Fame At Last! - As seen in Marc Taro Holmes' blog Citizen Sketcher

I checked out Marc Taro Holmes blog 'Citizen Sketcher' today, and lo and behold, he had quoted several of the comments left on his blog about the 30x30 Direct Watercolour Challenge. Whose do you think was first? Yes, mine! I you want to check it out, then either click on the link on the right, or on this one below:-
Marc Taro Holmes - Citizen Sketcher

One Sketch #100 (ONE HUNDRED!) Laurel and Hardy

Upon the screen
They don't grow old
And don't forget
That laughter's gold.

I shan't lie - I really had no idea what I was going to sketch today. I did know that I had a hankering to do a paint sketch, a direct watercolour sketch. For some reason I'm still not sure Laurel and Hardy popped into my head. I mean, I've always liked them, ever since I as a id and their shorts used to be shown often on the BBC. But why today - not sure at all. Still, it seemed natural once I had chosen them to do them in monochrome. And I really liked the blue monochrome I did in Swansea on the last

One Sketch #99) Cancer Crab (Monday 2nd July)

A tricky beast is a cancer crab
The eyes that glare, the claws that grab
The claws that pinch, and nip, and stab
For all of that, I think he's fab.

This is a little bit of lateral thinking. Monday 2nd is the birthday of my youngest daughters - twins. By that score, they should be Gemini, like me. However, cancer crabs they are, and an utter joy in every way. Hence the selection of the cancer crab for today.