<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:00:46 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@philemerson/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[People Sketching 30-day Challenge - Day 9]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm really enjoying drawing these people now. I still find the hands and feet challenging but that's the point of doing this challenge - to get better at things I'm not great at (I prefer drawing the natural]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@philemerson/people-sketching-30-day-challenge-day-9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@philemerson/people-sketching-30-day-challenge-day-9</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[philemerson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2019 21:00:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQybj4WUXScWv5QPLninWRxfbcWNsx7SenD7FwKgDU5fyabB5z37eRMz7JqDCK2gZjG4Fo3dB2Ydxm4yTnPhZ6idcWcKZikYRE4jJX2kssmaE7j1Qnpzcuh972K27CWKPp6UQTxSFFc8jG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[People Sketching 30-day Challenge - Day 8]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've fallen a bit behind with posting these. I'll have to get caught up soon! Here's day 8's peep. Drawn using a Lamy Nexx ('A' nib) with a black Lamy T10 cartridge.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@philemerson/people-sketching-30-day-challenge-day-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@philemerson/people-sketching-30-day-challenge-day-8</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[philemerson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2019 19:52:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3bV13dhrdWmiiTzq9WMPZDTkYuSGyZVu3GHrTPdpsDToGShcNKMSJoMQyLw5BzRHtT415W4KRGn3gbwJFmYUUPpx1oRpHpyQHN1jCraugESfbbkbhKdDh4cj5qfB3NXPpNWnKXHCGcbW1ZE6C3Hpa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[People sketching challenge days 10, and 11]]></title><description><![CDATA[After taking a brief break from the challenge (too much to do, too little time), here's days 10, and 11.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@philemerson/people-sketching-challenge-days-9-10-and-11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@philemerson/people-sketching-challenge-days-9-10-and-11</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[philemerson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 00:32:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3bV13dhrdWmiiTzq9WMPZDTkYuSGyZVu3GHrVK8B65mh4Pd9d3oqNnyNyPArXa52Sac7JjeVpgDKPPXaYM9B8brMKmgpgaVXvhXbmyb2Czr5ZtK4KZYfoPNrKWQ4AeAzcvuPspk4FH9pLDyTG5CvA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[People Sketching 30-day Challenge - Day 7]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is starting to feel like a good habit. I don't like a day to go by without drawing something now! I managed a bit better with the hands today but to be honest, their position made them fairly easy]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@philemerson/people-sketching-30-day-challenge-day-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@philemerson/people-sketching-30-day-challenge-day-7</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[philemerson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2019 18:16:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/32FTXiZsHoAW6noHJDhrg3W8ZKHVFSsLYM859aTDCF8iErZ32E6otgNe6FDevoGuF6YdW3D1NZEDGyy2JkLoKGr1ttMXZgwJZKAnRBE6Q6JQ5YBSTjJfXAGLLMmnChcr8dyQDeRgQWNK4wiE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[People sketching 30-day challenge - Day 6]]></title><description><![CDATA[I enjoyed drawing this one, even if it didn't quite turn out as I'd planned. I still managed to capture the guy's happy gait so I'm okay with it. I do wonder if I'll ever get the hang of hands though.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@philemerson/people-sketching-30-day-challenge-day-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@philemerson/people-sketching-30-day-challenge-day-6</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[philemerson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2019 02:23:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQybj4WUXScWv5QPLninWRxfbcWNsx7SenD7FxbSs9oQo1hrceRxmi4FJkqRZTB7LzzwZa8KhzbkUpww8Ff3xoCuGC1ze6DAghZr9fi1S1aW3moRByxTqGa3KgNyoEAy9n4du3Ts8cmZ5G?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[People sketching 30-day challenge - Day 5]]></title><description><![CDATA[Day five of the 30 day challenge and I'm still doing it... :) This was a challenging pose for me to tackle as there was so much movement involved. This challenge is really helping me think about how the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@philemerson/people-sketching-30-day-challenge-day-5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@philemerson/people-sketching-30-day-challenge-day-5</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[philemerson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jul 2019 10:16:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQybj4WUXScWv5QPLninWRxfbcWNsx7SenD7FqrazBaGjGhFq1yoMzRhLvRNWcEWG7qKMguC6foSymC9Aop5u7dZSdxvSJMG3Rw2jvFDUUYFsoyYvJqT3CB7QevmB8K1sxfLD5C2BNeVwc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[People sketching 30-day challenge - Day 4]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wow - I made it to four days! Something I'm trying to work on (besides the horror of drawing hands) is being more conservative in my shading. I think I have a tendency to over-shade my drawings, making]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/challenge/@philemerson/people-sketching-30-day-challenge-day-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/challenge/@philemerson/people-sketching-30-day-challenge-day-4</guid><category><![CDATA[challenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[philemerson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jul 2019 10:02:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH7z9iidjtH2F1YmKMQzY5gced2bWQzVzGJ6F79Mb9VtZ7spxQmvcLeB94i28prN2zgugL5yLZmfAGBZQieZ2DcKa9pRuttn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[People sketching 30-day challenge - Day 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here's day 3's submission and I think I'm starting to find it easier to sketch people. Maybe. Drawing the shoes seemed much easier this time around and getting the proportions right seemed more intuitive.