By The Water

Original photo by MMortAH

I decided to colour this, here it is.

Before, here it was.

Did this in an hour or so. Free form sketching again. And experimented with some sections again. I sort of like the sky, but not really the water. Like the brickwork on the river bank also, and the miniscule people was alright. I have more thoughts of the sky that I will try it on something else probably.

A Study in Scarlet

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Short synopsis from Wikipedia.

A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which was first published in 1887. It is the first story to feature the character of Sherlock Holmes, who would later become one of the most famous literary detective characters, with long-lasting interest and appeal. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes to his companion Doctor Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder investigation as his "study in scarlet": "There’s the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it."^[1]

^{This is the first of the novels of the whole Holmes series and it is where it all starts, how Watson meets Holmes and their first case together. I have found this website here, that has all the Holmes stories for download for free here as the copyright has ran out already and is free to be read. So I am not my lovely Kindle, going to read all of it in order. Month long this will probably take. Lovely.}

Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking

by Malcolm Gladwell

This is the last book at this time that Gladwell has written that I have not read. Short synopsis below from wikipedia.

This is a 2005 book by Malcolm Gladwell. It presents in popular science format research from psychology and behavioral economics on the adaptive unconscious; mental processes that work rapidly and automatically from relatively little information. It considers both the strengths of the adaptive unconscious, for example in expert judgment, and its pitfalls such as stereotypes.

This is quite a good book, thought I feel that some of the arguments are debatable and can be open to so many interpretations and results of what are the causes and effects. However, Gladwell again succeeds in showing there is something to be considered here. The topic itself is very interesting and well worth a read.