Childhood D'oh
Apr. 19th, 2010 03:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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wieselkind about when my Dad first bought me a field guide. I was about 7 or 8 and it was around then that I became obsessed with wildlife. I guess the one good thing about this condition of mine is even though it hurts to move around, I can still lay in bed and draw. Click through to the fullsized version.
I also found out via email today that the insect illustration course has been postponed due to...you guessed it...the tutor being stranded in Israel due to the volcano.Boo.
wieselkind about when my Dad first bought me a field guide. I was about 7 or 8 and it was around then that I became obsessed with wildlife. I guess the one good thing about this condition of mine is even though it hurts to move around, I can still lay in bed and draw. Click through to the fullsized version. |
I also found out via email today that the insect illustration course has been postponed due to...you guessed it...the tutor being stranded in Israel due to the volcano.Boo.
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Date: 2010-04-19 03:09 pm (UTC)If I had the power to summon all children's book publishers to look at this post, I would...
Hope you're feeling better soon.
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Date: 2010-04-19 05:15 pm (UTC)I found the book on Amazon just now, though I suspect it's undergone multiple printings since then.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Field-Guide-Mexican-Peterson-Guides/dp/0395483549/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271697211&sr=8-12
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Date: 2010-04-19 03:36 pm (UTC)Get well soon. xx
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Date: 2010-04-19 05:32 pm (UTC)It was a nice thing to draw while in bed. Not too large scale.
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Date: 2010-04-20 10:54 am (UTC)I've also been to Guatemala. (Tikal, Antigua, Panajachel and the Pacaya volcano.)
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Date: 2010-04-20 11:00 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-04-20 11:07 am (UTC)It's screwed up, however, that actual Mayan people can't go to most of these places anymore.