The Amalgamation

Tuesday 6 May 2008 2.57 pm

Trapped in the suburbs…

but thinking about the beach!

Graphite pencil on tinted paper, May 2008.

Saturday 26 April 2008 approximately 1pm

Yesterday - took a trip to the country. The cows were feeling agitated at us snapping photos of them. So, when one cow sneezed, the other leapt into the air in fright.

P.S. Is it a-choo or a-moo?

Tuesday 8 April 2008 approx 3.00 pm

Sigh! Feeling full of inspiration but something seems to get lost in the translation from my head to the finished product.

Saturday 29 March 2008 8.55 pm

Nothing like spending all day at a soggy music “festival” only to have it washed out an hour before your favourite band.

Copyright F. Lokot 2007

Graphite pencil on paper, August 2008.

This was drawn at a time when I was quite ill, and the medication caused significant weight increases. It was an awful time, and I hope I don’t experience anything like that again. There was a time when my figure was not far off the body shape of the girl in this drawing, so it was something of a shock to have such rapid weight gain, when, aside from pregnancy, I had never experienced that before. Sigh!

Sunday 23 March 2008 - 2.30 pm

In Brighton, on the beach. After growing up in the country, I find these suburban beaches quite foreign. They’re neat, controlled, covered in signs, full of rich people with pedigree dogs, and massive houses overlooking the bay.

Tuesday 18 March 2008 - 9.54 am

Reading in the local paper about a series of aggressive vandalism attacks on a local Roman Catholic church. Statues and trees were graffitied, and a memorial garden has been ruined. Sadly, the church members are now stuck fixing their church, while unknown vandals break the law.

A sign saying “Christ has risen” was smashed. And I wonder - if those vandals truly knew the wonder of this Truth, would they still deface churches?

There seems to be a diminishing level of respect out there.

17 March 2008 - time- ? after 8.00 pm

It was at least 39 degrees Celsius today. It’s Autumn - what’s happening to the weather?!

The power has gone out in part of our street. The neighbours still have theirs - the air conditioner is pumping away. Not us. We don’t have air con, just a little fan. We can’t even run that! So, a house full of candles. Too hot.  >

- me, drawing in the dark, lamenting that the waffles won’t get cooked now.

13 March 2008 - around 3pm

So, tell me, is global warming the reason we’re having 38 degrees Celsius days in Autumn, or is it just a hot summer? My husband tells me it’s because we’re in Australia - but I’ve lived in this state all my life and it always seemed a lot colder and greener than in recent years.

Figure 1.1: scorching hot sun beaming down on parched ground and heat rising from road.

Sunday 9 March 2008 - 4.40 pm

I hate Sunday afternoon television… actually, I dislike tv at the best of times. But why ruin a beautiful afternoon with tv?!

“Take that, tv!”

- some laid back tourism programme

- remote controller

Pencil and ink liner on paper, April 2008.

Pencil on paper, April 2008.

This was actually just a quick practice sketch inspired by an art book I was reading. It was emphasising issues to do with perspective, vanishing points and all that. So, this is one of the sketches I did, trying to develop a sense of distance using shapes and colours.

Pen and pastel pencil on tinted paper, May 2008.

Sunday 9 March 2008, 4 pm-ish

Sunny, hot and invading the in-laws’ swimming pool…

- Me (sleepy)

Friday 7 March 2008 - sometime in the afternoon.

After a quick trip to our local multinational coffee corporation branch, we’ve discovered a new way to cleanse one’s system.

- Sudden stomach pains…

Pencil on paper, April 2008.

Pencil on paper, May 2008.

Inspired by Triceratops. I think I made the neck too long. Man, dinosaurs can be difficult to draw!

Dinosaurs and the Bible

How do dinosaurs fit in with a Biblical worldview? There are various interpretations and ideas. Here are some Triceratops-themed articles, written by scientists and academics who believe the Bible, offering some ideas on this topic:

- http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/5592/ M. J. Oard - “Watery catastrophe deduced from huge Ceratopsian dinosaur graveyard.” 2002.

- http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/2493 J. Sarfati - “Liaosaurus: a ‘missing link’ of the horned dinos?” 2002.

- http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/696 D.L. Swift - “Messages on stone.” 1997.

Friday 7 March 2008 - 10.11 am

A fw nights ago we went to a concert. I think the timing was terrible - I’m still recovering from surgery. But the concert was great. Mind you, I had a throbbing jaw ache, was sitting down the whole time, and was all ear plugged - but it was good.

- The Chemical Brothers

- The skinny geek dance

- The chunky bloke dance

- The sound / lighting guys appeared to be enjoying it

- Thousands of people represented by squiggly lines

- The cool girly raver dance

Sunday 2 March 2008 - 2.45 pm

Playground in Hastings, Victoria.

It has a bit of a seafaring theme - the main playground has the appearance of a ship.

There’s a small boat on the water-type ride… Except that it’s on bark chips.

- My eldest child sits in the front of the boat, yelling at his younger sister to “hurry up, the waves are too big!”

Sunday 2 March 2008 - 2.40 pm

At the beach - this one has pelicans.

Two of them were biting each other - fighting over fish heads thrown by tourists on the pier!

6.00 pm - 24 February 2008

Sunday night, on the couch, recovering from an operation. I must look a miserable sight. My face is swollen and covered in bruises. It hurts to open and close my mouth. I’m living off pureed foods. Glad I don’t have to get my wisdom teeth out more than once.

- tblue dressing gown highlights my facial bruises

- ice packs held on by a bandage

Pencil on paper, 2008.

Pastel pencil and pen on paper, May 2008.

Pen on paper, April 2008.

Inspired  by reconstructions of German pterosaurs… in case you hadn’t guessed from the title!