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This is the continuation of the story about the origin of the Germanic word for man. Last week I left off after expressing great doubts about the protoform that connected man and guma and tried to defend the Indo-European girl from an unpronounceable name. As could be expected, in their attempts to discover the origin of man etymologists cast a wide net for words containing m and n.
The post You’ll be a man, my son. Part 2 appeared first on OUPblog.
The title will probably be recognized at once: it is part of the last line of Kipling’s poem “If.” Unfortunately, Kipling’s only son John never became a man; he was killed in 1918 at the age of eighteen, a casualty of his father’s overblown patriotism. Our chances to reach consensus on the origin of the word man are not particularly high either.
The post You’ll be a man, my son. Part 1 appeared first on OUPblog.
A bit of foreshortening going down.
Pencil 13 x 21cm. Click to enlarge. 
I'm bored with drawing so here are two photographic portraits.
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Paper53 on iPad. Click to enlarge.
The cover image for the little book of children's dreams I illustrated entitled
Tomato Rain. It will be published shortly by the mighty
Roger Omar.
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The newest page from my upcoming
Memoirs.
Paper53 on iPad. Click to enlarge.
Two more pages from my upcoming
Memoirs.
Paper53 on iPad. Click to enlarge.
Four more new pages from my forthcoming
Memoirs.
Paper53 on iPad. Click to enlarge.
Today's model was excellent to draw, albeit something of a narcissist. He suggested the religious pose.
Biro, A4 size. Click to enlarge.
I drew this whilst listening to the news about
Chris Huhne on the radio.
ZenBrush and ArtStudio on iPad. Click to enlarge.
I drew this in bed, listening to the morning news about the death of a president. Yet another in my
Memoirs series.
Paper53 on iPad. Click to enlarge.
Two new pages for my forthcoming
Memoirs.
Paper53 on iPad. Click to enlarge.
Ah, the strains of Pfitzner's Third Thigh Concerto still bring a tear to my eye...
Paper53 on iPad. Click to enlarge.
My latest page of
Memoirs. It's all true, I swear it.
Paper53 on iPad. Click to enlarge.
My nickname for this model is Gaitskell although he doesn't really look like
Hugh Gaitskell. But when politicians are pontificating I find it helpful to visualise them with no clothes on. I drew this in
Zen Brush which is fun to use for lifedrawing.
ZenBrush on iPad. Click to enlarge.
Two more pages from my ongoing
Autobiography.
Paper53 on iPad. Click to enlarge.
Recent sketching in various cafes.
Paper 53 on iPad. Click to enlarge.
Sir, I marvel at your memories.