tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76728913516724617682024-03-13T10:34:24.847-07:00Andy Scordellis Art'Restaurateur turns Artist!
Now serving...Pen & Ink drawings, Watercolour illustrations and of course - Comic Art - Enjoy!'
...and the occasional recipe...Andy Scordellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11548917122752560550noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672891351672461768.post-64476837540685138722019-07-03T04:01:00.001-07:002019-07-03T04:01:07.991-07:00...Super-You! Face On...<br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">OK - I pencil sketched a few unsuspecting faces from the disc of <b><span style="color: #e06666;">Denver Trust </span></b>members - time get out the marker and see who's who...</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">said</span> "No". </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Terry <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Wright</span> at the the <span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Denver Trust</b></span> offered me various dates to <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">carry out a third presentation or demo</span> evening <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">with</span> the Denver Trust. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I said "No" several times. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My first presentation - <span style="color: #e06666;"><b>'A Pictorial Pen & Ink Journey'</b></span> - had me discussing my Norfolk work and passing around original artwork to one and all. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My second demo - <span style="color: #e06666;"><b>'Good or Evil? You decide!'</b></span> - I split the audience into two groups, and we designed two opposing characters - <b>Denver Dan</b> and <b>Evil Edna.</b> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What else was there to do? - How could I follow 'Good or Evil - you Decide!'<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">?</span></span></span><br />
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featuring 34 members in various poses<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> (</span>including Fen the cat) arrived<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> -</span> </span></span>I got the <b>Legion of Superheroes! </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I set about producing drawings of the unwitting participants, and designed a couple of comic book style flyers to lure them to the Norfolk nexus of cosmic creativity - <span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Denver Village Hall!</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I prepared a series of pencil layouts from a random selection of twelve 'volunteers' from the photos, which I could expand into a variety of costumes and characters - <b>Project Second Genesis</b> was ready to go.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On the evening, while the group enjoyed early evening refreshments I began with a marker to sketch in the first layout portraying <b>Dawn Camp</b> as the New Gods warrior woman - <span style="color: #e06666;"><b>'Big Barda'.</b></span> Owing to either third night nerves, stage fright (or both), I found it difficult to relax, and the drawing was not as strong or confident as I would like it to have been. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Various names were heckled for this new version of Logan, Lenarine got less votes, so we went with - what else - <span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Lemon Meringue!</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Unintentionally, the next candidate for reinvention was also absent - Len's wife <b>Teresa</b>. Well, while we were on the subject of Wolverine, I had to mention that there was now a female character called Wolverine. So why not carry on the family tradition and give Mrs Algar a set of Adamantium claws?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Don't ask me why cakes, but we went from <b>Cheesecake</b> to <b>TeresaCake</b> to - well you know... </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Right - I've got a bold confident line going now - I'm giving as good as I get to the various hecklers in the audience (you know who you are) - I'm kind of on a roll. It's time for <b>The Valkyrie!</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">While Len and Teresa were absent on two counts, Valkyrie model <b>Dawn</b> more than made up for it as she was present twice. OK - two photos of the same person - I thought it was two different people. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here she is in her second reincarnation as the one and only original Valkyrie AKA <span style="color: #e06666;"><b>The Dawn Rider!</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I offered the group <b>Stan and Margaret</b> as the next prospective superheroes or villains - but this time they said "No"<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> -</span> "Let's have someone who's here tonight!" </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I searched the audience for an answer and caught a glimpse of my Dennis the Menace drawing from the <span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Menace<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, </span>Mischief and Peril Demo.</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And that's how Gerry became <b>Thanos!</b> <span style="color: #e06666;"><b>The Auditor!!</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I can't lay all the blame on the members - I thought <b>Dave</b> in the front row said 'tutu' - and drew accordingly. When asked again Dave said he had said 'two-tier cake' ( as in jump out of ). I explained that in the rarefied atmosphere by the easel - I can't hear so good...</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A big heroic <span style="color: #e06666;"><b>thank you</b></span> to all members - those whose likenesses took part, and those whose suggestions guided my hand. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And those - who striking a dramatic pose - unwittingly took part while being somewhere else entirely<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(p</span></span>roving you can be in two places at once).</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Driving into sunny Ely this morning, I had no idea that within a matter of hours I would be <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">on</span> the return journey home, having co-created/visualised Florence's Iron Girl, Felix's Spider-Hulk, Callum's Super Orb and Tindalls' Easter Fox! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And sent Jackson home in the company of Batman, Spider-Man and Iron Man! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As usual I've taken half my studio with me. Not entirely necessary on this occasion, since my demo venue was Tindalls Art <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">& Graphics</span> - had I forgotten any materials <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">suc<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">h as</span></span> Promarker, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">L</span>ayout <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">P</span>ad or <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">B</span>lu or <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">W</span>hite tak - all were within easy reach.