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29th April 2020,

What art do I enjoy looking at and wish to replicate in own artworks?

images with movement (use of materials, subject matter etc.)

larger peices of work, making the veiwer feel overwhelmed yet entranced (Mark Rothko)

Artwork that makes me want to go back and look at it again for hours on end (Mark Rothko)

Emotion evoking art - good or bad emotion have the viewer feel something

use of shape and colour (unusal shaped canvas, use of minimal colour variety)

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29th April 2020,

Skills Invetory!

My Practical skills:

gold leafing

installation

conceptual art

acrylic painting with brush and hands

graphite pencil sketching

pen and ink sketching

clay (pottery)

performance art

sculpture

collage/mixed media

digital painting

video art

My Mastery:

gold leafing

conceptual art

installation art

acrylic painting

sculpture

pen/ink sketching

graphite sketching

What do I want to learn:

how to use water colours properly

how to transfer the experience and feeling of installtion work into 2D painting

how to get inspiration and concpets on demand

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29th April 2020,

Mock Exhibtion of project, taken on my dining table, had to swap out light bulb for torch as miss placed it. The brown and white markings on the table allow it to be a part of the project instead on an extention.

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12th April 2020,

I have been advised that I should be on my second or third sketchbook and the one I am currently working in isn’t sufficant.

I deem this blog to be a second sketchbook/extension of my sketchbook. Thus, in my mind, I do have two sketchbooks.

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10th April 2020,

Just found out that I have lost my job, so I have no other income than SAAS which is only for rent and bills which too stops in a month.

I have no money or form of income so any further experimentation and addition to my projects are to be done with what I have to hand (which is very minimal). I cannot afford to buy ANYTHING other than essentails for surviving and I cannot ask family for money because my dad is high risk with MS with no immune system a regualr cold could put him in the hospital and they need what income they have to keep him alive and healthy!

I am trying to apply for universal credit but that too may fall through becasue of Will’s salary the goverment may deem it to be enough (it is not).

All art is postponed and having to take a different turn to accommodate. I am very stressed and freaking out right now that I am nowhere near the right mindset to be creative I need time just to collect my thoughts and get to grips with what is important before I continue anything further.

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10th April 2020,

I’m finding it harder and harder to be self motivated when everyday COVID-19 is getting worse and worse.

I have been able to do this in my sketchbook, simplistic yin and yang symbols with different backgrounds. I chose the blue to try a varied colour palette compared to my usual black. The minimalist style instead of the traditional is so the focus can be more on the colouring.

The watercolour worked out well for this but the black doesn’t look as striking compared to the blue.

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7th April 2020,

I am struggling to find motivation and drive to continue working with all going on in the world. I am able to at most only do an hour or two of work which isnt nearly enough for me to do what has been asked of me from my lecturers.

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4th April 2020,

Sketches and paintings exploring the nature of Yin and Yang, I wish to further this and do some more in my sketchbook I like the look of the random strokes and will look into refining this.

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4th April 2020,

paintings from collaborative project showing fear of failure

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29th March 2020,

Yesterday I finalised my artist statement, today will be reviewing it to finalise before submission and continuing paintings for my collaboration.

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29th March 2020,

Painting boxes with white, needs a couple more coats but running low on paint so far looks very good and is finally coming together.

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29th March 2020,

I’ve been slacking in updating blog becasue of the COVID-19 climate and fear of safety of high risk dad.

I have read Pablo Helguera’s ‘Education of Socially Engaged Art’ in chapter 2 pages 14-17 he discusses multi layered participating structures. from reading this I have refined my personal stance on the topic in regards of my artowrks.

My boxes are directed participation instructing viewers to open the boxes and muster their outcomes. Thus, in turn, also falls under nominal participation having the viewers reflect and analyse the artworks.

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24th March 2020,

due to the current climate of the COVID-19 pandemic I am solely working from home.

The country is in lockdown at the moment, the end of year show has been cancelled as a result thus the element of audience participation is redundant. I have thought of trying out a box at my front door saying ‘open me’ but as I live in an area with elderly and other high risk people, it isn’t wise to do. Also the boxes are cardboard and impossible to disinfect thoroughly to not infect myself or others with the virus.

I am continuing to paint the boxes as well as trying out a small set up at home and have my boyfriend be my guinea pig and do the audience participation. In a private home viewing.

I am also going to be doing small mural style painting and drawings of yin and yang symbolism to further highlight the influence of the ancient proverb within this project.

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23rd March 2020,

Painted inside of ‘Black Box’ white, patchy needs second coat, left drying on windowsill

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23rd March 2020,

Sketchbook pages, still to include audience participation research

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23rd March 2020,

Sketchbook update cont.

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12th March 2020,

Painting ‘Black Box’ with Stuart Semple Black 3.0 the paint needs to be layered to get a full effect, cool air needed not hot or cracks appear when making it matte.

Very effective exactly what I am wanting to get full impact just need to paint inside white (hindsight should’ve done white first then the black) to emphasise black.