The world is full of interesting people and things…

Here are some lovely new blogs for your perusal…..Well, not really new, but new to me!

Everydayaperture…I would like this blog even if the photos in it weren’t already fascinating and just because of the opening line in about which says; “When I have my camera with me, I notice the world is full of interesting people and things.  It makes me appreciate the world a little more instead of focusing on where I am supposed to be and when.” I guess we just have to stop and open our eyes sometimes.The second arestlesstransplant, is the photojournal of a guy who left his design job in New York, bought a VW van and set off on a visual journey of the U.S.A, with beautiful results…….and theburninghouse which asks simply, ‘what would you take with you if your house was burning down’ and which ends up being a collections of the things people find most precious in their lives. What would you take with you?

Don’t draw what you see

I’ve been playing recently with less observational drawing and painting and more with my own kind of free association technique, (although surrealism is not what I’m aiming for). I just want to create a piece without any preconceived idea of the final outcome or composition. I work mainly in pencil, watercolour and felt tip, because these are fast and easy materials and that way everything moves quickly. Also I deliberately don’t get too caught up with how it might look at the end. Additionally, I like the idea of pulling from different source materials and seeing what new associations these bring up when brought together. Working on waxed paper also keeps the randomness to a maximum. Have a look at this link, alcottArt which has a lot of nice children’s drawings. I love the freedom with which children draw and create. They have far fewer preconceptions about how things should be drawn than us adults.

Politicians

I was working from photos with a wide flat No.10 brush for these images. Sometimes I can’t help but get too involved in the detail of a painting or picture, especially when I’m not drawing from life. Using this kind of brush ensures the final result is simplified and that there is more accidental overlap of colour, which for me gets closer to the goal.

Evolution

evolution of a blog

Just looking at some other blogs this morning What I saw today and The Satorialist being two very good examples, makes me a just little jealous at how very clear and focused they are and I wonder if they started out with a very clear idea of what they wanted at the beginning (probably), rather than having a fairly good idea (like me). Not that I want mine to be SO singular, only that it finds its own niche, (suggestions welcome). There are just too many different and inspiring things out there to ignore. Some people must have telescopic eyes, mine I think, are more like flies, like a hundred, looking in different directions at once. Although I did make one conscious decision and that was to limit the fashion content to a minimum, as this is my daily work and also because there are a lot of other people out there already doing great (and not so great) fashion blogs.

evolution

Forgive me while I fiddle with the format of this blog…just trying to get it, (near) perfect…so that might take a while!

I’m actually quite curious myself as to how this is going to turn out….I see it as an evolutionary process (but with an audience)

However I have decided that…

1. It should be topical
2. It will have pictures painted or drawn by my good self.
3. It will have some bearing on my own life and observations of…
4. It will be humorous, entertaining and interesting….you can be the judge of this one.
5. ….it might take a little while.