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did this from the cafe across the road, whilst eating a flapjack.
this pub does a good sunday roast. its also very old and historic. but the main thing is it does a good sunday roast.
Our Lady of Lanikai (rendered in colored pencils)
This unique representation of the Blessed Virgin was inspired by a profound personal experience that I had in 2004 involving a tiny pebble. Back then I had a health crisis during which I was undergoing severe abdominal pains for several weeks - my doctor had scheduled medical testing to determine the cause of my pains, and as I awaited the results, I have to admit that I was a bit anxious.
I went to a nearby beach - Lanikai Beach (see the Comments Section of this photo) - with a few friends to relax and pray, but despite my best efforts, I couldn't rid myself completely of my anxiety. I remember silently asking the Lord and the Blessed Mother to help me and that's when I happened to glance up at the sky above the ocean. I was surprised to see a perfectly round cloud with a letter "V" hollowed into the center of it. I quickly drew my friends' attention to the cloud and we watched it for almost a minute as the sky-blue "V" slowly expanded into a clear shape of a Heart, while the cloud itself retained it's circular form.
After a few more minutes the cloud eventually dissipated, leaving all of us deeply impressed. My friends and I discussed the unusual formations and we all concluded that the blue "V" stood for "Virgin Mary" and the Heart was obviously the symbol for Love; taken all together, the whole event was interpreted as a personal sign from the Blessed Mother that she would take care of me... but the matter didn't end there.
I continued to pray, and as I did so, I absent-mindedly picked up clumps of sand and threw them into the ocean. I noticed that a single sand pebble remained sticking to one of my fingers, and when I took a closer look at it, I was amazed by its appearance - the pebble bore an uncanny resemblance to a classic Madonna-and-Child figure, almost like a tiny 1/2 inch statue of the Holy Virgin carrying the infant Jesus (see the Comments Section)! As I pondered this additional grace my heart was further eased and I was filled with immense peace. Needless to say, my test results were favorable as they brought to light a minor intestinal condition that was easily treated with medication.
This drawing depicts the unusual cloud formations that I witnessed on that fateful day in 2004, and in the center, I drew a stylized representation of the Madonna-and-Child image that I believe to be present in the pebble that I found on the beach. Behind the Virgin is beautiful Lanikai Beach with it's blue waters and world-famous famous "twin islands".
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Channel 4, Office
HDA : Hugh Dutton, Façade & Atrium
Client : DPJEV
Architect : Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Date : 1991-1993
See more at : www.hda-paris.com/
Both NGC 4856, a Lenticular Galaxy, and NGC 4902, a Barred Spiral Galaxy, easily fit into the same one-degree field-of-view in my 155mm refractor at a magnification of 84x. Both are relatively easy to locate because NGC 4856 is east of a bright 7.0 magnitude star while NGC 4902 is nearly rubbing against a pair of 10th magnitude stars.
NGC 4856 is the brighter of the pair and it shows a star-like nucleus while NGC 4902 is more amorphous showing no detail from my suburban backyard. NGC 4902 is somewhat of a ghost since it is so close to the pair of 10th magnitude stars. The galaxy’s weak glow requires a bit of work to tease out from the glare of the twin stars.
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Pen : Lamy Safari Charcoal Fountain Pen, Extra Fine Nib
Ink : Noodler’s Ink – Polar Black
Medium : Derwent Inktense Watersoluble Pencils, Staedler Karat Aquarell Watercolour Pencils, Daler-Rowney Acrylic Titanium White
Paper : Tracing paper
Technical Drawing for the dress with description
Design: XeniaK (me)
Styling: XeniaK, Mira Kassar, Louise Korner
Model: Mira Kassar
Photos: Random from guests and participants
Location: Aura Mayfair club, London
Original mixed media drawing of the Great Buddha of Kamakura. A bronze statue of Amida Buddha that is located on the grounds of the Kotokuin Temple in Japan.
3.5"x 5.25" inches drawn on Fabriano Medioevalis watercolor paper. I used watercolor and acrylic paints as well as colored pencil, uni-ball ink pens and OTR paint markers.