Grey Clouds

Feeling better today. I had been in a mood because a lot of the work I was trying to do was not happening. Getting distracted, worried. It's part of the problem of working alone at home. It's hard to retreat.

But I went out, and found that my mind was working on the problem even when I was on the road. I had a lot of ideas, and could hardly wait to get home to write them all down. That's good. I'm trying to propose documentary film ideas to this company with which I did the Lord of the Rings Symphony program. Which, by the way, aired last Sunday, and people enjoyed it. The company is trying to branch out with documentaries in areas other than music and concert films, and are looking for ideas from Yours Truly. Or so they say. It's pitching, which freelancers know a lot about.

Tomorrow I'm being an extra in a movie that's shooting not far from my place. It's a Quebec film, called Le Negotiateur (you can probably guess the translation) and is set in the 60s. Lots of groovy girls in miniskirts and high boots. I'm in bell-bottom jeans, which need to be lengthened (they promised to do that), and a loud shirt. The wardrobe girls thought my accent when I spoke French was cute.

More drawings to do. I actually got a commission from a neighbour to design a dragon tattoo going the length of his arm. More on this as it develops. Today, sort of a cloudy sketch, one of these group things I like to do, filling up a page over time. The Asian-looking lady is supposed to be actress Sandra Oh, from the movie Big Fat Liar, about which the less said, the better.

The title of today's entry is not about mood. It refers more to the weather today, and the greyness of this sketch.