A Maze - Page 57

Here is the scanned and edited version of the next page of the first maze.

Page 57

 

Here is the same page in the wild. This is the flower display in front of the house at the corner. It is pleasant to look at while waiting for the traffic light to change.

That's it.

Jonathan

Drawing The Line - 19

Finally I had to shallow the fact that Subway was not going to come through with any sponsorship for my Line Around The World Project. Of course I haven't actually asked them if they would sponsor it. In fact I doubt if they have any idea that such a project exists. For now the financing of this huge undertaking is entirely up to me. Fortunately the end of the Line is still within walking distance from my digs. Unfortunately the end of the Line is still within walking distance of my digs. I have fallen far behind the schedule I calculated in an earlier post. So it is time to get to work.

After the segments out on the wild coast of Big Sur, the sidewalks of Santa Clara make a rather pedestrian backdrop. I had been rather nervous about continuing the Line now that it has reached busier streets. Stage fright. That's why I rolled this segment out in the morning. Not very many people were out and about at seven in the morning, at least not on foot.

Here is the start of the segment, roll 63.

Almost immediately I had to cross a street. This street goes down to a busy post office so I had do a full scale street crossing operation here.

This is the view back from the end of roll 63. Notice that the section in the street has already been removed by me. The person in the view is someone walking to work or school. They are about to hear my usual, "Hi, I'm drawing a line around the world."

For some reason the lady just smiled, nodded and walked away even faster. Here is the view from the end of roll 64.

Here is a shot of the view looking along roll 64 to the west.

Here is the view back from the end of roll 65. The building to the left was once the location of a bakery. It closed a couple of years ago. No new business has moved in yet.

This next picture is looking south at the start of roll 66.

Here is the end of roll 66 looking south. The guy in the car responded to my, "Hi, I'm drawing a line around the world", with, "You've got a long way to go."

This is looking north from the end of roll 66. There was one of those vacuum trucks heading my way.

When it got even with me the driver yelled out, "What's going on?" To my standard reply, "Hi, I'm drawing a line around the world," he just stared at me a little crossed eyed (maybe that was because I had to lean in very close to his face to be heard above the noise of his truck) and put his foot on the gas.

So far I have done just slightly more that 1.5 miles of the Line Around the World. There is more fun ahead!

Here it is all in one shot.
 

Jonathan

A Maze - Page 56

Here it is! Better late than never, the next page of my first maze. First, the scanned and edited version.

Page 56

Here is the same page in the wild. One day last week I took a short walk down to the end of the block. There is the most amazing display of color at the corner house. I took several pictures of the maze there.

After a months long break, I actually rolled out another segment of my Line Around The World Project this morning. So stayed tuned for that.

Jonathan

Goulet Pens May 2011 Ink Drop - Finale

For the May Ink Drop I did a five page test maze. It may or may not take all five pages to solve this maze, but you need all five pages for it to be complete. Just start at the circle with “Start” in it. Follow any likely path until you come to another circle with a number/letter combination in it. Go to the page given by the number and resume your journey from the circle on that page with the same number/letter combination. Keep going in the same manner until you get to the “End” or a dead end. If it is a dead end you reach, backtrack until you find an alternate path, just like any other maze.

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Page 2

Page 3

Page 4

Page 5

Enjoy it. Once you solve it you will be ready for my longer mazes.

Jonathan

Gloulet Pens May 2011 Ink Drop - Part 6

The last of May's Ink Drop samples to test was the Noodler's Apache Sunset. I wasn't sure what to expect from this ink and what I found was a nice orange which leans to the yellow side. It is somewhat pale on the page. It takes longer to dry than I'd like, but not as long as some of the Noodler's offerings. I'm still not sure what I think about it. I don't think that I would have much use for it in my maze drawing. For people that do actual real art it would come in handy though. It is the closest thing to a flesh color that I has used.

For the fifth and final page of my test maze I paired it with the Diamine Majestic Blue. I thought to make a a sunset scene but I had too many nodes left to complete the maze. The small smears and smudges on the Apache Sunset side are real, the bigger smears on the Blue side were caused by moisture on my fingers from the glass of diet coke I was drinking. It was the first time that I have done a color split like this one. It was fun.

So here it is:

A note about the Noodler's Fountain pens which were used for both inks in this page. The pens do work for drawing the maze. The lines are consistant and fine enough. The problem I had with them is that sometimes it takes a little messing about to get them flowing again if you set them aside for a while. But for the price they are hard to beat.

I will do one more post for the May Ink Drop in which I will post the scanned and edited pages for solving.

Jonathan

A Maze - Page 55

Here is the next page of my first maze. First the scanned and edited version.

Page 55

Here is the same page in the wild. The sun has finally set and it is only the rosy afterglow which lights the page.

That's it for today.

Jonathan

Goulet Pens May 2011 Ink Drop - Part 5

The May Ink Drop from Goulet Pens is called “Goulet Favorites”. The sample inks are ones that Brian and Rachel use and like a lot. So far I've tested four of these and while all of them are good inks, each with with its own appeal, two of them stand out as superior inks. I'm talking about the Pilot Iroshizuku Kon-Peki and the J. Herbin Poussiere de Lune. Both of these are quick drying easy to handle inks which are a joy to use.

I have already talked about them when I posted the pages where I first used them. Here is a page of my test maze where I used both of these inks together. I used the J. Herbin in my Ducati and the pen/ink combo was smooth as satin sheets on a moonless night (I've never actually tried that, but it sounds pretty darn smooth).

The Kon-Peki worked very well in the Pilot Vanishing Point. I have to say that I'm a big fan of the Vanishing Point pens. They are great travelers. The nib hides away until you click it out and it never fails to write right off. No messing about to get it flowing. Once you are done, Click, and the nib is hidden away and you can slip it into your pocket. No need to wear a pocket protector (unless you want to make a fashion statement) because the pens never leak. I will say that compared to the Ducati they seem a bit scratchy. Both of my Pilots are Fine Nibs and the Ducati is a Medium so that might account for some of the difference.

In addition to drawing the test mazes I post for the Ink Drop, I'm also drawing several pages of me fifth maze with these inks. Here is a page of this big maze in progress. It also uses my favorite inks.

That's it for today.

Jonathan