Radio silence: Part III: Additional accidental radio silence

So I had a few problems trying to post last time, and I'll admit, it was quite the mammoth entry, and I suspect they both might be reasons as to why I forgot to post for a while. That was July. Now it's about to be October. Never mind. Never mind. I'm back. I'm here. I have a ton of things to post. See? My radio silence hasn't been because I was too busy watching Sleepless in Seattle  and playing Zoo Tycoon.  Except I have reinstalled it (somewhat dangerously) on my computer. And I did watch S in S last night. But that's beside the point.

So. I've had enough work since July that I've even opened a new file on my computer called 'Work'. It all feels very responsible.

So. First. The Mission Statement, aka, the one when Mary discovers that drawing people is really hard.

It's not that I didn't find drawing people hard before, but I rediscovered it. Boy oh boy. I was asked to do this for a friend's Mum's school, although unfortunately asked mid-facebook message, and so I forgot all about it for a few weeks until I was gently reminded. And then it was rather worryingly near September and so I had to work pretty hard on it. And then I rediscovered how hard it is to draw people. Especially when in a pyramid. This was my first attempt:

 

I had very lovely comments back, except it was pointed out that this was for an Infant School. Maybe I should have checked that first. Anyway, then I lost all confidence, and scoured the internet for pictures of celebrities with their infant school-aged children. And while I was at it, I lost all confidence about drawing people generally, so I found other celebrities who looked a bit like teachers and governors, hence why this school has, on staff, Paul Rudd, Zooey Deschanel, Doris Day, James Earl Jones and Dustin Hoffmann. Like any school really. Also, the M&S and Asda school clothing departments were a massive help. Thanks, guys.

The other thing that I was doing at about this point was the programme for Mistley Movies, our local community cinema project. I was asked to do the outside of the programme, so that the inside could be changed a few times during the season. Here's the front:

It was printed in black and white onto yellow which unfortunately somewhat lost the 20th Century Fox-esque spotlights, but this is how it was supposed to look. The drawing is of the Mistley Towers which was designed by fancy neoclassical architect, Robert Adam, and used to be the church before it was demolished, I think, because it was falling down. I kind of wish that it hadn't fallen down. It was so fancy:

It was supposed to be suitably fancy for the spa-town that Mistley was to become. I saw pictures this last weekend of the original plans. Think Bath, in miniature. Anyway, for anyone who doesn't know Mistley, I can attest: it is no spa-town. Lovely in its own right, and rammed with swans, but not a spa-town. Anyway. It was demolished around 1870 when the new church was built. The only bits that remain are the towers at either end. So this, and the swans, are pretty iconic of Mistley, and since I don't have the fondest of feelings for the swans, the towers got the film-premiere treatment.

You're welcome, Robert Adam.