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/challenge/@philemerson/people-sketching-30-day-challenge-day-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/challenge/@philemerson/people-sketching-30-day-challenge-day-3</guid><category><![CDATA[challenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[philemerson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2019 18:32:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQybj4WUXScWv5QPLninWRxfbcWNsx7SenD7Fpvt4cgcs7VAJhfChXSERfJe3sRpGLrxZSzVoRBwSXt7nxbXkfjrjTTkd3Ydu76sb7weggRM27iHyQU1d4VZ3sGNG8p6KMeAG91wJ7DgxN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[People sketching 30-day challenge - Day 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm still having to push myself to keep drawing and here's day 2's submission. Drawn with a Lamy Nexx (A-nib) with the standard Lamy blue T10 ink-cartridge. This pen was a joy to draw with, even on the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/challenge/@philemerson/people-sketching-30-day-challenge-day-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/challenge/@philemerson/people-sketching-30-day-challenge-day-2</guid><category><![CDATA[challenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[philemerson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2019 18:22:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQybj4WUXScWv5QPLninWRxfbcWNsx7SenD7FpxiC7jLEnp3tXd54vxAe6oafgrt9UcHmsACEETpsTUFpMK5ar63HRWRYFjLxfhcr5yhY43uqpJK25LodPaT23H63o4Fb3Nv7rSNxuiYht?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[People sketching 30-day challenge - Day 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[Off to a flying start with the challenge, here's day 1's submission. Drawn with a Moonman M2 filled with Waterman Harmonious Green ink, I'm not sure the colour really works for the subject but I wanted]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/challenge/@philemerson/people-sketching-30-day-challenge-day-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/challenge/@philemerson/people-sketching-30-day-challenge-day-1</guid><category><![CDATA[challenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[philemerson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2019 17:57:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/21PRtjKRXPQybj4WUXScWv5QPLninWRxfbcWNsx7SenD7FokQdAuhGgDNeDArLEqw9GpDZ5qztivVxKXXpsGJm9fSrxJaDZHupKBMUNaRevHoWmPXQAfp1oL9HgoG1t1LX6c6uGkXYArJP4r8aeNprz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Sketching people 30-day challenge]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last year I tried to draw trees for seven days. I failed. Then I decided to do Inktober 2018... and I failed to keep going on that too. Life was just throwing too much at me, constantly that I felt I just]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/challenge/@philemerson/new-sketching-people-30-day-challenge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/challenge/@philemerson/new-sketching-people-30-day-challenge</guid><category><![CDATA[challenge]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[philemerson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2019 17:49:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pen & Ink : Trees ( Day #4 of 7 )]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've been a bit busy with family commitments over the last week so I've not had chance to draw much. Tonight I took the chance to draw a quick sketch of an oak seedling sprouting from the mulch of the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@philemerson/pen-and-ink-trees-day-4-of-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@philemerson/pen-and-ink-trees-day-4-of-7</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[philemerson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2018 00:13:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiGEw1xifwYz2xp7RJEnNpBZq7dn2K5zB4DLwx2Wpw4uNJ1vf8i5ZBhkuGP16pN28UgrqRGQmZWFnEDb441RZYEbHs1RVkvfSCw8hi1Yea4jS2gCv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pen and ink: Trees ( Day #3 of 7 )]]></title><description><![CDATA[I thought I'd try something new for tree number three. I've never drawn a Joshua Tree before so I thought its spiky foliage would be an interesting challenge... plus a desert tree in the Mojave Desert]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@philemerson/a-tree-a-day-pen-and-ink-day-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@philemerson/a-tree-a-day-pen-and-ink-day-3</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[philemerson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2018 14:49:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs76hXt677Cdmrk56fEtpiHuNf8pXdzt29ozeUejWZ9EuPech3o2QBFCVhaCw3DwGsTkhrqL22NzH5Jc6CLJNJvhUP8XQjMY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pen and ink: Trees ( Day #2 of 7 )]]></title><description><![CDATA[Continuing on with my personal challenge, here's today's tree. This was a fun (but time-consuming) exercise in hatching and shading. It took about 90 minutes and was drawn with my Lamy Safari fountain]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@philemerson/a-tree-a-day-pen-and-ink-day-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@philemerson/a-tree-a-day-pen-and-ink-day-2</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[philemerson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2018 02:59:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiGEw1xifwYz2xp7RJEnNpBZq7dn2K5zB6CRjhgJrKNnmizzApkyarmnZBCjZCgfgdD7QUjoKeezKsU4ymv5jWD5Gui6DeUMfBRten7ZLbMRyaUXg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pen and ink: Trees ( Day #1 of 7 )]]></title><description><![CDATA[I love drawing trees so I thought it would be fun to challenge myself to draw a new tree sketch every day for the next week. You never know, it might be longer. :) Today's sketch is of a pair of trees]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@philemerson/a-tree-a-day-pen-and-ink-day-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@philemerson/a-tree-a-day-pen-and-ink-day-1</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[philemerson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2018 01:37:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwrEdnfPwmXs1QA2vTSSXJyXDjaicTixqroR2j8UQBttPEFdcMJipbeKb7rX2hMzXG93sQFdPanmnP8RNVQEWWk796GckN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pen and ink drawing: Two Trees]]></title><description><![CDATA[I love drawing in ink. I can't be bothered with sketching things out with pencil and carefully inking it afterwards. I like to jump straight in with a pen and see where it takes me. One of my favourite]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@philemerson/pen-and-ink-drawing-two-trees</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@philemerson/pen-and-ink-drawing-two-trees</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[philemerson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2018 00:53:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm4iYtFdzVNy1kt3F2tvRShXkTnWxjMqfyGHttSnDY8jEnZS4nt1GUr7S4tofg65q8XHJhETPEPsy73XDSVkZxB3zR8QE3ZAs1XA1fprSPmBx6c2XKMLQfRgu9QtSc14?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography : Ice Crystals]]></title><description><![CDATA[We had a cold snap this week here in Scotland which meant we got a bit more snow and some interesting frost formations growing on top of our car. They were so beautiful that I couldn't pass up the chance]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@philemerson/photography-ice-crystals</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@philemerson/photography-ice-crystals</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[philemerson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2018 11:00:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCiaxZmdb555hkjecmqomntNdRp7jgAJzPq8gyR8hqyyddLHqCdPgqwgHNitwSPnYeuPwbAY3UiUw6uNPbVBCS1hffUjykPxYuWAo1kkHrrCHjgNoVFRX1NDHuiL7x?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adding a higher resolution for an external monitor in Ubuntu]]></title><description><![CDATA[I recently installed Ubuntu Budgie 17.10 on my laptop and for the most part the experience has been awesome. The only thing I've had to 'fix' was when I plugged my external monitor into my laptop's VGA]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/linux/@philemerson/adding-a-higher-resolution-for-an-external-monitor-in-ubuntu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/linux/@philemerson/adding-a-higher-resolution-for-an-external-monitor-in-ubuntu</guid><category><![CDATA[linux]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[philemerson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2018 13:00:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2VZXybTSZJq1UtNorhGbvwWbaPyocBG2BjejSr3EkNK2zPodeTFPVtxyR6aAFuE9SjDrLsKtAgYC583YdxGXDEgKUEquN5NdieCSNoYvKaw6VyZa2TBA8kpL5g4C11Na2R5nw9pvcZAhVKQb6KQDW1F9sEE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why I've dumped Windows 10 for Ubuntu Budgie and maybe you should too]]></title><description><![CDATA[I find using Windows 10 an incredibly frustrating experience. As a web-developer, I switch between different machines for testing and development purposes. I have a Macbook but it's only got a 13"]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/linux/@philemerson/why-i-ve-dumped-windows-10-for-ubuntu-budgie-and-maybe-you-should-too</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/linux/@philemerson/why-i-ve-dumped-windows-10-for-ubuntu-budgie-and-maybe-you-should-too</guid><category><![CDATA[linux]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[philemerson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2018 12:27:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A handful of vomit and other stories]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's been an interesting day that started far earlier than I would have liked with my 22 month old daughter crying because she wanted to come into our bed instead of staying in her little baby-prison (a.k.a.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/daddyblog/@philemerson/a-handful-of-vomit-and-other-stories</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/daddyblog/@philemerson/a-handful-of-vomit-and-other-stories</guid><category><![CDATA[daddyblog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[philemerson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 13 Aug 2017 16:59:27 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>