I hold the key to the sea of possibilities.: January 2012

Saturday 28 January 2012

self developed 35mm film, olympus pen ee

Sunday 15 January 2012

Hiroshige

While I was in the Tate Liverpool gift shop yesterday I saw the book One Hundred Famous Views of Edo by Hiroshige who was a Japanese Ukiyo-e (woodblock prints) artist in the 19th century. I remember seeing some of his art over the years and also reproductions by Van Gogh, but the beauty of these vibrant landscapes took my breath away. The way the book is bound is, in itself, a work of art. The pages are double folded and binded with string and has a hardback fabric (silk effect?) cover and a toggle-fastening case. The prints themselves are stunning. I really don't know much about japanese art or ukiyo-e but I so want to learn more. I didn't but this book but I found it for a fraction of the price on amazon so I will be buying this in the near future.

Friday 13 January 2012

I feel completely sick when I think about preparing my online portfolio for University, and even more so for the real life portfolio. I'm trying to get over those hurdles at the moment... as it is, when I think about it at night I can't even think about sleeping for another half an hour. I need to get it out of the way because I'm already stupidly tired.

This is a little peak at a piece I'm doing and it will hopefully go in my portfolio. I like watercolours but I really only ever painted my idols (same with pencil drawings), I don't know if that is considered acceptable, at least in small numbers, in a portfolio.

Either way, this is based on self portraits that I took. I am likely to include a pencil portrait, probably of Kurt Cobain, since I feel it's some of my best pencil work... I don't know yet. I like how this watercolour is turning out. I have to focus what I'm good at or I'll freak out and won't include anything in my portfolio.

Tuesday 10 January 2012

retroCamera

I made another blog (separate from any of my others to keep it neat) just to post photos I've taken on my phone using various android apps. I find it really interesting how easy and quick it is to take a photo on a phone, especially from my point of view because I spend endless time and money on film and instant photography as well as lenses for my dSLR.

The results could be interesting. I'll update regularly.
http://android-lens.tumblr.com/