Thursday 23 September 2010

Finally, after the beginning rush of joining Chelsea College of Art, the rotation i was most interested in had rolled round; Fine Art. Alike most of the people on my course, Fine Art appeals as being the field we'll most likely go into as it's what we're used to, but then again, the whole reason for doing foundation is to branch out and check out other areas in the art field. I say this, but i really think Fine Art is an important area to me. Our first day was just spent quick drawing walking round four different set ups in the studio; it may sound boring to some people, but just constantly drawing and painting is what i enjoy doing (with a little liquid lunch at the pub half way through, ofcourse). The Fine Art tutors seem absolutely safe in their attitude to working and i really enjoy hearing their ideas and opinions on my work because it gives me an insight to the contemporary viewpoint of drawing; most of the tutors at Chelsea like to see quick, continual drawing moreso than detaildetaildetail and photographic drawing which i can, at times, struggle to do. 

Tuesday was independent study day, and instead of going back to halls to do my own thing, we were given a day project to take on; Carnival of the Streets. We were asked to go out somewhere and draw the life that passed us by; sets of quick, lively drawings to illustrate all we could see around us. We then had to take a detour to a quieter, more natural place, or a gallery. I chose to start off in Piccadilly Circus; an area full of locals, traffic, tourists, and plenty of pigeons. I managed to get many drawings from this; moreso than when i followed by visiting the Leicester Square garden; a very nice calm area, but with hardly any movement; everyone was far too busy taking too long eating their lunch on their lap squished up on each bench. During this outing, i took several subject photographs we needed to obtain, and i tried to capture as many shots containing basic movement around about as possible.

I had another day off on Wednesday due to no seminars or lectures to attend, and so i spent the day, partly hungover from a night out before, visiting the Tate Britain, and then getting the boat across to visit Tate Modern. At the Britain, the 'Edweard Muybridge' Exhibition; some beautiful photography and some really interesting photographs. Really enjoyed my visit there, and aspects such as the maze were interesting and made the visit more interactive, which i enjoyed. The Tate Modern exhibition however appealed to me more; i'm a massive fan of photography, and this exhibition focussed on several photographers, particularly standing out to me was Walker Evans, Morris Engel, and, a photographer i have previously studied, Helmut Newton. The exhibition touched some serious issues and some of the photographs were just beautiful. The stories that were behind some photographs also inspired me, as many of the most amazing photographs i came across were just so natural. 

That leaves me with today, Thursday. We rolled up into College as of norm and began the day drawing on acetate sheets, looking into the process of animation. We spent the morning drawing the set ups from different angles, and then, after a lunch break, we got taken to the media hub to explore how the animations can work. It inspired a few ideas into my mind, but i'm still fairly unsure as to what i'm going to do as part of my final project; i say this, but i think we're expecting another brief tomorrow. By the end of today, i ended up with some stand-alone acetate/photograph combinations which really worked; i also liked the fact that all of my photographs had a blue hue to them, forming them into a series even though they still looked great standing alone. 
Here are a few examples of the photographs i ended up with:

 

 

I like how the images turned out; some of them are admittedly better than others but with a bit more work and thought, and a powerful idea for my actual final piece, i could come up with something pretty good. 
Until next week, peaaaaaace .x

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