Panto slows down

I love these guys!!

Its now week 8, and compaired to last year this panto has been a doddle. Its been busy and tough and we haven't quite kept to schedule but its not been stressful. Last year we did so many late nights until 9 and did a couple of saturday calls, this year we've done about 3 late night and the latest we stayed was 7! Last year we were all getting ill, we were so tired but this year its been fine. Its weird, its good though, its actually made Panto enjoyable! And it all looks great, I cant wait to see it!




Saz did a great job over the week off and got a load of stuff done which I think got us back on schedule.
We laid the floor yesterday and it looked fab, got all the set out the workshop and its all getting fitted up now...

Tankus the henge! <3

On wednesday we were even able to go out to a gig, my friends who i worked with during summer were playing in ABC and we ended up going out for drinks with them after and it was such a good night! I love hanging out with uni friends, were all so similar and get on so well, its great!


I've finally made a start on my Van Gough and actually made pretty good progress with it on monday! From afar it looks good, up close im not so convinced but I have found his style very challenging, after doing a few photo realism paintings its hard to just throw yourself into something that is more about catching the emotions  rather than the the actual detail. But i've made a start and im pretty happy with it, I do need to get it finished soon though so I can get on with my degas and get back on schedule with my negotiated goals!

Now, I need to get some work done on my website!

Independent learning week...

So last week the whole conservatoire had the week off to catch up with work, or sleep. I had been offered some work with my boss from Underbelly and Irwin who I worked on outpost with, so I used my week to go and work on the Carnegie Hall panto 'Hansel & Gretel' which was great fun. The set was beautiful and Irwin clearly had full trust in my abilities and gave me a project of working on the woodcutters cottage and just left me to it.
I also did a bit of work on a beautiful forest gauze with her and we textured some trees with muslin and PVA.
The people I was working with were lovely and they made me feel like one of the team straight away which was really good. I really enjoyed working in the theater and working with the crew and carpenters. It made me realise just how much I love what im doing and it made me really look forward to graduating and being in the real world.
I was talking to Irwin about it and I know that its going to be hard to get jobs and there are going to be busy and slow periods but im excited!
It also showed me, although I kind of already know this from working at Underbelly, that its the kind of industry where you have to be thick skinned, you cant let things get to you and you have to just be laid back and not easily offended. Its good to have a positive attitude and from working with underbelly and theater crew in general, you need to be able to have a laugh, I think its quite a male orientated industry so its good to  have a joke and be able to take everything on the chin. I think even working with Gary and Matt and Simon, they're quite cheeky, especially Gary but I don't take anything they say personally and just give as much back as them, I think that's the best way to be.

The model box

Forest gauze

Woodcutters house

Almost finished

Im so happy that I was approved next week off as im really looking forward to working with Irwin again, as she is just so lovely and im learning so much from working with her!

Panto Panto Panto

Its been all go on Panto and we've had some first years in on rotation which has sped up the process a lot, they've been great, although strangely the Technical students have been a lot more hands on and willing to work than the Applied arts and design students. I think were even ahead of schedule as we haven't needed to do any late nights yet, although that could be because construction are running behind....

Its been really good though, there's been a really positive attitude in scenic the last few weeks and the set is looking great. 

Unfortunately my negotiated project hasn't been going quite so smoothly, I just haven't had any motivation to do it. Panto has been full on and i've had issues with my flat, and SAAS that have been taking up a lot of my spare time and just exhausting me mentally and physically.

Im going to hopefully attempt to get it finished this week, hopefully tomorrow. Graeme has asked me to do some printing on some material for him so i've got that to do tomorrow morning too. I've not even finished my wee painting of my Geisha i'm doing at home, although that's because my heating has been broken and my flat has been freezing... I have put my woman in the water on a frame that Simon very kindly made for me, so i've go to find a wall big enough to put her up.

I've had a lovely weekend though, we went to Sarah's for dinner and some halloween fun on friday then on Saturday i went up to Girvin just outside Ayr to stay with my friends in their cottage in the middle of nowhere, we went to a light festival and watched some fireworks and went on a wee walk down by the sea, it was a very relaxing weekend and a nice little break from Glasgow.

I got myself some work over the bridge week, so I'll be working on "Sleeping Beauty" for Kirkaldy theatre which should be good. And Fiona at the Lyceum has confirmed I can go and work with her on "A taste of Honey" over the christmas break.