May 2014

The snail stowaway

Today I have been accompanied on my bike ride by a stowaway snail. The cheeky thing decided to make a home on my bike wheel, so I thought I would be nice and not evict him from his resting place, but take him on an adventure with me. He woke up a bit by the time I got to the cycle track and started to stick his 'horns' out. I'm not really that surprised. After three miles he'd started to make a run for it, so I let him escape as he was getting dangerously close to my brakes and the edge of the tyre. I hope I haven't made him sick.

                                        Copyright Rebecca Gregory 2014

I've included this snail drawing so you can see a page in progress. I'll post a photo of it completed later. It's the last page in my book, so I'll be starting on number two soon. (Woo hoo! Starting this visual journal feels like the best thing I ever did) Here are some more of the last pages:


                                       

Please note: Henry is my car, I am not being cruel to a child by buying him car mats.


                                     All images Copyright Rebecca Gregory 2014

Looking at this last double page I can see now that I've scanned it and got it on the screen that I need to add more colour. The page on the right would be improved with a rough colour background next to the jam jar, as I am not planning on colouring the drawing itself. Sometimes when I've looked at a drawing too much I can't tell whether it needs anything else to finish it off. Scanning it and looking at it on the computer helps me to take a step back and get a different perspective. The same effect can also be achieved with a mirror.

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2 comments:

  1. Amanda29 May 2014 at 23:15

    The headless metal soldier: he was found at the little churchyard in West Lulworth. Not the churchyard by the church with a tower, the other churchyard in the centre of the village next to Ivy Cottage.
    I don't know about snails getting motion sickness but I got "reading-sideways sickness" looking at your "what, oh what, shall I do?" list. I am OK now I have my head upright again. :)

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  2. A Deeper Sharon30 May 2014 at 07:30

    Har har and I'm not going to say poor old dizzy snail .. that's a big thing to say that starting your visual journal was the best thing you ever did, great that you found your way here then .. I've been loving it as you know .. keep up the good work on visual journal number 2

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