Decided to take a short break – a few days in Cornwall. Partly because I’ve been working hard and needed a break, and partly enforced as the college was closed over the easter bank holidays and rail strikes were threatened.
Had a great time, lovely weather – sunny and warm mixed with cold, wet and windy. Just what I needed. So back to college tomorrow, one more week of holidays before term starts back, and 3 more weeks after that till we have to be finished our degree show work….
It’s pretty exciting and daunting too.
There’s so much to think about! I still don’t know right now what the answer is to the selling/pricing question. I wonder, though I suspect not, whether we’ll get much advice on this when term starts. I mean there may be some guidelines, but ultimately its you the artist who needs to make the call. And this is a new phase to my practice that I am totally naive about. I guess everyone makes mistakes initially so I shouldn’t worry, just relax and see make a call nearer the time.
Back to my paintings though, when it came to paint on the purple grounds – “Pheobe” and “Alex” (see next post) – I had loads of issues. More so with “Alex” though, he has caused me the most trouble to date. Firstly the purple is such that the complexion, no matter what I do gives a stoney-cold look because of the purple shining through my paint – it’s quite fascinating really. Secondly I just really messed up and had the proportions all wrong – eyes too close, nose too short etc.. so at one point I rubbed half of it off and started again. Got there in the end though.
Must have been tired, I guess.
