Riddle Me Slowly

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You watch my watch that watch the sea,

And wait till they all run slowly

And rocking, all to sick me come,

Don't drive but the drive me more systems scrum

To buy you went nowhere but came

To where find 'e's before my name.

'If I watch your watch then I'll always have my eye on the time.'
'If you're always on time then you'll never be late.'
'But if I'm never late how can I see you later?'
'Well, what would it be later than?'

 

Riddle Answer A Bay

 

Riddle Explanation
you watch my watch that watch the sea, and wait till they all run slowly - Baywatch, an old American drama series on a team of lifeguards.

and rocking, all to sick me come - the sick bay, a nautical term for the medical area.

don't drive but the drive me more systems scrum - the drive bay, in computing the area of adding hardware in a computer.

to buy you went nowhere but came to where find 'e's before my name - eBay, an American e-commerce company.

All Together now

So the culmination of the ten minute challenge. Each bird was drawn in ten minutes over an hour. The end result was always in mind but each bird was drawn separately. First I searched for source study images and created a collage, then cut it up and used them to sketch from. Let me know you thoughts!

Riddle Me Blessings

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You have some blessings, so you me,

The ideas good so in I'll be,

Or if it's bad then I'll be out

And I'll be down so kiss and shout

And hug when I am done, a duke or baron of the courts 

An earl of sorts.

'If only my blessings were so full of bount.'
'Of bount?'
'Yes, yours are clearly bountiful but what about mine?'

 

Riddle Answer A Count

 

Riddle Explanation

you have some blessings, so you me - to count one's blessings.

the ideas good so in I'll be, or if it's bad then I'll be out - count me in, or out.

and I'll be down so kiss and shout and hug when I am done - a count down, such as at New Years.

a duke or baron of the courts an earl of sorts - a count is a European title, the English equivalent of the French comte. In the English-speaking world a count became referred to as an earl.

Bird Vl

The final ten minute sketch. As you can see this may be leading to something.

Riddle Me Shrewdly

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Through all the money quickly me,

And soon you've got none left, shrewdly

You put some in your pocket, now a hole

Or just the smell of rubber, roll

Away fast spin the disc; migration

Onto it of information.

'You can't through money.'
'You can me through.'
'Is it like throughing money away?'
'In a way.'

 

Riddle Answer A Burn

 

Riddle Explanation

through all the money quickly me, and soon you've got none left - to burn through money.

shrewdly you put some in your pocket, now a hole - money burns a hole in one's pocket.

or just the smell of rubber, roll away fast - to burn rubber.

spin the disc; migration onto it of information - to burn a disc, to record information onto an optical disc.

Bird V

The fifth illustration in this ten minute challenge. What's going on 'ere then?

Riddle Me Dough

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Fork me, not the bread but dough,

The thugs were sent by my lord go

That step too far and so me kill,

The line is far below and still

You won't hold grudges, time will heal;

Get me but don't buy, receive, or steal.

'I never fork bread, I only butter it.'
'Good thing, it would hardly taste well with forks.'
'I also jam it.'

 

Riddle Answer Over

 

Riddle Explanation

fork me, not the bread but dough - fork over the dough, give me the money.

the thugs were sent by my lord - an overlord.

go that step too far and so me kill - to be overkill.

the line is far below and still - to be over the line.

you won't hold grudges, time will heal; get me but don't buy, receive, or steal - to get over something.

Bird lV

The forth Christmas installment. Looking out hopeful.

Riddle Me Scum

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Everything that goes to me will come

For good get good and scum get scum,

For everything is crashing, I

Will find a work me if one's sly

And if there is a group of boys upon a beach that sing;

They get this thing.

'I hope everything does come to me.'
'What about a cold?'
'I'll give that to you as always.'

 

Riddle Answer Around

 

Riddle Explanation

everything that goes to me will come for good get good and scum get scum - what goes around, comes around.

for everything is crashing, I - for everything to be crashing around you.

will find a work me if one's sly - a workaround.

and if there is a group of boys upon a beach that sing; they get this thing - I Get Around, the Beach Boys' first number-one charting song in the United States.

Bird lll

The third illustration in this ten minute challenge series. Standing proud.