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">No howling wind<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> or driving rain, </span>no thunder or lightning. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">O<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">n</span> t</span>he hottest <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">April Eas<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ter weekend </span>on record </span></span>there's no darkest night, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">onl<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">y brightest day </span></span>- inside Tindalls it's cool and it's creative.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Taking Jemma's cue from a message in the Tindalls diary, I begin drawing a character <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">wishing</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a <span style="color: #e06666;"><i><b>'Happy</b></i></span></span><span style="color: #e06666;"><i><b> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">E</span>aster'</b></i></span> to Tindalls colleagues in the Cambridge and Newmarket<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> stores</span> from the Ely Crew via none other than the <span style="color: #e06666;"><i><b>EasterFox</b></i></span> (in the guise of Captain Marvel<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">)<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So there I am sketching away - not quite sure what to draw, when in walks <i><b><span style="color: #e06666;">Callum</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></b></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">- r</span>eady to create. He knows all about his character - his name, his pose, his <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">E</span>gyptian heritage and the sign of the Illuminati! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'Course he doesn't tell me this all in one go. We have to work at it - draw it out. Callum tells me what's next - I draw it. He's the brain - I'm the hands...</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">First we draw in the boots Captain America style, only longer so when they fold down they have a buckle and strap at the knee. Hands are raised grasping a huge glowing orb, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">at the centre</span> a smaller brighter orb. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Egyptian head guard with a triple unicorn at <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">n</span>orth, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">e</span>ast and <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">w</span>est<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. Blank</span> eyes<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. The </span>sign of the Illuminati on his forehead!</span></span> Oh yeah - hanging at his side a mammoth broadsword in a leather<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> and</span></span> ruby scabbard. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Following Callum's <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">instructions - using a Promarker I first colour in the rays emanating from the orb, boots, horned helmet and face ma<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">sk. We get <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">dynamic</span> complimentary colour action <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">using</span> greens and reds, and purples and yellows<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">And now - the <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">O</span>ne and <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">O</span>nly -<span style="color: white;">-</span></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: #e06666;"> SUPER ORB! </span></span></span></span></span></b></i></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Callum asks me if maybe he could get to take the drawing home? People - I would have to be<i><b> <span style="color: #8e7cc3;">Thanos</span></b></i> to say <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>NO.</b></i></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>YES</b></span> -</span> if you <span style="color: #e06666;"><i><b>create</b></i></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">your own </span><i><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">H</span>ero or Villain</b></i> - you <span style="color: #e06666;"><i><b>have</b></i></span> to take them home!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I get back to the EasterFox drawing - it's making a little more sense now. I reckon that<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">she's</span></span> probably holding a glowing <span style="background-color: #8e7cc3;"><i><b><span style="color: yellow;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I</span>nfinity Egg </span></b></i></span> - possessing a power for which there is absolutely no defence - <span style="color: #e06666;"><i><b>Chocolate!</b></i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I get this far when I see five year old <span style="color: #e06666;"><i><b>Jackson</b></i></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and</span> his parents walk in. Unfortunately Jackson do<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">es not have the time to create a hero with us today - but I cannot let him leave empty handed. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A</span>fter I<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ve given him a <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i><b>Spider-Man</b></i></span> and <i><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Batman</span> </b></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">sketch he tells me his favourite super<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">h</span>ero is n<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">one other tha<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">n <span style="color: #e06666;"><i><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Iron <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Man.</span></span></b></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i><b><br /></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I return to the EasterFox sketch, drawing in an open masked fox's face, adding <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">crimson</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, yellow and blue</span> to the face and costume. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I</span> use</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">d</span>azzle rays and <span style="color: #e06666;"><i><b>Kirby Krackle</b></i></span> to enha<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">nce </span>the</span> Infinity Egg - <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">almost done</span>!