tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71936734312917686352024-03-19T01:46:58.018-07:00Drawing and IllusionJulian Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856471017809221958noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193673431291768635.post-43754966562066324992019-10-02T12:18:00.004-07:002020-03-23T05:23:43.727-07:00Seven days in Naples
Seven Days in Naples
In the summer heat
the air remains cool
as it flows
through the high walled arteries of my beloved Napoli
Symphonies of light
There is a French film, I do not know its name, about the platonic relationship between an old artist and a beautiful voluptuous model who he is protecting from the Nazis in Vichy France. She is an ordinary brave Julian Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856471017809221958noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193673431291768635.post-64630159539449694332019-07-26T03:09:00.001-07:002019-07-26T03:09:18.924-07:00British Birds
Gifts and Greeting Cards for Bird Watchers
I have been working on making some ceramic mugs and greeting cards for bird watchers. I thought you would enjoy a blog post describing how the development process works.
I decided the range would be centred on the birds that visit the bird table. I started by making pencil studies of birds. This is a example of a page of pencil Julian Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856471017809221958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193673431291768635.post-2067223257675373882019-06-10T12:29:00.000-07:002019-09-27T18:25:30.854-07:00The Streets of Naples
The Streets of Naples
(Stories from a Tourist Visiting Naples)
Priscilla and her friend dancing with castanets
Some say Naples, living under the thumb of Comorra thuggery and lying
prostrate before the looming malfeasance of Mount Vesuvius, is cursed. The
local people respond by being rowdy, disrespectful, anarchic, free and living every day as if
they will be engulfed Julian Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856471017809221958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193673431291768635.post-49818019514375792562018-10-18T07:59:00.001-07:002018-10-18T12:08:14.668-07:00Les Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Les Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo
(An All Male Dance Company)
Long Zou
The Troks kindly let me watch their rehearsals. I have written a blog post about them before, you can find it here. I might add a text to these drawings if I find the time!
Long Zou
Alberto Pretto
Alberto Pretto
Alberto Pretto
Alberto Pretto
Alberto Pretto
Alberto PrettoJulian Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856471017809221958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193673431291768635.post-27504953246695905582018-10-01T06:44:00.000-07:002018-10-08T06:40:58.264-07:00Giuseppe 's Battered Rose
I have been in Naples by myself for a week; drawing, drawing, drawing. I met so many interesting people and really had one of the happiest week's of my life. Now I have to write a blog about the wonderful bohemian spirit of that battered, chaotic, kind and charming city. It is so good to be alive!
My hotel was the cheapest I could find. It was a clean room with a littleJulian Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856471017809221958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193673431291768635.post-35148113714838161462018-09-17T15:56:00.000-07:002018-09-29T16:05:35.724-07:00Digital Ripples Across Frontiers
INTRODUCTION
You may have already have read two books that have recently been high on the non-fiction best sellers
lists. Sapiens and Homo Deus by Professor Yuval Noah
Harari are an original take about what ignited the big bang of creativity that occurred in our species about 40 - 60 thousand
years ago.
Professor
Harari postulates that the Julian Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856471017809221958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193673431291768635.post-61078604768536596072018-05-12T03:30:00.000-07:002018-11-20T03:02:40.762-08:00Three Days in the City of Angels
A taxi met us met at the airport and took us to an apartment. We had rented a small apartment adjacent to the walls of Vatican City. Originally I had planned the holiday as a Christmas present for Mami. Sadly Mami stayed behind to look after an old cat that needs a lot of special care and instead I was accompanied by a lovely couple, Jung and Julie. Julian Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856471017809221958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193673431291768635.post-21423213372070274282017-09-18T09:29:00.000-07:002017-09-18T10:21:47.309-07:00Come Back to Sorrento
Come Back To Sorrento
We landed in Rome and travelled down Italy to just north of Naples where there is the birth place mozzarella cheese, pizza and the little town of Caserta with its palace built by the king of Naples. The king's instructions to Vanvittali, his Dutch Architect, were to build a palace that would be bigger and more beautiful that Versailles. The building has over Julian Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856471017809221958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193673431291768635.post-67961425703143089932017-08-28T04:34:00.002-07:002017-09-06T13:44:23.733-07:00100 Moths and Butterflies in my garden
At the beginning of August I bought a Robinson Moth Trap and re-engaged with a childhood passion for moths. The traps are the same design as they were in the 1960s; a circular box
under powerful 150 watt Mercury vapour light.
