#250 Plectrum or Plectra

My new (late birthday) wooden plectrums. From bottom: African Blackwood, African mahogany, African Zebrawood, Red Oak. They feel really nice to hold and play with, much nicer than plastic ones.

#249 Flat Tyre

Another cycling day and a first medal for GB! Woop woop! Lizzie Armistead won silver in the ladies road race, so I've drawn my flat tyre.

#248 Bike Seat

I am not promising to make an Olympic themed picture everyday but I'll give it a go! My bike seat in the shed links very nicely to the men's road race that is currently being contested. C'mon Cav!

#247 Olympic Rings

I am looking forward to the Olympics opening ceremony so much I may have got carried away with today's drawing. I'm not sure if the organising committee will come after me for making a drawing of the logo... Watch this space!

#246 Canvas's

Lots and lots of canvas's all ready for paintin' on.

#245 Great Britain v New Zealand

This, as I'm sure you all know, was the very first sporting action of the Olympic games. This was the very first kick of the game, I was there and we (GB) won! Oddly we were sat in amongst what I think we're some of the NZ players families, they were very passionate, but also very quiet when GB scored with a thundering free kick. I blummin' love the Olympics!

#244 Leaf shadows

I may be a little obsessed with shadows at the minute. This is the last little bit of sunlight on our garden before the house blocks it off. Complete with slug eaten leaf shadows.

#243 Shadow

Sure, the sun is good but so are shadows! Don't forget the shadows.

#242 Rug

This is our front room rug, a devil to vacuum!

#241 Pine Tree

This tree was a tiny sapling that grew on the street near our old flat underneath its huge parent, we snuck out in the dead of night and dug it up...years later it grows very happily on our patio.

#240 Debbie's Embroidery

Debbie is making these great embroidered ladies at the minute, very nice so I drew one for you!

#239 Trowell in the shed

It was hanging there so I painted it. That's how it goes.

#238 Studio

Not my personal studio just a corner of one of the ones at work (University of glozzershire) nice light effect this evening from the ... Wait for it... The sun!

#237 New Phone

Hooray I have regained contact with the outside world, do please send me a text with your name on because I .. Umm.. Well ...I put the old one in the washing machine. So I've lost all my numbers. There I've admitted it. Fool.

#236 Door Window

Here is the view from our front door, it is a horrible door that needs changing for one that doesn't let the wind in. I know, I know I ask for the moon on a stick.

#235 Hanging Basket Hook

These can be precarious little beasties, this one has fallen off once...fingers crossed.

#234 Corn

You can't beat a bit of corn, well you can't if you are a chicken.

#233 Cactus Silhouette

Rather a distinguished shape don't you think?

#232 Birthday Hat

Happy birthday to me! I have a lovely day and great pressies. This is a tiny crocheted hat that Debbie made for me, I have quite a collection of them now, this one is in Norwich city themed colours! On The ball city!

#231 Seagulls

Ok, I'm going to try and get through this post without swearing. These seagulls, I think it was these ones, have been keeping me awake and/or waking me up for the last few weeks. Delightful creatures aren't they?

I once saw one take a waffle out of a French ladies hand, just as she was about to eat it. Anyway on a light note this is my birthday 'eve'! Looking forward to birthday day and birthday 'boxing day' and then birthday weekend. I wonder if anyone has got me a shotgun for shooting the seagulls with for my birthday......

#230 Palette

Another one! This one is for egg tempera painting and the colours you see are pure pigment mixed with water, waiting to be added to the egg binder medium ready for painting. Lovely, lovely colour.

#229 Biscuit

I made biscuits yesterday, I can't believe I didn't mention it! But here is one of them, complete with bite, well 'in'complete with bite.

#228 Eggs and Milk

I really liked how the milk mixed in with the eggs during preparation for our scrambled egg dinner.

#227 Cross

I have been returning drawings to artists whose work didn't get into the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2012 today, myself included. As you can see from the chalk X on the back of my three drawings. I should perhaps enter this one next year.....

#226 Poppy

Happy birthday mum! Regular followers will have of course noted that today is my mums birthday and I nearly always paint a poppy.

#225 Bunting

Currently our house is covered with various coloured pieces of bunting, Debbie making loads of different colour ways I like the stripey sailor style, ahoy! Also, hello to my friend Ben (Bunting).

#224 Shapes

More fun shapes from evening class!

#223 Triangle and Satsuma

I hope my evening class group are as excited about fruit and coloured shapes as I am!

#222 Painty Palette on a Painty Table

Studio clear up this evening, lots of brightly coloured pastel dust and surprise an almost clean palette.

#221 Plectrum

My plectrum tucked up under guitar strings behind the bridge so as to not be in the way but easily accessible should I need it. I tend to use my fingers for plucking, but you never know when you might need a plectrum.