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Before I can illuminate the word balloon, I'm <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">join<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ed</span></span> by <span style="color: #e06666;"><i><b>Florence and Felix<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. </span></b></i></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">T</span>hey also do not have ti<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">me for a full colour drawing, so I suggest a black and white drawing each - which they can colour at home. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Florence asks for a female version of Iron Man, and Felix wants <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a Marvel</span> mash up of Spider<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">-Man and the Hulk.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">OK - Friday the <span style="color: #3d85c6;">1st February</span> was <span style="color: #e06666;">Hourly Comic Day</span> - </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">wherein any
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">are remembered</span> dreams are allowed...)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>The place:</i> <span style="color: #e06666;">Downham Market Library...</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">While Dennis appeared in a traditional <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'running at you' </span>pose, I drew Beryl as if she <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">might be</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">riding</span> a skateboard...</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sure - it could have been a skate board<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">O</span>r a train, or a rocket ship, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">or<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span>a tiger</span>. After much deliberation - <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">w</span>e <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">chose</span> the <span style="color: #e06666;">Silver Surfer's</span> intergalactic surfboard! <span style="color: #3d85c6;">What else?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Just to place <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">B</span>eryl in context, I added blazing suns<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> and</span> stars abo<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ve </span>and the planet Earth <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">below. <span style="color: #e06666;">Makes a change from Dundee<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Michael - I think - suggested <span style="color: #e06666;">Venom,</span> and/or <span style="color: #e06666;">Spider-Man</span> for Dennis. Since Spider-Man is like no other character, and can stick to walls and contort, well - like a spider, we drew him upside down. I remembered an old Spider-Man story where he actually grew four more arms, so Dennis was voted to have a total of eight limbs! Swinging on a web wearing half a Spidey mask - he's your friendly neighbourhood <b><span style="color: #e06666;">Incredible Dennis!</span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I shouldn't be surprised, but while discussing the various incarnations of <span style="color: #e06666;">Iron Man's</span> armour, and the different colours of the <span style="color: #38761d;">Hulk</span> - turns out <span style="color: #e06666;">Michael</span> and <span style="color: #e06666;">Dexter</span> knew as much if not more than I did! Thank you Stan Lee and Dorling Kindersley.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So somehow, this brought us around to talking about the world devouring <b><span style="color: #a64d79;">GALACTUS!</span></b> We started the workshop with the <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><i><b>Sensational Beryl - Sentinel of the Spaceways! </b></i></span>and toward the end of the workshop have come full circle to Dennis as we've never seen him before - <span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="color: #666666;">the rather peckish </span><b>GALACDENNIS!</b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Having previously carried out superhero themed <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">D</span>emos and <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">W</span>orkshops</span> in </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Norfolk libraries, when I was asked to hold another series of workshops, I naturally assumed it would be more of the same - <span style="color: #e06666;">Comics and Superheroes! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Utilising a character I had not seen for quite a few years,<span style="color: #3d85c6;"> The Reading Agency and Libraries</span> were presenting a <span style="color: #e06666;"><i><b>'Mischief Makers Summer Reading Challenge'</b></i> </span>- all summer long!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">That character wasn't <span style="color: #e06666;">Spider-Man, Wolverine or Gamora </span>- the most dangerous woman in the galaxy.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">None other than probably the very first mischief maker we all read abou<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">t - <span style="color: #e06666;"><i><b>Dennis the Menace!</b></i></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">No superheroes? I was floundering. Ok - while designing the poster a 'modern day' mischief maker came to mind. Norse mythology's <i><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">Loki God of Mischief.</span> </b></span></span></span></i>Or more accurately <span style="color: #e06666;">Marvel Comics</span> Loki - as seen in the early 1960s and the current Marvel films. Yep - <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Loki</span>'s a real mischief maker.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And I returned to <span style="color: #e06666;">Dennis</span> with the aforementioned <span style="color: #674ea7;">Lord of Titan<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> - <i><b>THANOS!</b></i> </span></span>Well, half of him anyway...</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hmm, I was getting carried away. Once we'd all drawn <span style="color: #e06666;">Dennis</span> and <span style="color: #e06666;">Beryl</span> a few times - <b><i><span style="color: #e06666;">What Next?!</span></i></b> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So - I had my worksheets. <span style="color: #3d85c6;">I had my characters.</span> <span style="color: #e06666;">I had my questions.</span> </span></span><br />
