#the blockhouse

[visplay]

Chris: The Blockhouse is a rare British war / drama based on a true story of prisoners of war trapped in a well stocked bunker after it is bombed shut on D-Day, a serious and dark film with Peter Sellers, his fans would find it fascinating, Watch: When Free.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069803/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

[richardhenrysellers]

The Blockhouse (1973)

During D-day several people become trapped while hiding in a bunker, when heavy shelling collapses it. They have plenty of food and water so they decide to wait for rescuers. And so they wait year, after year, after year.

[kingsbridgelibraryteens]

Exploring the North End of Central Park, Part 1

How many times have I been to Central Park? Hundreds, including one hilariously disastrous day when I decided to explore behind the Conservatory Gardens. How many of those times had I visited the Harlem Meer at the northern end of the park? ZERO.

So, today I visited the northern edge of the park, where I walked through the North Woods and saw the Blockhouse, Nutter’s Battery, and the Harlem Meer. I saw lots of wildlife, including geese, ducks, turtles, and adorable dogs out for a stroll.

I also visited the Charles A. Dana Discovery Center and got some great intel on the old Kingsbridge Road ... but you’ll learn about that in part 2 ...

A few more links, FYE:

Exploring the North End of Central Park, Part 2

Exploring a Kingsbridge Connection in Central Park  [Learn all about that earlier disastrous visit!]

[rikashay]

Today we spent four hours biking around Central Park. Our legs are totally shot, BUT we saw some pretty awesome stuff and it was so glorious being on a bike again.

[racheldoodles]

PAYING PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS IS ALWAYS WORTH IT EVERY DAMN TIME

I will say this again. PAYING PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS IS ALWAYS WORTH IT. I just got off the phone from an amazing recording session for  Sex Ed Video I’m working on. The Voice Actress was perfect. Like...she caught all my little grammatical mistakes, delivered the lines flawlessly,  and seriously took the initiative on finding a local recording studio, booking the session, and being extremely responsive. I aspire to her level of professionalism. If I had more budget I would dump buckets and buckets of money on her. Also, additional shout out to The Blockhouse in Austin - working with them was a treat, and they’re super affordable. I can keep gushing but I think y’all get the idea. I am newly invigorated to keep working on my video now!

[thereisnomeidonotexist]

Peter Sellers during the filming of the dramatic movie "The Blockhouse" (1973)

[hunterart]

Some drawings from Central Park done on a beautiful NYC day

Hi there, This past Saturday, I finally attended an event hosted by the Central Park Sketching and Art Meetup Group. We met at Fredrick Douglas Avenue and 110th street where over 10 artists began doing some warm up sketches of whatever was around us as we waited for more people to arrive. Here is as far as I got with my warm up sketch of a nearby lamp post. After about 10 minutes after I arrived, the group begins our venture to The Blockhouse.  At this spot we spent about an hour and a half and did two sketches in that time. After each sketching session, everyone lines up their sketch books so we can check out each other's work. The next two drawings are those I did at the Blockhouse. For the first one, I focused on a hole in one of the walls which was probably used as a lookout point. I wanted to focus on that opening, getting a glimpse of what was behind the brick wall.

The second sketch was of the iron gated door which was the entrance to the structure. Many sketchers chose this spot for their first sketch. It was certainly an interesting spot so I wanted to take a crack at it as well. Instead of just drawing the door, I wanted to look more within the door. Therefore I spent more time on the brick wall beyond the door. Honestly, I haven't been a big fan of sketching. I would rather paint. That provides more 'instant' gratification due to it being more freeing and comfortable. This experience was really nice though to be in  group setting exploring new areas of the Park. While drawing there's no time so for me, I get caught up in capturing what's in front of me and I'll work on it until I'm satisfied. It was such a beautiful Saturday in NY too that it was just a great experience to be among fellow artists capturing our perspective of what was around us. Below is the last sketch done with the group at The Ravine near the northern end of the park. I didn't know there was a mini waterfall in the Park. It was so relaxing. I scoped out the area a bit before I settled on focusing on a branch in the water. I don't think I tried drawing moving water before (excluding waterfalls themselves). The end result came out pretty well I think. The other aspect of the scene was trying to capture the sunlight reflecting off of the branch and the water. Not easy at all but I tried.

This was really fun to do. I'm looking forward to the next time I can make to the meetup events.

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