Art Journal Update

I won't be talking much about this post because I feel the title is pretty explanatory, but these are just a few of my favourite pages lately from two of my art books.

London

I arrived back from my holiday in London a couple of days ago, and I thought you might like to hear about it. I had a wonderful time, and visited many of the places I went to when I was a kid, so it was nice to see what had changed and what had stayed the same.

One of the first places I visited was Hampton Court Palace. The grounds were beautiful, full of flowers and fountains. Everything looked so green compared to our nature in Australia, which was nice to see for a change.

The following two pictures were taken at the Science Museum, as part of an old technology display. The museum was much the same as I remember it being, although at the same time was much different.

The Barbie doll came out in 1997. You could connect the doll to a computer with the cord, put the CD in the disk drive, and download a topic of phrases for the doll to say.

This is something that we may not even think about using today. The Plan Your Kitchen Kit was to do exactly what it sounds like, the goal being to save on water & electricity consumption when redoing your kitchen through careful planning.

This book themed bench is one of many currently scattered around the city of London based on books & authors (including Jacqueline Wilson & Michael Morpurgo).

I feel that the following two images are fairly self explanatory, so I won't go into detail except for saying that the souvenir shop they have is marvellous!

The final photo is of the Rosetta Stone which is currently located in the British Museum. It was really neat to be able to see such a historically significant object in person.

These are just some of the highlights from my trip to London. Hopefully within the next couple of days I will make a post of some of the more photography shots I took.

This week is fairly busy for me as we have family visiting from overseas and I am planning some things for us to do together, sorting out my timetable allocation (such a big drama - everything has gone wrong!) then I have my birthday party on the weekend, which should be exciting!

Anyway, I seem to have rambled on long enough,I hope you all have a great week!

Creativity

Wow, I didn't realise how long it had been since I last posted something! I have been working on my art journal everyday and here are a couple of pages I have recently finished.

This one may be hard to read but it says "You can anything as long as you can dream it". It's a quote from Astrid in Once Upon a Time. I like it because of how true it is, and I try to keep this mindset whenever I'm having trouble doing something.

Chilly Melbourne Days

One often finds that on rainy days such as these, when the skies are grey and the heating in the house doesn't work, that it is best to rug up and have an inside day. Today I spent my time writing an essay for my forensics class, all rugged up in two jumpers, ugg boots and a wooly hat.

As I sat down at my desk to write I realised I was missing a few things; namely tea and music. I decided on using my Doctor Who TARDIS mug as it is the biggest one I have, and even comes with a lid!

I then had to decide on my music and I eventually created a playlist consisting of Postmodern Jukebox, the Amelie soundtrack, Bastille, Birdy, Tony DeSare and the good old reminiscent Hannah Montana songs.

For lunch I was lucky enough to be treated to fresh homemade bread and soup, which were both simply delectable.

Whilst eating I took a break from my studies to watch the new Once Upon a Time episode - which was amazing of course, although admittedly I was in tears by the end (I won't share what happened, in case anyone has yet to watch it).

I finally finished the first draft of my essay and the heating was fixed so the evening was slightly more enjoyable compared to the rest of my day. I decided to spend it finishing off my 'pink' themed art journal page, based on the 'blue' one I did on Saturday.

I sincerely hope all your days were better than mine, and heres to a brighter tomorrow!

Green Curry Recipe

Recently (over the last few months) I have been experimenting with various green curry recipes to find a combination that I like the best. I think tonight my search was finally concluded with the following method.

Ingredients

500-750 grams of chicken breast

half a zucchini

2 cloves of garlic

half an onion

400ml coconut milk

rice for 4 people (I usually make 1 cup)

a small handful of currants

half a teaspoon of brown sugar

a dash of butter

Makes enough for 4 servings.

Method

1. Cut up the chicken into bite sized pieces.

2. Throw a dash of butter into a frying pan and then add the chicken pieces.

3. Cut up the zucchini and onion into small bits.

4. When the chicken is almost done cooking, add one clove of garlic.

5. Then add the coconut milk, second clove of garlic and the vegetables to the chicken.

6. Throw in the currants and brown sugar.

7. Leave to simmer for about 10-15 minutes to enhance the flavouring.

8. Serve with rice and papadums.

I hope you all enjoy this and let me know what you think of it!