Amanda Visell

http://www.amandavisell.com/talk_to_me

fortttz

i want to live in here!

Tuesdays face smile

Shary Boyle

Mark Warren Jacques

Lisa Congdon

Henri Rousseau

The Laughing heart

your life is your life
don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can’t beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
your life is your life.
know it while you have it.
you are marvelous
the gods wait to delight
in you.

@Charles Bukowski

Compuderr skillzzz

I used photoshop for the first time last week to complete a uni brief we had been given to design a book cover for a wildlife book using a maximum of three colours and incorporating text etc etc yadda yadda
anyway heres what I came up with
I hand drew the owl and mice and scanned them in and then inverted the outline - all very complicated and technical I assure thee :)

ADRIENS FINALLY FINIIIISHED!!

It only took a year :p
but there were large gaps of no painting were I just couldnt face him (ha) - theres still lots I could do with him - lots of blemishes and more stubble but for now Im pleased to have him hanging on my wall - that giant head! awwww

moleskine

A town up there

I want to live here - for a bit atleast

in this instance ... id love the skills of Penny Crayon!

sketch 4 - a darty one

**Im sorry the pictures are papp - my mobile phone is pretty darn sturdy but it was created a decade ago ***
I did this little dude today ... need to make more of a habit of sketching away! Im really worried that Im getting carried away with myself taking on an illustration degree when i have absolutely no idea how to use a computer :) oh well lifes for living and learning!

sketchy 3

i forgot already to post :p eeeeeeeeeeee
heres one

Sketchbook pt 2

Most* contemporary art is poo poo

The Tate Modern depresses me and not because i find the work so amazing I leave feeling talentless and unworthy - In my uneducated and worthless opinion - The Tate modern is full ... FULL ... jam packed ... with visually unstimulating tosh ... theres the odd treasure sure - but to be honest the fact that often its just spewing at the sides with pretentious wankers is enough to keep me away :)

the end

p.s. Damien Hirst - you are a twat


Rachel Whiteread

Well Indeed

I am not a good Blogger ... its hard to remember to sit and do this all the time - but ... i stumbled upon this amazing website called 43 Things and in a bid to get the most out of myself creatively - and in preperation for a possible move towards University I made several resolutions - the usual stuff ie: excercise my brain and body more often, Meditate, and Draw more .... I have never really kept a sketch book - i generally just go at a canvass and see what happens - but I made a resolution to do ONE sketch a day ... like all resolutions however I have faltered - This will not do!
So this blog is my commitment ... From today I will upload a picture a day from my sketch book!

Wooowoooo

It might motivate me to produce better work too

We shall see .....