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I started working on Bristol uni again after a week or so of not doing it. I had decided a while back that the bottom of the building leading up will he blurred. This is was because there was so much detail at the top that I wanted to have less detail at the bottom. The blurring at the bottom is working out quite well at the moment. To make it blurred I blended the edges together so there weren’t any harsh edges but rather soft diffused ones. I might add in a bit more shading in certain areas. The middle section of the building is a bit harder to do as it’s finding the balance of blurring out the detail and adding in enough detail to merge the top and bottom together. I blended a lot of the edges out but I also include more distinctive lines to make it some what recogniseable. I’ve also added more a blue/ green tint to the colour scheme. I realised also that the ladybird needed shadow underneath to make it more realistic and as of it was actually on the building rather than just placed there. This also made me realise to ensure that the other ladybirds (and other objects in the front of the painting) have a shadow underneath to reinforce the realism aspect in the painting. I’ve also started to add the leaves around the bottom of that area of the painting. The detail will he added in layers.

All furniture moved and stored, installation spaces prepared and about 55 of the 70 show boards across the 3 rooms, joined, taped and painted. A lot of progress and a lot of laughter. Tomorrow we will finish the spaces and the students will begin to prepare their individual spaces and start to get the terrific artwork up. The assessments start in a week. The End of Year Show is after half term in 3 weeks. (* Details to follow)

Did some little crystals tonight... these little drawings are so therapeutic to make! . . ‭ #smallworks #art #artwork #fineart #visualart #artist #modernart #cotnemporary #contemporaryart #lineart #studioart #crystals #littleworksofart #triangles #paper #mixedmedia #mixedmediaart #watercolor #watermedia #artoftheday #artofinstagram #instaartist #artoftheday #foundationart #design #color #painting #drawing #artforsale #art🎨

my exhibition was today!!! everyone's work was so amazing and im so proud 😊😊 my full film will be uploaded online soon so pls stay tuned to see it! 🎬 #illustration #foundationart #exhibition #artexhibition #trans #transgender #lgbt #filmmaker #queer #filmmaking (at The City of Liverpool College - The Arts Centre)

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In order to develop the sketch that I had drawn of this photograph I decided to use watercolours to add the main colours into the piece without the larger aspects of shading being present. I felt that only including the main colours would allow me to make a flatter effect to the piece but that using watercolours was a good way of having flat colours which still had a slight texture to them as I have always found that it is difficult to use watercolour without the inclusion of brush strokes in the piece. One of the issues I had with this piece created a detail that I hadn’t intended at the beginning of the piece. Due to the fact that I was working on top of a photocopy of the original sketch I found that whilst trying to add a slight amount of texture to the white areas in the piece that the water I was using was picking up the ink that I hadn’t realised was there and so was turning several areas of my piece blue. Whilst I initially disliked this due to it being an unexpected effect I have come to rather like this addition to the piece in it’s variation from the reference drawing.