I have Peggy Lee stuck in my head. Well, not Peggy Lee in particular, just a lot of blues songs. I was listening to the CBC on Saturday like usual for Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap and the show was all about women who sing the blues. Wonderful show, I listened to it online again. So now I've got a lot of classics like Memphis Minnie, Barrelhouse Annie, Mary Johnson, Diana Krall and Rita Chiarell all running through my head. It makes it fun to work on art though!
Speaking of - somehow, my teacher loved my little half-hour illustration. I lied a little when he asked how long it took, because he's time-prejudiced like that, but he seemed to really enjoy it. Don't know how to feel about it, but at least this will save me time. For our next project I'm going to show some sketches for two very different styles - the one he likes, and the one I actually use in my sketchbook.
When Sam got home I found she had gotten me some presents! Pictures from my trip to her cottage in a frame and some chai from Geneva! Love chai , now with a good mix of tea leaves I can make some in a pot. A good chai comes from putting spices in water on the stove first, boiling that until the water turns colour a little then adding tea leaves to steep. Generally you can put whatever you want as the base spices, but I usually have cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cardamon, black pepper and cloves. Next to coffee, chai is my favourite drink but only when it's made properly.
Hey! NOVA's "The Elegent Universe" is online - go watch it. But first, listen to some blues.
