"FINE " ART MARKET

Just sow this and decide to share. Such sadness, but so true. Reminds me recent presentation I did about most expensive photograph. Everything is scam and fixed. Why world ever fall that low, what was the ground ZERO to have this way of living. So sad.

Thank You Adam, but deep down I know it already :(

Happy New Year Week 13

Hello Hello Hello – been a while, but its week 13 and guess what I didn’t make it to the uni this week, but I know it would be like that as in my madness I decided apart from being full time student, full time mum, take on fulltime business – running an art gallery.

This is my first week and it’s been mad. I’m so glad I finished off most of my projects before Christmas as I’m not sure if I would be able to do anything now. I still have Illustration work to complete, which is like a ticking bomb in my ear. I did a bit over Christmas, but it’s not even close to finish line.

Over Christmas I had small commission – to draw a cat, so I had to do that as well plus everything else.

This Sunday I’m taking photographs of MERCEDES Benz cars in Derby. Its project I signed up, to do some artwork for charity even which will be held in February. As painting was a bit too involved and for me there is no time at all I decided to take photos instead. Project is based around Mercedes and anything to do with this lovely car model.

It was busy time, but even more busier coming my way. Next week I’m going back, hopefully with my illustration work finished. I do really work hard for everything I have. It’s not like me to not do the work, just physically no time.

The Louis Vuitton toilet is the first-class way to poop \ New York Post

Looking for perfect Christmas present?
There is your chance – I had to share, as I found this so fascinating.

A bit sad also as it is my favourite
designer, but you had to agree it is defiantly 

NO FAKE SHIT!!

12 weeks of Xmas

😊

Twelve weeks fly by and this is it...half of the uni year is gone. Really looking forward to the next chapter. I been very productive and manage to finalize two of four assignments. To be honest there is two still remaining and its lots to do, but hopefully I be able to complete everything in time when I go back next year.

 

VISUAL STUDIES   
 
As you know I finished my sculpture work last week. This week was mainly to finalize everything. annotation in sketchbook etc.
To improve my work I also create more digital edits to stick closer to required theme. Nowadays you can create everything with the right tools by one click, which I did, plus using just my mobile. After downloading Glitch effect app all I needed to do just to upload my picture. This is why I didn't wanted to make it so easy, but went trough the process of actually making something, than taking pictures and only then edit. I feel is added more value to my final piece, which I am very pleased about.
  Hopefully tutors will too.

Overall it was very interesting assignment, mainly because forced me to look up art I never used to considering possible. But there are lots of artist making living creating rather fascinating works in order to make viewer's see world differently. After completing this brief I more certain that art can be anything.



 
STUDY SKILLS

Apart from seeing Lance and giving him a xmas card, that was my only sort of interaction with study skills this week. I finalize everything last week and there is nothing left. I will look forward next years new modules, but for now its over. I always try to get tricky things out of the way, to concentrate more on things I do enjoy.

FINE ART

Was nice to see Rowena as for a last two weeks I haven't been in in Thursdays. I told what I  am doing, what progress I made etc. There is nothing really I can do in college anymore as working on my final piece, sort of research is done - experiment canvas also ready.

My final is still not what I want and there is some more work to be done. Will try to do it before Christmas, otherwise oils will no dry till deadline.

ILLUSTRATION

Its still in working progress - over the week I was experimenting with different kind of black pigments. Initially I wanted to do my illustrations with ink, but it sort of turns blue when dries so I think I am  going to use watercolours instead. I want my illustrations be in sort of monochrome tone with maybe splash of colour somewhere.

I have not started yet at all, so there is real pressure now. will deliver my progress first week of new year.

With that in mind ~

 

Have a merry Christmas and Happy New year!

 

 

week 11

Cant believe just one more week an we braking up for Christmas and year is nearly gone. Its been a good one for me, and I hoping to keep same way next year.

This week I went to college just one day, other spending working from home, which again was successful.

