Graphite pencil illustration 28.06.21 This artwork began as part of my Unit 3 folio for VCE studio arts. I was researching myths, and vaguely remembered one explaining why ravens had black feathers. It went along these lines: Apollo was with a mortal lover. He left her for a second to go... do something? Some kind of divine duty? I'm [...]
Finals from my 2020 VCD folio playing card designs + business logo I had an idea mid way through this year, and I was so excited about it that I emailed my studio arts teacher to see if the concept was actually feasible. I ended up having to wait till the end of the year before starting. However, it [...]
Acrylic on canvas paper - 28.01.21 On the 28th of January, I attended a portraiture workshop run by the artist Shay Downer. I’ve attended a couple of Downer’s previous workshops over the past 2-3 years. Whilst previous workshops explored the medium charcoal, this session was focused on using the Zorn colour palette. I was restricted to using just 4 paints – [...]
Perseus was a pampered prick. Yeah, you read it right: Perseus, that popular Greek protagonist, [...]
Ah, MONA. What an... interesting place... On the 16th of April, I went to Tasmania, spending the weekend there. It has taken me, roughly... until now to process how I feel about that underground museum. Catching the ferry to MONA was lovely. Admittedly, a bit weird to travel on a boat owned by an art museum to go to said art museum. But that was far [...]
I didn’t mean my last post be on just one painting. So here I am, giving you a Part 2 on my experience at the Art Gallery of Ballarat. I’ll start by saying that I was completely surprised when I saw the Olive Cotton’s 1935 gelatin silver print, Tea cup Ballet. To explain why, let’s go back a couple of years to when I was in [...]
(Note: Just so you know, this post is dense with Greek Mythology. Be prepared.) The original plan was to go to Canberra. Go see the National Gallery, then the Portrait Gallery. But it wouldn’t be the Twenty-Twenties without the whole Corona thing creating its chaos. NSW’s border closed basically the night before our flight, and that was that. Makes sense! Rather be safe than sorry – [...]
