Happy New Year! Let it be the best year so far!

2008 version of Jack London's "Sea Wolf" was on tv the other night. Love Love Love for the seascapes, schooners, and the hybrid sail/steam vessels, they look so awkward. And a little love for the mad captains named Larsen might just heal them up, no?

Anyway...
I want sacque-dress, but I'm afraid of the pleats and the awful lot of fabric to waste if they go wrong.
Soon school starts again and I won't have the time and perhaps the inspiration to sew anything at home.
Plus, my sewing machine FELL OFF THE TABLE while I was sewing a hem of a skirt. GAWD sewing FAIL. I found the missing piece today, so I'm hoping the machine will work again...

But, I know what my next items at school will be, a jacket, a jacket with a lining and trousers. So, I'm thinking why not make a) WWII jacket b) victorian style suit.
I don't know what teachers will say about so much alteration to modern lines, but it's my future professional competense growing here, I'll take the challenge.

Fanwise, I'm watching Torchwood. Strangely, it makes me want to re-watch Hornblower again. "Captain Harkness? So where did you park your boat?"

Here, have a CreepySanta: [link]

Going to a Masquerade Ball the day after tomorrow!!! So excited! My first 18th century style ball, and it's in Viaborg, that's a former sea fortress. A masqued ball, on an island, in period settings, in the middle of the sea.

Distracting myself of the exitement by sketching imaginary boyfriend Jack Harkness

I got a set of oil pastels. I've seen some pretty works of art done with them, so I want to at least try them out.

The summer is finally here. It's hot.

Artwise, I've mostly done landscapes and animals with water colours lately. I got this awesome Russian brush which I absolutely love.

There's an art course held in Russia this autumn, I'm not sure should I go or not. It would mean to live the rest of the summer very cheaply, to be able to pay for it (and to buy new brushes!) but then I've been thinking of getting a dog for ages, and there just happens to be an ad in the paper for a puppy I'm itching to call... and ugh! What should I do... get a friend or go to an art course... or neither and eat ice cream every day...

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edit. I'll have to settle with art courses in Finland. Got myself a lovely puppy! If only she'll be still for a sec I'd love to draw her