Art – Notes from Ben

A Kind of Paradise

We resisted buying an iPad until about a month ago – I needed to see how our website Notes in Spanish looked on one after a big redesign. And we have listeners who download our Spanish products onto iPads, and it was a bit embarrassing to admit that as a podcasting multimedia company we couldn’tContinue reading “A Kind of Paradise”

Did I draw more?

In January I proposed a series of changes for myself this year, which I would like to revisit this week, to see if any progress has been made. The first was to draw more. Well, I think I succeeded. I didn’t draw a lot, but I definitely drew more. I got very into doing portraitContinue reading “Did I draw more?”

Joy – Bike – Park

On Monday, as part of Madrid’s ‘de-escalation’ process, the great Casa de Campo park opened. It’s a vast area of wild parkland right next to the city center, which I’ve been sorely missing. I normally go several times a week on my bike, and it’s been painfully off-limits since March 16th. So when I foundContinue reading “Joy – Bike – Park”

Haiku Fun

My sister Ellie sent me a challenge, illustrate this Haiku: The mad girlIn the boat at midday,Spring currents. Here’s mine… Here’s Ellie’s: I really enjoyed this 🙂 Seems like a fine way to spend these strange days. Apt advice from other times: “None of us know what will happen. Don’t spend time worrying about it.Continue reading “Haiku Fun”

Collaboration

My little daughter occasionally takes my phone when no one is looking and manages to activate the camera. Then I find lots of photos like this: I thought this next one was actually very good, no idea what it is: When she went to bed I put it into Photoshop, spun it 90º, fiddled withContinue reading “Collaboration”

Change 1: Draw

There are a series of nice changes I am making in my life. I’d like to write about them, and see how they stick. The first, is to draw more again. My grandmother was an artist, and my mother worked for a while in a shop selling antiquarian books and art, which meant that weContinue reading “Change 1: Draw”