Using Spotify
For an article about Spotify spreading its service to Russia, Billboard magazine.
Rural England
Our small trip through rural England.
Go away, bear!
There was a Young Lady of Clare,
Who was sadly pursued by a bear;
When she found she was tired,
She abruptly expired,
That unfortunate Lady of Clare.
E.Lear, 1846
Until tomorrow, old man!
There was an Old Man, on whose nose,
Most birds of the air could repose;
But they all flew away,
At the closing of day,
Which relieved that Old Man and his nose.
E.Lear, 1846
Come get me!
There was an Old Man of Aosta,
Who possessed a large Cow, but he lost her;
But they said, "Don't you see,
She has rushed up a tree?
You invidious Old Man of Aosta!"
E.Lear, 1846
Dumb, but calm
There was a Young Lady of Parma,
Whose conduct grew calmer and calmer;
When they said, "Are you dumb?"
She merely said, "Hum!"
That provoking Young Lady of Parma.
E.Lear, 1846
Blue helicopter
Here comes the magician on the blue helicopter, with an eskimo:
Mice is nice!
There was an Old Person of Ewell,
Who chiefly subsisted on gruel;
But to make it more nice,
He inserted some mice,
Which refreshed that Old Person of Ewell.
E.Lear, 1846
IF - stir
He couldn't swim
There was an Old Person of Ems,
Who casually fell in the Thames;
And when he was found,
They said he was drowned,
That unlucky Old Person of Ems.
E.Lear, 1846
You say hi, I say low
There was an old Person of Burton,
Whose answers were rather uncertain;
When they said, "How d'ye do?"
He replied, "Who are you?"
That distressing old person of Burton.
E.Lear, 1846
The casement case
There was an Old Man at a casement,
Who held up his hands in amazement;
When they said, "Sir, you'll fall!"
He replied, "Not at all!"
That incipient Old Man at a casement.
E.Lear, 1846
Crossroad in Surbiton
Here's a desperate attempt to fix the unfixable - this sketch was laying for two months in the waste paper pile, until today, when I decided to see I can make it look like something. After all, I made an effort to make the inital drawing: went to the pub, sat near the window, spent some time sketching the street view.
Here's the result - I covered the half of the page with black ink, as it was the night anyway, and fix some detail here and there.
Kingston Bridge
I had a plan to draw Kingston from the opposite side of the river for a long time, and now I had a chance to do it. The nature was a bit against me this time - a nice warm early-spring day turned into a gloomy and windy catastrophe when I started to paint, and the bridge turned a strange pale-green colour. In the end of the hour the weather became sunny again and I could finish the sketch with relative comfort. I'm looking forward to warm spring days already, down with this winter!
By the way, I just learned I wasn't very original with the choice of sketching location, as the Wikipedia article about Kingston Upon Thames is showing Kingston Bridge from about the same viewpoint!
Slug is good for your guts
There was an Old Person of Sparta,
Who had twenty-five sons and one daughter;
He fed them on snails,
And weighed them in scales,
That wonderful person of Sparta.
E.Lear, 1846
Whatever you call'em
There was an Old Lady of Prague,
Whose language was horribly vague;
When they said, "Are these caps?"
She answered, "Perhaps!"
That oracular Lady of Prague.
E.Lear, 1846
Light the lighthouse!
There was an Old Man of the Cape,
Who possessed a large Barbary Ape;
Till the Ape one dark night,
Set the house on a light,
Which burned that Old Man of the Cape.
E.Lear, 1846
My turbo aunt
There was a Young Girl of Majorca,
Whose aunt was a very fast walker;
She walked seventy miles,
And leaped fifteen stiles,
Which astonished that Girl of Majorca.
E.Lear, 1846
IF - warning