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Andy Scordellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11548917122752560550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672891351672461768.post-46973329986566184412018-05-15T06:58:00.000-07:002018-05-16T01:20:37.969-07:00...Good or Evil - You decide...<br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">...a nice quiet evening in watching Netflix, or a trip down to the </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Downham Market's <span style="color: #e06666;">W<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">est </span>Norfolk Deaf Association</span> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">co-creating the dual forces of <b>Good</b> and/or <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b></b></span><span style="background-color: #666666;"><span style="color: white;"><b> Evil? </b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Hmmm... </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I reckon a quiet night out at <span style="color: #e06666;">No 8 <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">T</span>he Old Bookshop</span> sounds good.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">So - the idea is that I split the audience into two halves, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">one half creating the good character, the other side </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">(left or right) creating the bad/evil character. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">Sounds easy. Sounds civilised. Very easy if you're just </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">shouting out ideas - not so easy if your the one holding the </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">marker -<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span>drawing (as suggested by Cla<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">re</span>) cross thread </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">lace up knee boots. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #ffe599;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"> - 'With a great marker comes great responsibility!' -</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">In my experience 'good' tends to go first, but not exclusively, since </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">'bad' cannot help but join in. And vice versa when it is 'bad's' turn </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666;">to create. So all in all it tends to get rather <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">lively</span>, which is good. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Anyway - back to the beginning. We were a small - but <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">strong</span> - </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a little about the pen & ink work I <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">also</span> do, such as the local </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With <span style="color: #e06666;">Toppings Booksellers in Ely</span> there's no room to set up an easel </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And here are the cats. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">T</span>hey only sleep a lot<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span>when you<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span>don't want to draw them. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">All of the above work - solitary, slow, painstaking, deliberate.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Lo<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">t</span>s of people - <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">p</span>lenty of shouting and laughing.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Coffee, tea, biscuits. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And a quick black marker!</span></span></i></span></span></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On this occasion I suggested to the group that we <span style="color: #e06666;">design each </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Creating both characters together seemed to lead to <span style="color: #e06666;">a</span> <span style="color: #e06666;">bizarre symbiosis...</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As you can see by my expression </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Occasionally when I've carried out a<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="background-color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span></span> 'Design A Superhero' </span></span> </b>demo</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've had to improvise owing to a shortage of suggestions. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And yes - there were times when I had to ask for a suggestion to be </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It seemed that after all the tea and coffee, yelling and laughing, </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A big thank you to <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Sarah, Jo and Cla<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">re</span></span> on the <span style="color: #6aa84f;"><i><b>GOOD</b></i></span> side, </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and an even bigger thank you to <span style="color: #351c75;">They Who <i>Shall</i> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">B</span>e Named</span> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75;"> Sue, Ruth and Margaret</span> on the<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: white;"> <span style="color: white;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><i><b>EVIL</b></i></span></span></span> </span>side</span></span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Preparing ahead, I'd photographed Tony, Les and Fred last week </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">with the intention of holding a portrait workshop. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I mentioned that I had been in the restaurant business and felt </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">obliged to bring in some s<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">nacks i.e. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">J</span>am <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">T</span>arts and <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Viennese <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">W</span>hirls. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Oh yeah - I also discovered how to use the CD<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">-</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">radio<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">-</span>c</span>asette </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">p<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">la</span>yer last week so brought in some 80s musi<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">c. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Let's face it (no pun intended), faces - a<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">n<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">d</span></span> hands - <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">can be very</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">difficult to draw. There's so much going <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">on. While attend<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">in<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">g</span> an Ouse Life </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">life drawing class I found this poster all about portraiture. