But now its a monday afternoon (everyone knows how pointless monday afternoons are) and im waiting for paint to dry on my personal project so thought id get a spot of blogging in.
Its been all go since we started back at uni, Day 1 was meetings, meetings, meetings and we were given a huge folder of paperwork with all our module briefings in it and course outlines for the year, it made the whole "being in our final year" a lot more real, and pretty scary!
I finally managed to finish my painting of the woman under water, I tried to get her finished over summer but ran out of time as I was offered some work in Edinburgh.
So day 2 was back into scenic, loving life! We started straight into Panto right away. Im loving the model, so excited to be working on it it looks beutiful, as always with Robins designs! Kind of forgot how to draw up a little bit but after a few minutes it all came back to me.
The floor was the first thing we were to do, we were using spray guns, which before I did my painting of the woman under the water I was terrified of, but now I feel alot more confident in using them. It was quite tricky to do the floor as the Ath floor is 6 flats along in width but unfortuately we could only fit 5 into the worshop so that was a bit frustrating. It took us just over a week to do though and I think it looks great!
Then we got some of the village flats, which are huge! I think this year we work really well as a team, Rose, Sarah and I get on so well, in and out of uni which I think really helps us keep a positive attitude in the department, Lee is a good worker too and we can all easily have a laugh, theres not as much dramas as there were with the 3rd years last year. Our 2 majors in second year, Rosie and Gillian fit in really well too and i think its going to be a great year.We had some of the new first years in who were pretty quick at their painting which helped us along a bit, I think were on schedule, I think we all started off a bit slow but now that we've all got our heads into whats to be done I really think the pace will pick up.
On monday afternoons we now have a choice module which im doing a negociated project for. I've decided to replicate 3 famous artists pieces of work. The first one im starting with is a Van Gough, its not a very well known one but I fell in love wth it as soon as I saw it, its a sea scape, its beautiful, it scares the crap out of me and i dont know where im going to start with it but if I manage it it will look great in my portfolio. The other one I want to do is a Degas ballerina, which will be a present for my mum as she loves Degas, and I havent decided on a portrait to do yet.I started a wee painting at home yesterday of a Geisha, its a portarit that I found before summer and thought id do over summer but literally didnt have a minute off work, packing and flat hunting to even attempt to start it. But I made a good start to it yesterday, its got a long way to go but im happy with what ive done so far. I also want to do a painting for my brothers christmas of one of our travel photos as he's just bought his first flat so I want to give him some art work that means something to him. Its going to be a busy couple of months up to christmas!
I have managed to arrange my work placement with The Royal Opera House in London which is in the second week in January which im really looking forward to! Im also hopefully going to be helping my boss from summer and work on some panto stuff for him in our bridge week in November. AND, I've also been in touch with Fiona at the Lyceum to see if I can work with her for a week or 2 over the christmas break, no rest for the wicked! I dont have time to mope around this year, got to be a lot more proactive!
