Julias TLC Art: Resource #1

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Monday, 20 August 2012

Resource #1 More Tonal Exercises

Finished two more tonal drawings today..

Time: 1 hour (20 Aug 2012)

Thursday, 16 August 2012

Resource #1: Tonal Exercises

I had a play with charcoal first then changed to pencil

(2B, 4B) for the following tonal exercises

My favourite one by far is the last one...I've decided I'm not

fond of straight lines. I much prefer curves :o)

I have two to complete...

Time: 3 and 1/2 hours (11th August, 2012)

Wednesday, 18 July 2012

My Travelling Egg Project - An Update and feedback

Sadly, my egg didn't make it to my mentor in Takaka, Nelson in one piece. It arrived scrambled... oh well. I'm glad I took lots of photos. It did have to travel a loooong way and probably had something really heavy sitting on it. Rachel phoned yesterday to give me a bit of feedback. At first I was a little worried about what she might say...but her comments were really encouraging and positive...that I'm progressing well, and did a great job on the colour analogues and my TEP...even though it broke.

These a few pages from my visual art diary that I worked on last week

Kaeli's feet...getting a bit better

..I've enjoyed drawing her features much more than my attempts at drawing humans so think I'll will stick to animals for the time being.

One of the things I've always wanted to draw are plants/flowers/trees etc....so maybe that is something I can work towards doing.

The Warehouse Stationery had a sale on canvases..60% off ...so I've picked up several of the smaller ones to have a play with for my next project. I'm very excited about it too....

Off to watch Resource #2 DVD now...

Sunday, 15 July 2012

Resource #1 - update

I watched the DVD again and have been reading through "Go! The Art of Change" book and found inspiration in what Jonathan shares.

After a particularly stressful day yesterday, I ended up going to bed and drawing. At first, it was hard...and I felt really frustrated with everything I tried but I kept on working on my sketches building up toning and erasing back for the light..and in the end actually felt satisfied with my attempts.

(will take pics and upload them tomorrow)

Today I have been working (voluntary) at The BACH where I sell my soap. I thought I was going to be on my own for the first time (I've only done a few Sundays...and this was my fourth) but when I arrived Glenda (the founder of the BACH) had come in for the day and said I could go home if I wanted to. I decided to stay and in the end it's been a good day. I've learned a lot about the history and purpose, and been artistically and creatively-inspired which is great for the soul....

One of the things I learned about today was that Glenda is very passionate about Hundertwasser's work. Whangarei is proposing building the HUNDERTWASSER ART CENTRE next to The BACH which will be great for artisan sales. She had some of his work on her laptop and I realised, with reading his writings about his specific style, that one of the reasons he inspires me is HE DOESN'T LIKE LINES AND SHARP ANGLES ....wow! Me neither! The other is his use of colour. Glenda uploaded the Hundertwasser files onto a USB stick and when I got home I spent some time looking through them.

So I'm "buzzing" and I can't wait to start on Resource #2 tomorrow!

Sunday, 8 July 2012

My Art Womb

My Art Womb is finished! It has been an amazing journey...but one I haven't been able to rush. Like birth itself, I feel I have been labouring over it's delivery as I consider the aspects of the EGG, what it signifies and what it mean to me.

It has been a journey of discovery and acceptance and I hope it is the NEW BEGINNING I desire and need (artistically speaking)

I hope my Travelling Egg gets to Rachel, my Mentor safely!

Saturday, 30 June 2012

RESOURCE #1: The Travelling Egg Project

This has been a FUN and thought-provoking exercise. I've really enjoyed the brain-storming (I didn't sleep well the first couple of nights I was so excited hehe) Here's with I wrote in my Visual Diary on the 6th June....

above: images from the internet

I googled the word WOMB and was especially inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci'd Study of the Womb, and it was from this, that I birthed the idea of shaping a womb "shell" with paper mache over a balloon that was blown up enough to fit in my hand.

Very messy...lots of fun!

...hanging outside to dry....

I had thoughts of using chicken wire and Plaster of Paris to strengthen and reinforce my "womb" but I wasn't 100% sure about it.... so did a bit more googling. I got the idea of using hessian strips with the POP and knew I had some so went in search in my resource cupboard for some scraps...Once the ballon was removed and my womb cut in half. I needed to somehow keep paper-mached shape when I plastered it so I stuffed the inside halves with some balled-up newspaper

...and this is what they looked like once plastered with the hessian strips dipped in the POP....

Once dry, I painted it (...several times until I got the colour I liked!)

..the inside...

I have been VERY PROUDLY showing off my "womb" to all my friends LOL! They are excited for me and love my idea.

Next is to "line" my womb to protect the egg....

Cutting out the fabric...

add the wadding to line the inside of my "womb"

yes.. it fits!

(excuse the weird colours in the photo above)
The stamped wording expresses my thoughts about the egg,
new life, new beginnings..
"Going back to the beginning"as not only is an egg the beginning of life,
TLC is also the new beginning of my art journey
"Encase, Keep safe, Precious" - what the "womb" does and provides. It's also what I feel has happened to me, artistically-speaking.
The butterflies signify transition and transformation.

This is the cover for the egg...it opens at the bottom

..and the other side..
It reads "The layers (pun) of protection, hiding the egg". We all hide parts of ourself...things we are ashamed of or aren't confident in. This is how I feel with my artistic abilities...like it's hidden in the layers of what I've been told when I was at school (that I was "wasting time" decorating my work artistically) and that I'm "No Good" at things....