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">T</span>his was </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">W</span>hile I was redesigning the poster instructions, I learn<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ed</span> a lot </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the following life class. I realised I had been 'w<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">inging it' and hoping for </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">them with the<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ir work</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, and brought mirrors along just in case</span> John<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and </span>Alan<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span>came along. Which i<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">s just as we<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ll, </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">us all (herself included) with an excellent self portrait.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">After a busy bank holiday weekend - (we had visitors from a county far far away - deepest brightest Surrey) - I was rather tired, and probably did not have as much do-a-demo energy than I hoped to have. But I felt that the spark of comic book creativity was strong in King's Lynn. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The super angular visor is in, and graphic black bob is out. Face is out - featureless mask and massive plats in. No name, no mission, no problem! </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">...well if the members of the Denver Village trust weren't quite prepared for the evening I had in store, neither was I - <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">until I split the group in half.</span> The left hand side to chose the characteristics and appearance of the hero, the right hand side to choose the wrong hand side - the villain!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">While Chairman Terry Wright recounted the minutes of the last meeting, I thought I'd stood idle beside my easel long enough. And I was getting itchy anxious fingers. A few quick five minute sketches later I was mumbling something about my previous talk - something along the lines of how precise and measured I had to be when drawing local landmarks and buildings with an old steel dip pen and indian ink. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I referred to artworks such as the Downham Market Clocktower and Ely's illustrious Toppings Booksellers (in that window - how many books?!). I assured the gathered throng that there'd be no architectural dawdling, no cautious referencing, no small mindful movements, no <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">transcendental</span> breathing. No me sitting on my own thinking...<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and thinking.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In short - hand me the half blindfold, set the clock - point me at the board and tell me what to draw! Ok I might give you a clue, offer guidance - 'Wolverine claws?' 'Dr strange collar?' 'Emma Peel patent leather?' - but your the voice - <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">I'm the hands.</span> You're the remote, I'm the TV. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Let's hear it for Communal Creativity - he's here and he's now - I give you the one, no longer lonely -<span style="background-color: #ffe599;"> <b>'DENVER DAN!!'</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Talking to </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">anyone about a subject you generally kept </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">vacuum, but is defined by their environment? Great idea Roy).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">onto </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a blank piece of paper. I recall Paul and Gerry both came </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">- 'Buck Fast!(Lee)' </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">the weirder than weird 'V-Tol'! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">inspiration </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">from </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Punch magazine! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The same comics in the 60s - Dr Strange, Fantastic and </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Terrific </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">dreaded </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">blank piece of paper without any help. I often find it a </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">as I often do, I was running </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">out of time.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As it turned out, most people didn't need my help after all, but just got </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">for what they were drawing. The pots were a variety of shapes, material </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and age. The squarish pot was aluminium and probably from England, </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the ornate engraved pot was shiny brass and a gift from Turkey, </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and the copper pot that flutes outwards at the base was my dad's </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">While I was talking to Dennis about his drawings of greek coffee </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1950s, one of his jobs was to ensure all of the island's eighteen </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Since I am a big comic fan this reminded me of artist Gene Colan's </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Driving into Ely this sunlit Saturday morning to take part in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">TINDALLS </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Three Artists' Workshop</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">weekend,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> I knew it was going to be a good day. I'm not sure when I realised this, probably not when I was stuck behind a 'Sitra' 40 mph tanker for 20 minutes, more than likely it was when Emily and Emily came into Tindalls and told me how they wanted to design their superhero from - well, the boots up. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In my efforts to create a veritable Batcave of a classroom with hero sketches, character designs, a selection art books on Jack Kirby, Marvel and DC Comics, graphic novels and comic books - in the brightly lit classroom it probably came off more as The Fortress of Solitude.</span></div>
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