{"id":767,"date":"2012-07-17T18:36:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T17:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thatelusiveline.wordpress.com\/2012\/07\/17\/action-sketch-the-olympic-torch-bearer"},"modified":"2022-01-13T12:15:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T12:15:04","slug":"action-sketch-the-olympic-torch-bearer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulkirkdesign.co.uk\/devblock\/ttaylor111\/action-sketch-the-olympic-torch-bearer\/","title":{"rendered":"Action Sketch \u2013 The Olympic Torch Bearer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; margin: 6pt 0 .0001pt 5.65pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1973\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paulkirkdesign.co.uk\/devblock\/ttaylor111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/olympic-torch-sketch-551x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"744\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.paulkirkdesign.co.uk\/devblock\/ttaylor111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/olympic-torch-sketch-551x1024.jpg 551w, http:\/\/www.paulkirkdesign.co.uk\/devblock\/ttaylor111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/olympic-torch-sketch-161x300.jpg 161w, http:\/\/www.paulkirkdesign.co.uk\/devblock\/ttaylor111\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/olympic-torch-sketch.jpg 698w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>The Olympic torch passed through my town a few moments ago, where it reached the sea. In a flash of crazy something or other, I decided to take my sketchbook instead of a camera.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; margin: 6pt 0 .0001pt 5.65pt;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; margin: 6pt 0 .0001pt 5.65pt;\">I didn\u2019t expect to achieve very much. In fact, it was all so brief I almost didn\u2019t bother. I had perhaps five seconds, and I tried to spend as much of that time looking at the runner and torch as I could, so this sketch was partly made with my eyes off the paper.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; margin: 6pt 0 .0001pt 5.65pt;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; text-align: justify; margin: 6pt 0 .0001pt 5.65pt;\">I won\u2019t make any great claims for the result, but I feel strangely elated that I at least tried. I didn\u2019t look at the whole thing through the screen of my smart phone, I didn\u2019t waste the moment trying to grab a freebie from the flashy sponsors, and I didn\u2019t stay at home in a \u2018bah humbug\u2019 grump. I made a drawing.<\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Olympic torch passed through my town a few moments ago, where it reached the sea. 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