Riddle Me Might

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Not pistol, shotgun; rifle me

To find what it is you might see

What Alice found, the looking-glass

Or hear what you might throw in past

Or passed a patch not flat but rough,

Describing what is tough.

'Oh, I abhor weaponry.'
'Luckily I'm none.'

 

Riddle Answer Through

 

Riddle Explanation

not pistol, shotgun; rifle me to find what it is you might see - to rifle through.

what Alice found, the looking-glass - Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There is the full title of Lewis Carrol's sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

or hear what you might throw in past - through and threw are homophones.

or passed a patch not flat but rough, describing what is tough - to go through a rough patch.

Bird ll

The second installment. All images where studies made from a collage of source images taken from the internet.

Riddle Me Fight

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Don't want me all, but take you might

A part, so now we start a fight,

You're nasty just as I work, barmy

How we take turns moving armies

Sacrificing articles for loans, for I'm of art,

Of chairs and tables not apart.

'Why would you take what you don't want?'
'Why would you ask a question that is fundamental to another question?'
'Huh?'

 

Riddle Answer A Piece

 

Riddle Explanation

don't want me all, but take you might a part, so now we start a fight - you want a piece of me?

you're nasty just as I work - to be a nasty piece of work.

barmy how we take turns moving armies sacrificing articles for loans - a chess piece. In a game of chess one sacrifices pawns.

for I'm of art - a piece of art.

of chairs and tables not apart - a piece of furniture.

Birds l

So I set myself a challenge, to draw one bird study every ten minutes for an hour. So each illustration took ten minutes, and I'll post one each week while I'm away over the holidays. Let me know your thoughts!

Riddle Me Loose

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You hold the purse by me, no use

You really have to make me loose

For if you want to have me green

You'll first remove this spine of bean,

Remove these strips for as you please

You eat this playful kind of cheese.

'I hold my purse very tightly.'
'That doesn't surprise me in the slightest.'
'That way more people are likely to give me a friendly kiss.'

 

Riddle Answer String

 

Riddle Explanation

you hold the purse by me, no use - to hold the purse strings.

you really have to make me loose - to loosen the purse strings.

for if you want to have me green - string beans, also known as green beans.

you'll first remove this spine of bean - the string of the bean refers to the fibrous spine of the pod.

remove these strips for as you please you eat this playful kind of cheese - string cheese, a common name for cheese that can be pulled into stringy lines.

Mid-way Sketch

The piece now consolidated. The only part missing is the background. And then creative block kicks in. So, open call to suggestions. 

PLEASE LEAVE COMMENTS IF YOU WISH TO HELP 

All ideas and suggestions are welcome, though may be enjoyed and respectfully ignored.

Riddle Me Got

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I drive though I've no licence got

A practice I can't stop but ought,

This habit owns me, so it's done,

Not hungry yet the food still comes

And feed you must, on food or information bloat,

I'll make it down your throat.

'You can't drive without a licence! How dangerous!'
'Not if you're driving cattle.'
'I dare say that's equally dangerous.'

 

Riddle Answer A Force

 

Riddle Explanation

I drive though I've no licence got - a driving force.

a practice I can't stop but ought, this habit owns me, so it's done - a force of habit.

not hungry yet the food still comes and feed you must - to be force fed.

on food or information bloat, I'll make it down your throat - to force something down one's throat.

A Starting Sketch

The starting sketch of an architectural piece. Multiple sketches being stitched together. 

Riddle Me Together

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A group of stories thread together,

As for animals a tether

If when old for money sold

Then easy me together and unfold

Events you gave them me

And let them kill themselves slyly. 

'I just wanted to take a moment to say the swirls this week are beautiful.'
'Ha, thank you. That's very kind of you to say.'
'Are they spider webs?'
'Indeed they are, webs at a spider ball.'

 

Riddle Answer A Rope

 

Riddle Explanation
a group of stories thread together - a group of yarns thread together to increase tensile strength.

if when old for money sold then easy - to be money for old rope, an expression meaning an easy way to make money.

me together and unfold events - to rope someone into something.

you gave them me and let them kill themselves slyly - to give someone enough rope and they'll hang themselves.

Clocktown Docks

The banner for our new social media, an extract from the full clocktown landscape. The clocktown docks, where ships of all shapes and sizes lay anchor, and characters of all odds and ends step ashore.