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The above image shows my now blank art instagram, from which I can now work up. Although I didn’t mention it on the previous post, a key area of change for me is the name or handle, as although I […]

I made it to Monterey Bay, an iconic drive down the Pacific coast with thrilling sea views. The sea was a very deep blue and the white foam of the breakers was spectacular. Sadly it was too windy for many […]

As part of my Professional Practice Two module, I will be trying to gain a better understanding of social media platforms and trying to understand how they function to promote artists work. I would also like to look at whether […]

Being the Second Saturday of the month, the School of Visual Philosophy across the road from the Flamingo Motel was holding an open afternoon, and it was great. The school is set in a large open plan space (former shop […]

An intentionally slow day today and a chance to reflect and regroup. Strange how the brain fills up, a shame it doesn’t just keep on expanding to accomodate new material without the need to switch off and process. It is […]

After a quick visit to the Golden Gate bridge (traffic jams and a slightly disappointing vantage point) I made my way to the San Francisco Mint for Verse: The Art of The Future, an exhibition of augmented reality artworks. To […]

Last week we had a crit for the first time in a while, which was really interesting and helpful for me. There was definitely an element of hearing the same thing again (as in previous crits), which I suppose is […]

Mending the Coverlet. Coverlet Detail. by Phyllis Griffiths (my grandmother) and Carole Day. Textile and felt. Mending the Coverlet Some things cannot be mended. Some can. When my sister’s husband, Nick, died following a motorcycle accident, a kind of chaotic […]

Shivery Dog Shivery Dog in the Garden by Carole Day. Sepia ink pen. When my brother Michael died, and we moved to Esher Road, I guess I must have been lonely. Although I don’t remember being with Michael, my mother […]

Today the adrenaline started to wear off a bit and the jetlag pushed forwards, so I decided to start with an Uncle Joe special – broccoli and feta omelette with the largest hash brown I have ever seen. Plus (UK […]

Mind Burst by Carole Day. Felt tip pens and brushes. Meditation  When I was working in Acton on the Mobile Libraries, one of my colleagues, Judith, introduced me to meditation. Judith didn’t practice meditation herself, she attended the sister School […]

I’ve entered three of my Shetland charcoal landscapes for the April Boldbrush Art Contest. As you may know, these charcoals were drawn on gorgeously textured hand-made paper during my recent residency on Shetland. Whenever I was out and about on […]

My first meeting was with media artist Sharon Daniel. Sharon uses new media techniques to create interactive mixed media installations. She creates work that highlights social injustices and inequalities: this is art that aims to challenge opinions and change minds. […]

Update: 08/06/22: These are some of my favourite pen and ink drawings that I completed, and I am especially pleased with the clarity that the scan reproduced them with. These drawings also show-case the new skill I found with using the Rotring technical […]

The first side of my painting has been critiqued in our last university critique. The painting was overally apprecciated and lead to people having various thoughts about it. From reading my notes from that day, the fact that I painted […]

In a previous tutorial with Anne-Marie, I was told about Tracedown – which is a form of carbon paper for artists. I have to admit that I was sceptical about it – partly from my own sense of internal ‘snobbery’, […]