March 31, 2013 by Leonie Andrews

Self Portrait

Here is my latest blind drawing, a self-portrait drawn on April Fool’s Day (probably apt). In lieu of having a mirror to draw with I used the ‘reverse’ camera function on my tablet.

February 2, 2013March 10, 2013 by Leonie Andrews

View from above, 1 February 2013

There’s no doubt that one of the best things about membership of the National Gallery is the view from the Member’s Lounge, looking down over the Sculpture Garden.

After seeing the Toulouse-Lautrec exhibition we repaired to the Member’s Lounge for a cup of coffee and a piece of cake. I remembered that while I had no pen and paper I did have the new wonder-phone which had a ‘sketchpad’ function. Away I went with a series of quick sketches using my phone’s stylus. Unfortunately I hadn’t worked out at this stage how to change the background so everything was on a grid!

Tress and paving;

warning sign’s for slippery surfaces;

a bench and light-pole;

and this strange ‘found’ shape that my partner described as “a whale with a tumour”, in one of the paving slates.

Later in the evening I found out how to change the background. Also a quick fiddle with some of the pre-set objects in the program.

January 14, 2013March 10, 2013 by Leonie Andrews

My left knee part 2

Here are some images of recovery. As you can see I’ve spent a lot of time looking down at my feet!

Here are my feet on Christmas day. Here I am using the exercise bike.

Following the removal of staples in my knee it was held together by steristrips.

The feline comfort factor, my cat curled up next to my leg with an ice-pack on it.

December 28, 2012March 10, 2013 by Leonie Andrews

My left knee Part 1

Rather too late I realised that I have never paid much artistic attention to my knees. Too late because my left knee has just been operated on to provide a partial knee replacement.

Here we are post-op.

I had some intersting gadgets to play with to improve my lung capacity following the anaesthetic

Messages were tied on all over me to ensure that I didn’t forget who I was, or something. I like the way the semi-transparent plastic effect has worked in this sketch.