The moths slip down a funnel and settle on egg trays inside the trap. It is estimated that the average
British Garden has about 500 species of Julian Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856471017809221958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193673431291768635.post-80567457879554345412017-05-04T03:07:00.000-07:002017-05-04T07:50:10.420-07:00Jenny Wren - Troglodytes troglodytesJenny Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes
There is something valiant about Jenny, Kitty-me-wren or Our Lady's Hen. She is our most common breeding bird, a little bird of the earth that stalks us on our walks around the garden. She never flies very high, we catch occasional glimpses of her skulking out of sight, poking about in holes and peering under things, disappearing and Julian Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856471017809221958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193673431291768635.post-64036587796332003562017-04-28T09:50:00.000-07:002017-04-28T09:23:33.437-07:00The House Sparrow - Passer domesticus
The Gregarious House Sparrows Passer domesticus
My Grandfather used to call them Spadgers. The male can be recognised by his black bib and more vivid
markings. Local British names include sparrow, sparr, sparrer, spadger,
spadgick , spug, Spuggies, spur or Sprig (Scotland) Spatzie or Spotsie (N
America) from the German Spatz which has a common etymological root with speed Julian Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856471017809221958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193673431291768635.post-84042203715686848962017-04-28T09:47:00.000-07:002017-04-28T06:50:55.826-07:00The Mute Swan - Cynus olor
British Birds : The Mute Swan Cynus olor
Mute swans, the commonest swan native to Northern Europe, are easily
identified by the black knob atop their orange beaks. Swans pair for life and return to the same
nest every year which they defend by hissing aggressively and chasing away
intruders, otherwise except for the odd grunt and hoarse whistle, they are mute as the name Julian Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856471017809221958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193673431291768635.post-27462826256003801842017-04-27T10:15:00.000-07:002017-04-27T10:46:03.964-07:00The Blue Tit - Cyanistes caeruleusThe Blue Tit on Acer Cyanistes caeruleus
Blue tits, well known for their
love of collecting peanuts from the winter bird table, time their
breeding cycle
to coincide with the feast of green caterpillars found on young Oak
leaves in May. During the summer months the parents can be seen hanging
upside down inspecting the underside of leaves for small grubs, spiders
and
Julian Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856471017809221958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193673431291768635.post-27926542750127994312017-04-27T10:13:00.002-07:002017-04-27T11:30:25.459-07:00 The Robin - Turdus migratorius
The Robin Turdus migratorius
There is nothing bashful about the Robin with their loud red breasts, loud melodic singing voices and bold opportunistic habit of following us around to cash
in on the insects
and worms we expose as we walk through patches of rotting leaves or dig our gardens with our spades, they can become extremely tame and
some will feed from the hand. In Julian Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856471017809221958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193673431291768635.post-55218863112458359742017-04-27T10:12:00.002-07:002017-04-27T10:45:24.988-07:00Long Tailed Titmice - Aegithalos caudatusLong Tailed Titmice Aegithalos caudatus
Long Tailed Tit (mice) are amongst our smallest birds. They use
their tails as a counter-balance as they seesaw and flit–tumble from branch to branch. In
winter large family groups come to our gardens announcing their arrival with high-pitched, rolling calls of “si-si-si-si-si" and a distinctive trilled ‘tsirrup’: Once you’ve learntJulian Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856471017809221958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193673431291768635.post-72933046257357728962017-04-27T10:11:00.002-07:002017-04-27T10:50:40.607-07:00The Bullfinch - Pyrrhula pyrrhula
The Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
The Bull Finch’s voluptuous pink breast and white rump make it one of the easiest birds to identify,
but for many birdwatchers its call, a low mew, is often the first signs of
bullfinches being present. They feed
voraciously on the buds of fruit
trees in orchards which why they are sometimes called Bud Finch, Plum Birds or Bud Pickers
(Devon).Julian Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856471017809221958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193673431291768635.post-13080951921976955222017-04-27T09:53:00.002-07:002017-04-27T10:51:04.186-07:00The Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis
The Goldfinch Carduelis
carduelis
"Charms" of Goldfinch
will often be seen feeding in meadows on thistledown and teasel. This love of prickly plants has led to the
birds being associated with Christ’s Passion.
