7 DAYS IN NEW YORK

Meanwhile almost seven years later I was happy to travel on other side of the Pond and get lost in Big Apple again.  Heavy rain showers on the second day of my visit forced me to stay indoors and create some sketches.

5 YEARS

Five years ago I moved to London. So far it was greatest thing that happened to me in whole life.

WALL OF WALLY

A couple of months ago some of my Instagramm followers sent me a link on the project called Wall Of Wally. Many talented illustrators already created a portrait of Wally Olins. There are no deadline so if you are a practising illustrator it is not too late to join the project. So did I.

HACKNEY MAP

Early this May, I ran my 7th half-marathon. After each run, I was fascinated by the idea of putting my memories and impressions onto paper. Finally, after finishing the RunHackney half-marathon this month, I managed to turn my intensions into a real map.

This race is just two years old and I completed it both times. So, RunHackney is the only half marathon I have completed twice. I was always worried that running the same route could be a bit boring. But, it wasn't! All the way, I was comparing my memories from last year with what I saw right this time. By coincidence, most of my time in London has been spent living in the borough of Hackney. I've seen plenty of streets and places many times, but all of them were in my head as different pieces of a puzzle, but with no connection to each other. On this run, all of those pieces came together to form the complete jigsaw puzzle. It¹s fascinating how the city can shrink when you run through so many places within just a couple of hours! Running this half marathon was the perfect way to see the area where I live from a different angle. I'm already looking forward to standing on the start line in the spring of 2016.

Rare good picture of me running.

INK & INK

Came across stand with colourful inks at my local art supplies store. Apparently calligraphy could be bright and fun, depends on material you choose. I spent a couple of afternoons trying different options.

A WORLD OF MY OWN

Came across nice kids poetry while polishing my calligraphy skills. It was used in Alice In Wonderland (1951) movie, however not a part of famous novel by Lewis Carroll. Two nonsense creatures came along with the writing. 

If I had world of my own,
Everything would be nonsense.
Nothing would be what it is
Because everything would be
What it isn't.
And contrary wise what is,
It wouldn't be.
And what it wouldn't be,
It would.

You see?

HAPPY STATIONERY DAY

It turned out that 29 of April is the International Stationery day. In some countries it is even a week of stationery (29.04-03.05) My MOO printed cards arrived just on time! Yay