Phillipa Rice 'Soppy'

 

Super lovely, and really honest book. The colours are AMAZING, I actually wondered how she manages to balance the images throughout the whole book so well, since she only uses two colours and a stock, she makes it look so effortless.

Maurice Sendak 'Where the Wild Things Are"

 

I can't believe how old this book is! The illustrations are beautiful, and clearly timeless. I also really enjoyed the story, like a total child.

 

Craig Thompson 'Blankets'

I read Blankets by Craig Thompson, and totally loved it. I couldn't put it down.

 

This moment in the book stuck with me the most, it was just so poignant. Especially the last frame where you just see a tiny part of where the mural once was. Amazing.

Yum Yum Land @ SOLO Arts (Sunderland)

Hmm, this exhibition was a bit weird... it wasn't one of my faves but I think I liked it. It was interesting that she used garish colours in juxtaposition to beauty. Rebecca Reed's work reminded me a lot of Laura Callaghan. The way she used bright, flat colours and because Reed's exhibition was focused around a strong female figure.

 

These little sculptures I liked a lot though! They really made me want to touch them. I love the colours the artist has selected in her work, even though they don't necessarily compliment each other, they do make you wonder what her intention was.

 

A3 Posters - Personality/Professionalism/Aspirations

Here are the roughs I made for this task... I wanted to try and keep my ideas simple, but without having just a plain list.

I liked the idea of trying to have repetition in my images as well, to try and add some structure to them.

 

 

Final Posters...

 

I made my final posters using gouache and acrylic, I just thought that it helped me to achieve a nicer quality to them... rather than using the markers I used whilst making the roughs.

 

 

 

What am I happy with...?

• I'm happy with the basic colour pallet I chose, I think the variation of orange works well as it's just a subtle change.
• I'm pleased that I've managed to keep the repetition going throughout the three posters, I think it makes them work well as a set, and I think they look quite uniform.
• I think my idea is quite strong, I wanted them to almost look like patterns, and I think the way I've done them lends itself well to this idea. At first I think it's maybe a little unclear as to what they're about, but are easy to understand once realised they're just in grids.

 

What did I find difficult...?

• I found actually coming up with an idea for them was difficult.
• I didn't really know what I should include on the personality and aspirations posters. I found it difficult to analyse myself for it the personality one. And then decided to go with graduating for my aspirations, because really that is my short term aspiration at the moment.

 

What would I do differently...?

• If I'd been able to, I'd probably have used a different two colours on each poster just so they looked a bit more different to each other.
• I think a dark blue/navy stock colour might've looked quite nice against the oranges.

Kaws @ Yorkshire Sculpture Park

FUN TIMESSSS

 

I LOVED this exhibition! I think partly because some of it was outdoors and situated all across the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. I particularly liked the wooden sculptures that were exhibited, because they just looked really natural (I guess). It didn't really look out of place because of the environment it was in. However  to see the shiny black sculpture (I'm not sure how it was made), in such a natural and open environment, was interesting to see the juxtaposition of the two.

 

We've had SUCH a good day!...

 

 

 ABSOLUTELY NAILED IT.

 

"Wass Tree Huggers" and "Gingers Unite"

 



Studio Brief 1: Study Task 4 - Where am I now?

http://issuu.com/ellabarnes9/docs/where_am_i_now_ppp.pptx