Brainstorm of ideas for shots

Whilst in the Lab session, I chose a word I had previously written from my mind map, and thought of images and phrases that I felt could represent this. For example, when I first think of sugar, I think of doughnuts, lollipops, a sugar tin. But what if you opened the sugar tin and there was not anything inside? Maybe something more serious and not what you expected? I also thought of images related to control and freedom such as running and slow breathing. Thirst could be symbolised by a dripping tap, or in fact a tap on full pressure. These are all ideas for scenes I wish to have in my video.

Art Class 10/11/11

Oil Painting
In this art class, we were still focusing on portraiture, yet introducing oil paints. We had the option to either work in colour or black and white. I chose to opt for colour as I feel it has a much more vibrant and eye catching effect. I enjoyed the challenge of oil paints, yet it is a case of knowing when to stop as the colours constantly merge with each other.

Tacita Dean

VISUAL ARTIST AT TATE MODERN

Today I am visiting her exhibition. I have already looked online and know briefly what her exhibition is about, yet it will be interesting to witness it in real life and see how different it will be and feel to my prior thoughts.

I can imagine that the screen will be relatively big, and feature many metaphorical objects. It will probably flicker a lot due to it being filmed in using analogue techniques rather than digital.

http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/unilever2011/default.shtm

Ideas for project

Recently someone very close to be was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. I want to try and find ways to reflect the emotions people feel when they have this, and try to reflect something positive from it.

Drawing from Online

I found a really a interesting website from an old friend's media blog. I really liked the style and was just exploring with different drawing techniques.

http://alicexz.deviantart.com/

Art Class 3/11/11

This week we were focusing much on portraiture. We used a variety of materials such as pencil, graphite stick, charcoal etc. We were advised to start sketching quickly at first and then once the basic features had been formed, we can start working into it more in detail. The below drawing took me around 50 minutes to complete.

Art Class 20/10/11

I recently joined a Painting and Drawing class to help improve my skills. I used to do a lot of painting, sketching and drawing in Sixth Form but unfortunately stopped suddenly last year. I want to pick it up again as I have a great passion for art and it is a skill I do not want to lose. Below is an image of my first painting from last Thursday (20/11/11) from a still life using acrylics. Doing this class reminded me that mixing was extremely important; to get the right colours before you put them on paper. Once I had mixed the colours, it was a case of applying thin layers and building it up until the paint became thicker and had a lot more depth to it.