slightly tipsy..

so tonight the boyfriend is working, and because im a wimp i wont sleep whilst he is out so to pass time i have cracked open a few bottles of wine and popped my creative mind on!! so please excuse me if im talking about rediculous things!! first things first.. i saw on my mums blog she was worried about Sir Broccoli(my kitty) as he was moving home, he is settling in wonderfully!! though he wont leave my side!!..

following me whilst i put the bins out..

waiting for me to come up stairs..

pestering me whilst i check out the blog land!!

anyhoo, back to what im here for!! so about being sick off art, i got 2 new books, the first, The Guerilla Art Kit, and the second, Wreck This Journal, both by Keri Smith. they have really helped me! i am full of insperation now! the only thing is it has nothing to do with uni!! on monday i decided **** it!! im going to speak to my tutor about the problems im having, first i spoke to my lecture tutor who has agreed to help me with my disitation, then i spoke to my main tutor about my artistic block, suprisingly he was really good about it! i told him how little work i have managed to do and that i dont feel like doing it any more. he has agreed to spend a few hours with me this week to try and get my insperation back, which instantly helped me help myself!!

>another bottle down...<

so about tonights ideas!! i've been reading The Guerilla Ary Kit and it has given me LOADS of ideas!! i feel it is getting me more excited because its slightly naughty and different!! a few of my ideas are..

• making vegetable patches in unusual places
• putting christmas decorations on a tree in the park
• wheat pasting old work around town
• sending a 'chain post card' around for people to add too and pass on
• putting signs up in back alleys, e.g ' gonna regret this one?'
• put jars around town labeled ' staff tips'

im going food shoppping at 6am and in this drunken state i am feeling confident enough to partake in my first 'guerilla art' i have made some tags saying, ' do you really need to buy this?' which i am going to hang off some clothes in Asda.. im starting small to build up my confidence,, i am feeling quite excited, the only downfall is that i dont get to experience the reactions.. and i may get strange looks, or even in trouble!! but it is all in the name of art and bringing back my insperation so bring it on!! wish me luck!!
will keep you posted :)

show me something new!!

at the moment i am researching for my disitation!! the brief is to compare 2 pieces of art that interest me in 000 words.. really struggling!! i have been looking for something different, but cant find it!! am i looking in the wrong places?! i have searched the internet, the library and book shops, just to find myself faced with the usuall culprites!! piccasso, monet, constable, dali, valazquez etc.. now im not saying its bad work, its very pretty but its just all the same!! one artist i came across which i liked was patricia piccinini, i was thinking about comparing it to something thats beautiful in everyones eyes and talking about what defines beauty.. but dont know what?? any suggestions??

first blog!

i have followed my mums advice and started my very own blog! i am currently studying a degree in fine art, and not thinking much of it! lately i have been feeling very disappointed in the art i have seen, i am begining to get a very sour view in art, i am wondering why i  have chosen this as a career path, why am i putting my future in something that isnt motivating me? i have always been a very keen artist(admittidly not the most talented but always enjoyed it), but i now feel there is nothing new, i have no insperation at the moment. i think the final straw for me was going in to my 2d media class and being handed a breif to copy another piece of famous art, the tutor suggested we look at artists such as Piccasso, Monet, Van Gogh.... which set in stone all of my feelings!! why am i being told to copy others and not to find my own style?!?! after this huge let down i decided all thats left to do is try and motivate my self!! i am going to start by uploading some of my previous work, look at other peoples blogs and maybe rant on here to let out my frustration with the art world! maybe i wont be so angry with it all anymore!! so here goes with the uploads..

this is the first frontal view i have had of life drawing, not sure what i think of it yet, think i will try and take it further some how?

this is a pencil drawing of the kitchen, was very happy with it at the time, think i could improve it!!

i was very unhappy with this when i first drew it, but looking at it now, i am very happy with it, dont like her hair, but its easy to fix, i think she looks quite 3D, well done me i think

this was a photo that went wrong but i think it is quite interesting..

page from a sketch book..

another page from a sketch book, this is quite a personal piece for me, it is months of diary entrys jumbled up.

so after uploading a few pieces of my work and looking at it, i think i am very critical of my work, maybe its because the work i have done isnt exciting me?? so maybe before i change my view of the art world i need to change the work im doing! how can i moan at other work when mine is in the same league?? need to get jotting some ideas down i think!!


p.s. sorry for the rambling!!