On the way to the Eco-House, I passed St.Columba's High School. Their 'Fairtrade' logo looked great.
Another busy day at the house. Robert arrived early, along with Michelle, who hadn't been in for a couple of weeks. Robert, as promised, brought his copies of 'Bygone Dunfermline', the local paper full of nostalgic imagery. John turned up a little later, carrying on with his thunderstorm painting. The banter in the art room was great. John had me looking up on the internet, a Diego Velasquez' painting, 'The Old Woman Cooking Eggs' so he could show everyone some 'real' painting. John had seen the painting on a trip to the National Gallery in Edinburgh. (see below)
Diego Velasquez. Old Woman Cooking Eggs. 1618. Velasquez was nineteen when he painted the above!!
Alec Birrell
In the afternoon, Alec Birrell popped by. He was just back from painting his boat which is moored down at Limekilns. The old salty seadog is planning on coming to the class on Fridays, which will be great as he always has a good story to tell. He used to live down in Dunn Crescent, and was talking of his fond memories of Abbeyview.
Back to Michelle. Not just good with pencil and paint. Turns out she's a bit of a singer. Little dark horse that she is! Check out some of her tunes on MySpace. click here for a listen. Just wait til we go to the Sunday night Karaoke up at the Bowling Club! X Factor look out!!
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