Alli Fairey

Quick on the draw: the worldwide appeal of sketching 100 people in a week Liz Steel and Marc Taro Holmes live on opposite sides of the globe, but connected through a sketching challenge. Now it’s a phenomenon If you’re lucky, you may spot Liz Steel tucked into the corner of a sun-dappled Sydney cafe, water-soluble pencils and markers in hand. Half a world away, Marc Taro Holmes is led by his sketchbook on to the thawing streets of Montreal, “like a bear coming out of hibernation”. The duo are co-founders of #OneWeek100People challenge, an informal global initiative that asks artists to sketch 100 people in seven days. The challenge, now in its 10th year, took place this week, but Steel and Holmes stress it is entirely for enjoyment and anyone can take it up and post with the hashtag at any time. Continue reading...

Quick on the draw: the worldwide appeal of sketching 100 people in a week

This is a good read ⬆️

America’s bomb mindset

"America... has never moved on from the war with Japan," writes Stand Grant. “The regime change and occupation of Imperial Japan shadows the so-called American Century.” satpa.pe/HSYjaOH

Pips #208 Hard 🔴
1:42

Pips #207 Hard 🔴
5:33

Didn’t quite make it to 40 🙂

It would have been devastating for me to leave feeling otherwise. I would feel that all the work I had done over 39 years was for nothing.

My final teaching job, before retiring, was in a school that has the recipe right in fostering caring, community minded young people. I was so pleased to leave teaching feeling confident that at least in that place, there was hope for a better future and outcomes for the majority of students.

I get that. Time and experience sharpens your understanding of individual potential in the young people we work with.

Saw it on the ABC News a few days ago. Disgusting behaviour.

Pips #202 Hard 🔴
7:37

2026 is 18% complete.

Working on some experiments for the artworks I am planning for the #incognitoartshow. Can reveal some extreme closeups only. Playing with ink pen, watercolour and coloured pencil to create texture.

😂

😱😂

She’s just working hard to get everyone together.

I can understand that. Why remove a marker for fond memories.

Cory Bernardi stands by bestiality claim ahead of SA election — ABC News One Nation's South Australian lead candidate Cory Bernardi says he

I watched this last night & it’s worth a look if you are considering voting for ON candidates in the upcoming SA election.

It wasn’t a question.

We have an old set up too, not quite at the scale of this. I remember when CD’s became the norm everyone was impressed with the quality of the sound but that was a con now in hindsight. Our system with our vinyl collection sounds so, so good.

How to divide a nation Australia needs a mature, balanced debate on immigration and it needs it as an urgent priority. Unfortunately, it is a policy area too easily abused by political opportunism, misinformation and emotio...

Hewson is always worth reading.

Wow! A stunning looking machine. So good that you are still using it.

JuneDawn

Hmm! That is lovely.

Wordle 1,720 2/6

⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
😱

Today’s walk was at the fabulous Port Hughes.

Lovely. Such a humble, honest and deserving man.

Wow! Well done you. I’ve never been able to run/jog. Best I could do was use an elliptical trainer at the gym for a solid 30 minutes….but that was many years ago now. You are training for running which is fabulous.

Forgetting to be kind.