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I am not perfect but I am still doing it! : )
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Drawing - Day 4
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I started this yesterday. It was a sketch I did in the V&A main hall. I love the flow of people rushing or winding, sometimes gazing at ... often looking through ... these solid pillars of history - permanent records of a time. When I took photos at the Louvre - see http://www.leyla-folwell.co.uk/section470869_398627.html I was moved by the strength and reliability of these figures and their beautiful shadows... the shadows feel like their souls. Do people stop and feel anything or are they just rushing to the next box to be ticked? |
Monday, 17 October 2011
Orchard Mural Map at Surrey Docks Farm
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| The finished product |
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| and the tree plaques |
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| Applying the decals |
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| Mounting and tiling |
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| Hung on builder's band |
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| most important the residents like it : ) |
Friday, 14 October 2011
'Flock'
'Flock' is a project that the artists of Art in the Park
took part in for The Big Draw
We used post cards and then 'migrated' our birds to Scotland to other artists taking part. The flock are going to travel the world. We have received some beautiful drawings from all over the world and as far away a Bhutan.
I really loved this project because it fitted perfectly with my current work, drawing
the simple everyday things that make me appreciate life.
Every morning theses birds visit my kitchen door to ask for tasty treats.
It s a lovely way to start the day : )
Birds are perfect because they don't sit still, and I love to draw quickly and with minimal looking at the paper to avoid too much ego in the initial lay out.
Drawing a Day - Day 1
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| Emily's Table Oki Doki. I have been meaning to do this for ages... my day is often topsy turvy because I run classes in the evening so the morning is my evening..? Often by the time I ve done all the domestic and e maily bits it s time to leave. I think it was probably a Chrsitine Kane http://christinekane.com/ who said make the thing you love your priority.... the other stuff gets done anyway (eventually). Like the saying goes... I am not going to think on my death bed 'I wish I'd have kept my cleaning up to date!' So without much procrastination - two rows of knitting and a little chat with Emily - I did it! I did my drawing. I am scared of failing.... but I ll take one day at a time : ) |
Thursday, 13 October 2011
Getting on with it!
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| This is Engine Chat Chat, it is part of DIY Educate which happens at Core Gallery in Deptford. http://coregallery.co.uk/diy-educate/ I ve been meaning to blog about it for a while blah blah but anyway here I am now. Having just come back from a DIY Nuts & Bolts talk on 'How to get paid' I am utterly inspired.... I always leave their events feeling joyous. Why? The talk was amazing, truthful, honest, sharing and brutally tragic in places : ) I am inspired, not because I now know how to get rich but from being with 'real' people ... yes I feel normal when I am there and that is a good feeling. What stopped me going for a drink with my neighbour after the event? Well the sinking feeling when Glyn asked me ( as a follow up to the last Chat Chat ) ' So, how's the drawing going?' CLANG! How can I tell this man - who has put together an exhibition since September - that I ve done approximately 4 drawings since we last met!? Still, my cupboards are tidy, paperwork up to date.................................I hate myself : ( |
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| My current studio situation....... |
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| .....hence the 5 inch drawings. |
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| I get much of my inspiration from my direct environment, but I do live in an amazing place. Living afloat as the antidote to the big bad city |
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| I am playing with collage |
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| and have stopped denying my love of colour, I was worried it was distracting but I am over that now...... As my own therapist , I know the answer. 'Just do it!' I ve got to stop worrying about creating a masterpiece and get on with it. So I challenge myself to a drawing a day from this very day......13/10/2011 |
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