VISUAL STUDIES

I am just about finishing my final piece - as it wasn't glitchy enough  decided to add some paint. I been looking trough some illusion artist and some videos of how to create it, but I'm not sure if its suitable for my sculpture. At the moment it looks like that~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I coloured main face and shoulders black to make it more look like a stone.

Theoretically GLICH is suffer a sudden malfunction or fault.  So I calling my piece  "Bleeding Stone". As stones cant bleed Plaster of Paris bandages looks great and so real that it in best way creates that look I was after. Adding red as fake blood I think I have success here. Probably not as glichy as requested, but I can always manipulate it digitally. I have no much skills in that thou, but I will try. Over all is more or less finished. I need to update my sketchbook and I can hand in all next week, to get it out of the way as I have other assignments to concentrate.

 

STUDY SKILLS

 

It was presentation day. I want it other thing off my shoulders. I did submit my 3000 word oiece so just Presentation was left.

 

Only me and Anna choose to do it, as rest rather doing after New year, which I don't understand, why would you want to leave everything for the last minute and study throughout Christmas.

 

Presentation itself was tough as we needed it to talk about somting we hate or don't like, in my case in art. There is no such a thing. Art these days is crazy yes, but its not for me to judge it. Every artist express himself differently and rather beautiful on his own way. So to find something I dislike was hard, but I did eventually.

 

I decided to talk about  this work ~

 

 Old boring photo from end of 90's era~ photograph made by German visual artist Andreas Gursky.

 

 

It is the most expensive photograph ever sold and that what shocked me the most. 4.3 million dollars for this??!! 

The auction doesn't explain why such a simple, somewhat boring picture would be sold for such a high price, but hey, art is art or is it??!!  I rather think its more a technology, but now days in Auction Houses, photography

has taken another step towards cementing the art form as a medium of major historic and cultural significance. 

With several pieces gaining price tags well over the $1 million mark, photography has a marked impact on art collections throughout the world. Mainly because having distinct features and techniques that cannot be found in any other art form.  Which brings me back to what I already said. It is pure technology.

 

Being photographer myself I cant see it as a masterpiece, but in this case its more that who took a picture, not what is the subject.

 

So yes I did my best to presented audience with my opinion in few words. Not sure if it was good or bad, I mainly improvised, but then I forgot to say what I really wanted and so on. Oh well, better next time.

 

FINE ART

 

As I was going to miss Thursday again I been asked in meantime between to look up Turner prize and its this years winner, to see what my opinion is. I did and oh my... I think I am not very artistically minded and sometimes I doubt if I ever be a true artist as I have not in me the craziness required to be an artists. I like pretty things and I am not sure where that puts me on artists lader...im thinking bottom.

 

This years winner, so as any other previous are quite remarkable artist, but art they represent is not even close what I would like. Strange for me that Prize takes up Turner's name ~ the great British painter, who's works was remarkable and he is one of my favourites. Looking trough the winners, runner ups and some other contestants I am not sure if Turner himself would be pleased to see such art, but there must be something that judges see and I am not. Will be interesting to hear everyone else opinion, I hope I'm not the only one.

 


 

In meantime I been busy working on my canvases, I got several and I sort of engaged in the chain of experiments. Canvases goes trough a lot of pressure and mediums.

 

 

I'm trying to make some of them crack. I read it if you put acrylics over the oils it will crack....no I'm still waiting, solid as gold ... So this is not going how I want, rest is okay more or lees. My final piece is still a mystery to me its all depends when I will decide to stop. Last night I put a sand over my frozen and now it feels like velvet. As having time till January this one is not rush...My red canvas as experimental piece is finished, I don't really want add anything more...its otherwise will be too much.

 

 This is how my room looks like most of the time and it is also my bedroom, well carpet will have to go soon. Now I understand importance of studio space, but that is a distant dream, hopefully one day. It would be so easier if I had a studio space.

  

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 ILLUSTRATION

 

As m still  on research part and also been busy finishing off other projects, Illustration is more or less abandoned at the moment, but I will fill in gaps regarding this course next week for sure.