Once again, a bit a gap between posts. I went into week three with my four finished pieces of work. They were still a little wet, but finished enough to be displayed on a rather nice wall in the science block at the school. They actually look quite good considering they were produced so quickly. The translucent ones worked really nicely, but one of the canvas peices was still a little too painty, the kind of think I wanted to get away from, but nonetheless a good starting point for the rest of the term.
The rest of the week was spent talking to groups of sixth formers and planning next weeks after school clubs. I did some very bad drawings and generally found it a bit of a struggle to get into my work, but I had expected that.
Thursday was a slight breakthrough. I spent the day playing around with frame making and trying to get an interesting start for my next piece. I went through lots of different layouts that I had sketched in my notebook, but ended up with a free standing double panel 3d object thing which looks really cool. I've yet to paint or draw or do anything like that to it, but it's a start. I kind of want to spend the first part of next week building some more of these structures before I get stuck in with the marks. I'm sure that this is the way forward, as it is extending the pictorial space in the way I need it to. The best thing was, I left the studio on Friday evening with a smile on my face :)
I went to Cambridge yesterday to see the Roger Hilton exhibition at Kettles Yard. It was well worth the trip, really great stuff. Probably the best painting exhibition I've seen in quite some time. I really liked the openess in his work and the way that it looked so easy. I think I will continue to work in a traditional square/rectangle format as well as my new way of working.
