MORE Life Drawing...

Todays session was my last quick sketch lessons. The final two lessons will be spent on one pose, one large piece (which i'm excited about) I'm thinking large A0 acrylic perhaps? Any Suggestions?
Anyway, Todays lesson was slightly different to the previous. The drawings were still quick 3-6 minutes however, each image was influenced by a variety of music, of different speeds and emotional impact. I was surprised in the awesome music my teacher played! i was expecting classical, however we had a mixture of kenyan beats, 90's hard core drum and bass and Radio Read! FUN LESSON!

I like the elbow...

Probably my favourite, so much movement and full bodied, if that makes sense? :/ . Probably because I created it whist The Specials was playing.  

Collage, fineliner on card.

Yes...I replaced the nipple for an eye.

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Water colour on wood

Mixed media on tracing paper.

Mixed media

Boobies :') 

Thats all for today. Adios.

oxo

Mid Year Exhibition.

Mid year exhibition. Not long and soon ill be setting up my FMP, waving goodbye to college and entering UNIVERSITY life. Scary but excited.:)

Luckily enough, we were provided a great space at The Works In the city centre of Birmingham, A small walk away form the Birmingham Bullring, Markets and Custard Factory. We began to put up the work on Monday....and the exhibition was on wednesday night! So a very short amount of time to organise things, however, the tutors put in a lot of thought and effort to get it up in time. 

The mid year show is about being able to experience exhibiting our own art work. whether thats fine art, photography or ceramics, its a great dry run at our FMP. its certainly got me thinking about what i could possibly do for my FMP and how i would perhaps lay it out ext, and in fact this experience has given me an idea of what I could base my thoughts on. 

Anyway, the night was a success, there was food, wine and entertainment. I also received some great feedback about my work!

  

Some 2D illustrations from my sketchbook, to support the 3D work

My favourite piece. I lightly glazed the porcelain fragments from one of the bowls that got damaged when in the kiln. The image doesn't do it justice, however, i got my dad to knock up a 10x10 wooden plinth which i then painted white, inside and out and installing a light inside and used a sheet of clear perspex as the lid. 

Very very very pleased with how everyones work looked.

My favourite pieces would have to be by a ceramic artist, Mykayla. She created this range of organic inspired sculptures. The glazing was full of depth and so much texture and intriguing surface finish. So hard to not touch!  

Thats all for today.

oxox

MORE Life Drawing.

Best life drawing lesson so far! It was all about notion and tapping into the subconscious, iv now been shoe various drawing systems but today was about attempting to by-pass the sometimes worrisome conscious mind and attempt to tap into the subconscious and examine the results. To do this I needed to work quickly by producing an array of studies in set times (between 1min and 10) in a variety of materials! it was a task to be loose, become free with my mark making and overall trusting my automatic instincts!

1 MIN - FINE LINER, WATER COLOUR, CRAYON, 

2 MIN - ACTATE, FINE LINER, ACRYLIC PAINT

1MIN, FINE LINER ON CALICO AND WATER COLOUR

4 MINS, CARDBOARD, FINELINER, COLOURED PENCIL, TISSUE PAPER

6 MINS - CARTRIDGE PAPER, WATER COLOUR, FINE LINER, TISSUE PAPER

4 MIN - FINE LINER, TISSUE PAPER, COLOURED PENCILS

2MIN - FINE LINER, WATER COLOUR, COLOURED PENCILS

6 MIN - FINE LINER, BROWN PAPER, TISSUE PAPER, CRAYON, PASTELS, COLOURED PENCILS

SAME AS ABOVE.

2MIN - SUGAR PAPER - WHITE CONTE, COLOURED CHALK, COLOURED PENCIL.

You can certainly see a distingtive style running through all my doings, where the others in my class had a variation to all of theredrawing, but oh well. Im pleased with these, several more and they will go nicely on a DPS in my portfolio :D

OXOX

I love circles...

Hy visual studies tutor asked me an interesting question today. He said "why is it that you always use circles in your work.?" I just looked at him with a blank face. I couldn't answer him because I don't know why. All I know is that I love circles. They are my thing!
So I thought I should do some research into the meaning of "the circle" 

CIRCLE (sun disc, sacred hoop, ring): An ancient and universal symbol of unity, wholeness, infinity, the goddess, female power, and the sun. To earth-centered religions throughout history as well as to many contemporary pagans, it represents the feminine spirit or force, the cosmos or a spiritualized Mother Earth, and a sacred space. (See next item) Gnostic traditions linked the unbroken circle to the "world serpent" forming a circle as it eats its own tail.

• Inclusion
• Wholeness
• Focus
• Unity
• Nurturing
• Cycles
• Initiation
• Everything
• Perfection
• Womb
• Centering
• Revolution
• Infinity
• Mobility
• Completion

The circle symbol meaning is universal, sacred and divine. It represents the infinite nature of energy, and the inclusivity of the universe.

COOL!
oxox

stalls

crowds

stall holder and ceramic fruit pile

Bunting with the crowds...

Cute old lady, doing her shopping...

Radish...

close up

fabric heaven...

flower stall.

Sweets Sweets Sweets!

fish mongers 

lobster anyone...?

Bulky...

Front Cover.

Back Cover.

Front.

Ceramic Fruits

I hope you like what i created...:)