Raymond Blanc

Ah I love cookery television. I know that Pharrell and Mr Thicke have been trying to tell me this real wisdom all summer, but somehow when coming from such a respectable frenchman it carries more weight. Whether applied to the mixing of cordon bleu techniques, the vagaries of appropriate nudity, or the consideration of whether drawing television chefs is a good use of my time, so many lines are indeed blurred. 

And that is, indeed, life. 

Danni Minogue

It's a thing about drawing people I've found, that you don't really notice how funny looking people are till you draw them. When I do live portraits, I often help put people at their ease and encourage them to feel less self conscious by exclaiming half way through the picture and telling them what unusual nostrils they have, or that their ear lobes are the squarest I've ever seen. Danni Minogue incidentally I noticed, has abnormally small amounts of white showing in her eyes. Honestly, they are like a horse's eyes. She's still beautiful of course. This came after a tragicomic controversy where two wannabe models actively refused to have their hair cut. There's a lesson for anyone with a dream there - compromise is necessary if you're ambitious. I wonder what things Danni did that created the person that she wanted to be. Apart from working with Simon Cowell I mean. 

Hayden Panettiere

Hayden has a special place in my heart, from both Heroes and Nashville, but who knew she had so much real wisdom in her? This is very much the shortened version, her speech in full: 

'It's not that we don't have regrets in our lives, or wish that we did things differently, but that the end result is the same. It happened, bad things happen, but you have two choices; to either lay and roll around in it, or take the best message you can from it and take that with you through life, so..'

The context, if you missed TGNS this week (why? do you have a life?) is that she has a tattoo on her back that says 'live without regrets' in Italian. Only it's spelt wrong. Proving it 100% true. 

I may stick this one on my wall to remind me of it's epic wisdom. I especially like the image of Hayden rolling around in bad things. 

Craig Revel Horwood

If you don't get it, it's a joke because he is a judge on Strictly Come Dancing. I didn't watch that though, I watched The Sarah Millican Television Programme. Which is much funnier.

David Dickinson

I couldn't resist drawing this today after spending a frustrating hour trying and failing to buy second class stamps on Upper Street. I know that's not what David was talking about, but it's still wisdom, because really, what IS the same as it used to be? I once met David Dickinson in real life at a university Freshers Ball. I'm not sure I knew who he was but I remember being impressed by his complexion. Which is not done justice here.

eurovision

I did some live drawing of Eurovision's silliest wisest  lyrics last night which can be seen below. They are not strictly within the rules I set myself for the project. But it was a special occasion. (Eurovision)

I have a long and rich relationship with total Eclipse of the Heart, and a healthy respect for Bonnie Tyler, who was the UK's representative at Eurovision this year. She didn't do very well, but that's not her fault. They hate us Bonnie, not you. 

And it is good to see that she has a healthy respect for mankind's capacity to trust the information provided by the senses. She knows she's not invisible, although she doesn't seem to be interested in the belief of people who have faith in things other than what they can see. Like God. Or atoms. 

Or love. 

I am very interested in Andrius Pojavis' shoes. They sound very important. I don't know why this song didn't do better. I thought it was very wise and insightful. Love and Pain ARE like a pair of shoes. You CAN have one without the other, but you will have at the very least a cold foot.

Sir Tom

When do you have two nights in one week? wait that doesn't work. anyway I drew two Knights this week. 

I much prefer Sir Tom Jones. And he is right to raise concerns here at the increasingly terrifying musical crossover trend spreading through popular television. Where will it end I ask you? Where will it end? Michael Buble singing Jay z? One Direction singing Wagner? Actually I would like to see both of those things.