swinging into Christmas

Oh dear, iv been neglecting my blogging! Its pretty much been panto touch ups and personal projects. Then I finally got the panto lurgy which has been infecting students for the last 2 months which didn't help my motivation to blog! Anyways, better now, minus the nagging cough.

Adding the wings

Panto ran last week and it looked brilliant! I was so excited to see it and loved the feeling of seeing my work on stage.

Iv been working on my Alison Dunlop painting which has been a very challenging piece to re-create. I've enjoyed it but its also driven me a little insane at points and its been haunting my dreams....I wish I was joking!

the painting begins

I gave myself a deadline of finishing it on the 16th. It was a bit of a rush in the last few days but  its finished, and although I almost ruined it when I used a badly washed roller to glaze it which was covered in white and black paint..I managed to fix it and I got it home safe and sound to Edinburgh for my mums Christmas. She loved it. I love it. Im so proud of what iv managed to achieve. Even when it was rolled out on my mums floor and I noticed bits which I hadn't fixed after the glaze incident, I managed to step back and see that there was no point in stressing as no one but me would notice and its too late to fix it now.Cant wait to see it up in my mums living room.

I'm really looking forward to the Christmas holidays. I'm off to London tonight to spend Christmas with the boyfriends family. I am taking my sketch book and will be continuing with my drawing so I improve for my next tutorial.
Im quite looking forward to going into costume after the new year but I think i'll definitely miss being in Scenic. 

getting there

my favorite part 

Finished!

Thank God its friday (Although we have a paintcall on saturday)

Its been a bit of a funny week this week. A bit slow and disjointed.
There's not been a lot of panto stuff to do as its all coming to an end. We had a paintcall last saturday to do some touchups and fix the trap door on the floor. Just the odd new addition to paint but nothing too busy. Another paintcall tomorrow to rescue our poor damaged set from the rough hands of the S.M team and to make it beautiful again.

Iv been deciding on a personal project and have finally chosen to do a piece by Alison Dunlop of some draped fabric. Its also continuing my research of photorealism. Im now going to attempt one... It does slightly scare me a little as im not great at managing highlights and shaddows but im sure i will manage it eventually. After all, i did manage my trompe l'oeil paintbrush last year. Iv started drawing it up but have come to a stand still as we have run out of white paint.....and the fabric im painting is white. So hense, the blogging!

An Alison Dunlop piece, similar to the one iv chosen to do.

Iv also decided im going to attempt a couple of paintings at home for christmas presents and to keep my painting skills up out of uni. Im going to paint a hummingbird for my boyfriends mum and try a Pedro Campos style coke can for my sister, whether she will appreciate an original piece of 'Jude' art is yet to be seen.

Humming bird im going to attempt at home

Im still really loving being in scenic and feel i have learned a lot this term. I think i will miss it when we start our minors next term but im looking forward to learning more about costume.