As I fancied doing a spot of sketching today, I began looking through tattoo forums and sites in order to find a nice image to draw. That's how I usually get my inspiration when I'm drawing, but this time I decided to do something a little different and a little more challenging. I won't lie to you, faces aren't my strong point, so to make myself practice and do it properly I decided to draw my all-time favourite tattoo artist Kat Von D. Overall I'm happy with how it came out, I have definitely improved on drawing eyes and noses since I began doing portriats AND it gave me a reason to trawl through Google Images of her without feeling (too) creepy!
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Taking a rather more destructive than usual approach to graffiti, Vhils, real name Alexandre Farto, isn't the first to use explosives for art - However, utilising the stereotypical stencilled style we're used to seeing in street art right now, Farto does make an otherwise slightly messy expression seemingly more accessible. The premise is simple - stencil small (really small) amounts of explosive paste on a wall, layer over with plaster, let it set, then go get the slo mo camera out. Setting the explosives off with a small electric current, the stencilled design is blasted from the layer of plaster, leaving the raw brick behind - magic The final tick in the box is setting your reapeated ethereal images of floating debris to a suitably repetetive, suitably ethereal audio adventure, provided here by Orelha Negra. It's nice to see something new in the currently stale, banksy lookalike, world of modern day fresco, but I hope it doesn't catch on - this has al-Qaeda exploded all over it Michael Hollins Day 77, Image 77: 288 Images to go. The photo above was taken in the North Lanes in Brighton. The ever-changing face of this wall always provides an interesting and vibrant scene on the crossing. The sketch on the left was sketched at the base of Notre Dame in Paris, it focuses on one side of this beautiful building. To go with this architecture love I have developed recently, I have also included a photo (below) taken when I went to visit Leeds this weekend! I apologise for he inconsistent updates recently, it is all down to me being away alot. But not I'm back and will aim to post entries at more regular intervals! Day 73, Image 73: 292 Images to go I have recently been on a weekend getaway to Paris for Valentine's Day. What better place to feel romantic than the city of lovers? The one tip I would give anyone else aiming for a stress-free, relaxing escape in a foreign country is that, it is completely impossible... One closed motorway, One missed eurostar, One missed boat cruise and about 20 minutes of jogging in a dinner dress later and we finally made it onto a late night cruise down the River Seine. Despite the hiccups and ruined make-up, there is no way you cannot immerse yourself in Paris. Seeing the beautiful architecture dotted everywhere, especially lit up by night, soon eased away the stresses of travelling. The images I have included here are, in order, taken of: The Eiffel Tower lit up by night, Sacre Coeur, the view from the Seine River Bridge in the evening and Notre Dame. I had a great time and would recommend it to anyone, Parfait! I was given this drawing as a gift as a souvenir from Cuba. I love having sketches hanging around my room and the fact that this one comes from a foreign country and has been sketched on location by an unknown street artist makes it all the better. The perspectives are slightly out but the detail in the building in beautiful. Having this on my wall has given me the idea of collecting at least one piece of artwork from every country I visit, what better way to remember the placed you've been than by having a sketching of it of your own?
Day 69: (insert joke about the number 69) Pictures from Tate Britain and the Natural History Museum6/2/2011 Day 69, Image 70: 295 Images to go Here are a couple of examples of the exhibits I got to see the other day from both the Natural History Museum and Tate Britain in London. The image above is a busy little box of small stuffed birds. Slightly disturbing but also really cool. On the left is an original interpretation of the portrait by and artist called John Stezaker. This was one of a couple of portraits done using the layering of natural scenery to complete the face. Noth of the pieces really caught my eye (no pun intended) and I would like to experiment with re-creating something similar. This is a picture of a mysterious shoe-tree growing at The Level in Brighton. One of my friends spotted this unusual sight as we were walking back after a night out, so I decided to find out more about it for this entry. No-one is entirely sure why so many trainers have apparently been slung over the branches of this tree, but an article from The Argus (see link below) offers a few suggestions. One person suggested that, as the tree is very near a skate park. it could simply be that, having worn their trainers down from months of skating, the youngsters decided to toss them in the tree instead of the finality of throwing them away. Another suggestion is that it is a type of a memorial to someone who died in the area. This is similarly to a gang-culture tradition born in the US where the members of a gang would throw shoes into a tree if one of their own had been killed. Other Brightonians have offered the idea that it is artwork linked with the graffiti in the lanes and others have suggested that it is a sign saying that that spot is where you need to go if you want to buy drugs (to be honest as it's next to a skatepark, you don't really need a tree full of trainers to tell you that). ( http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/8768300.Brighton_tree_full_of_trainers/) So, the mystery remains unsolved, which I kind of prefer as it makes it another quirky, unusual element you can always find around Brighton. Day 67, Image 67: 298 Images to go As you all know I have a love of everything masquerade and burlesque, and this isn't the first entry I've done that features a Venetian mask. What this entry also has in common with the previous one is that it is also taken from my Auntie's house. It is her newest addition to the collection of beautiful and fascinating objects that decorate the house. I love the positioning of this mask as the warm glow of the light really brings out the dark, mysterious feel of the silhouette underneath, All I can hope for is that one day I have a valid enough reason to get one of these for myself and wear it out without looking like a crazy woman. If any of you fancy putting on a masked ball any time soon I'm there with feathers on! |
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