Just Painting, Just living.

TUTORS

PS to Graduation Day. It was unexpectedly lovely to chat with our ex-tutors almost on new level footing ! Really miss their daily input and comments. Thanks so much to you all.

POST-GRADUATION

Lovely to see my former fellow-students on 24th Oct. The ceremony went so quickly and was just a little emotional. The simple act of walking across the stage wearing all that stuff somehow made it real for the first time. I’m a BA Hons !!!

Today I looked back over some of my sketchbooks and notes and am trying to work out what to do next. I’ve had several false starts already due to my ever-present feelings of urgency. There is almost a fear of not having enough time left to do all the things I plan to do. But today I’m beginning to slow down and to reflect. I think I rushed from one idea to the next during my 3 years at uni and can now see that there are quite a few drawings, ideas I could explore in greater depth. There was so much more to explore. Pressures of meeting deadlines, although good in that it forced you to think quickly, conspired to make you miss out on subtle elements of an image or idea sometimes

So I’m kind of back-tracking slowly and letting rather than trying to paint emotions, impressions of my thoughts.

Have joined Cuckoo Farm Print Workshop. I need to talk to other artists to bounce ideas around and just to get into the zone.

Where are the rest of the class of 2013 UCS ?? Would be nice to get a conversation going or some feedback. How are the rest of you doing in this post-uni world ??