The story goes that a goldfinch flew down to the cross and
pulled a thorn from Christ’s brow leaving the bird’s faces splashed
with the blood of Christ. InJulian Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856471017809221958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193673431291768635.post-418151402208354142017-02-01T11:06:00.000-08:002017-04-19T06:42:22.230-07:00The Intelligence of Grass: Part 1
The Intelligence of Grass
Part One
The Making of Intelligence
The Church of La Sainte Chapelle
If you ever visit Paris you should take a trip to the light-filled church of La Sainte Chapelle which is a marvel of the flamboyant (Rayonnant) style of Gothic architecture.
La Sainte-Chapelle in Paris
La Sainte-Chapelle in Paris photo Julian Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856471017809221958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193673431291768635.post-16235535544124746942016-10-21T11:28:00.003-07:002016-11-21T04:05:41.385-08:00The Kanneh-Mason Family - VideosThis is Sheku, he is the third of seven Kanneh-Mason children. This year Sheku was crowned BBC Young Musician and the Year (2016).
Sheku Kanneh-Mason playing the Cello
Following his success Sheku was invited to perform at two BBC Prom concerts and has signed a contract to make CDs with Decca. Sheku has a distinctive mop of hair and is cool.
Sheku Rees Kanneh-Mason
Julian Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856471017809221958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193673431291768635.post-25028935699652760332016-09-06T02:08:00.001-07:002016-09-08T01:24:04.680-07:00The Best of this Summers Drawings.
I have not been abroad this summer, but at weekends and on sunny evenings I have been out drawing at Wiseman's Bridge where the beach was often crowded with families and holiday makers.
Many say hello because they already know me from previous years. This sketch brings back vivid
memories of little Ava and Lola walking on the beach with their father and dog
Ava, Julian Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856471017809221958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193673431291768635.post-48391836816692620872016-09-01T11:06:00.000-07:002017-10-14T18:52:07.174-07:00The Intelligence of Grass: Part 1 A review of Human Creativity
The Church of La Sainte Chapelle
If you ever visit Paris you should take a trip to the light-filled church of La Sainte Chapelle which is a marvel of the Rayonnant (flamboyant) style of Gothic architecture. The Master Builder in charge of the construction probably relied on simple plans that were perhaps as much held in his head as on paper. His team
were madeJulian Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856471017809221958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193673431291768635.post-36491781132558294752016-08-26T03:08:00.001-07:002016-08-26T03:14:12.752-07:00The Race at The Vermin GamesI created this 90 second video during the 2016 Olympics in Rio. It took a lot longer than 90 seconds to make, I hope you will all enjoy it
The idea for The Race was developed from an earlier story I wrote for the 2012 London Olympics
Julian Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856471017809221958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193673431291768635.post-10205053733284521502016-06-29T05:06:00.001-07:002016-06-29T08:14:16.540-07:00Three Films about Erik Satie's Life
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ERIK SATIE : THREE SHORT FILMS
Part 1 : An Introduction to Erik Satie
Part 2 : Satie's Four Jokes that Changed the History of Art
Part 3 : Erik Satie and the Performing Arts
Links to the Text for these films
Part 1 - An Introduction to Erik Satie
Part 2 Four Jokes that Changed the History of Art
Part 3 - Erik Satie and theJulian Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856471017809221958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193673431291768635.post-76509236045944014232016-05-15T03:07:00.000-07:002016-05-19T10:55:22.613-07:00Erik Satie - Four Jokes that Changed the History of Art
Part 1 - An Introduction to Erick Satie
Part 2 - Satie and the Performing Arts
Part 3 Erik Saties - Four Jokes that Changed the History of Art
Many of us are aware of Satie's sense of humour, few realise how well he used his wit to change the World around him
Satie gave his
autobiography a contradictory
title: Memoirs of An Amnesiac.
Memoirs of an Amnesiac
In it he Julian Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07856471017809221958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193673431291768635.post-82695974320843799132016-05-13T07:45:00.002-07:002016-05-19T10:37:13.477-07:00Satie and the Performing Arts
Rodolphe Salis, the impresario-owner of Le Chat Noir, died in 1897. The subversive culture of his Cabaret club had contributed to the development of the pleasure seeking culture of La Belle Époque. Folies Bergère.
Fleur de Lotus Jules Jules Chéret 1893
Folies Bergère Photo: HRNet
and Le Moulin Rouge where Jane Avril and the Can Can girls danced were all the rage.
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