Thisismyblog

NEW BLOG ADDRESS

2011-04-24T12:38:00.000-07:00

Hi Guys,I've moved to a new Blog with the address :

kathrynnewmanblog.blogspot.com

i'll invite everyone to join when it's all ready

see you soon x

New Website

2011-03-22T17:01:00.000-07:00

Check out my website! It's new and contains stuff! It's not finished quite yet- got some more stuff to upload but other than that.

CLICK HERE

Woo
Thanks

Oh..I know.. i'll put myself in a collage wooo

2011-03-22T16:58:00.000-07:00

Pulp International

2011-03-04T18:07:00.000-08:00

This blog is great (check title). It's got all the old/vintagey kinda comic book covers and plenty of sexy lady imagery with an interesting twist. These are a few of my favourites.

I'm currently working on a new zine. It's called 'sexy ladies in space' - pictures will be up when complete!

New Paintings!

2011-02-24T12:00:00.001-08:00

Check out my new paintings. Acrylic on Canvas. I'm happy with them.

Victorian Erotica

2011-02-24T11:41:00.000-08:00

I am in love with victorian erotica at the moment. After discovering the book 1000 nudes a while back,I've admired the photos. I think they are beautiful and some of them are hilarious. The women have very androgynous bodies and are often pictured in landscapes or doing odd things. I think its great how funny the photos are now but back then they were a scandal. Take a look at these bad boys.

There is more on this website.

Mikey Georgeson

2011-02-22T13:55:00.001-08:00

topnotch painting! - find the guy who did it at sartorial contemporary gallery

John Baldessari

2011-02-22T13:49:00.001-08:00

John Stezaker at Whitechapel

2011-02-21T15:23:00.001-08:00

I've got a great exhibition to recommend for those of you in the old london area. The pictures are great in real life and there's masses of work to look at. John Stezaker at the Whitechapel. He works in collage and most of his stuff is from the 70s but there are a few recent pieces too. What I loved about the exhibition was that the collages all looked so effortless but striking. All of his final pieces were found imagery I think and they really worked. Definitely worth a look.
Whitechapel website.

Stuff!

2011-02-20T13:36:00.000-08:00

Here are interesting pictures I have taken on my travels around London in the past few months(on my phone so bad quality).Enjoy!

Summer 2010.Brighton.

I felt so immature finding this and laughing but I couldn't help it.

December 2010. Guisborough.

This picture was taken when I went for a meal at Christmas time back home. When I ordered the chocolate clown ice-cream,I wasn't quite expecting this. Probably should have to be honest considering it's in the name. I wondered why the waitresses laughed.

January 2011. Leicester square. London.

Yes,there is a road in London called cucumber alley. Everyone should go there!

Some time before christmas 2010. Trafalgar Square.London

Some people doing a protest. I was eating lunch outside the portrait gallery (alright for some eh!) and I spotted these guys going past. They chanted something,can't remember what though.

February 2011. Surbiton.

Spotted this in a charity shop. Another immature innuendo. It's weird because the book caught my eye (sigh) but then I looked inside and the title had ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with the contents inside...weird. I chuckled anyway.

My next plan is to take more street name pictures in London. There's a road in Liverpool street area called frying pan alley for crying out loud.

Phil griffin Fan Club

2011-02-20T12:26:00.000-08:00

Phil griffin is a famous footballer,a beloved son,an old school friend,a secret member of the beatles,a war veteran,someone's crush,inventor of the printing press,a lexmark printer lover and a great man. This is why you should join the Phil Griffin Fan Club! When you sign up you get a great pack full of goodies including a T-shirt,badge,welcome letter and membership card. We have competitions too!

(Disclaimer : Phil Griffin is a lecturer at Kingston University and this is how dedicated we are to him.)

New Work!

2011-02-13T13:41:00.000-08:00

A selection of four pieces I am most happy with in the last year.

Why so serious? -2011

Watercolour on paper

Homage to Morrisey - 2011

Linocut on paper

'Dad' - 2011

Acrylic and mixed media on Canvas

Untitled - 2010

Collage on Paper

Twin Peaks

2011-01-29T17:15:00.000-08:00

Who killed Laura Palmer?
You have to watch it and find out!
Twin Peaks

New Tattoo

2011-01-21T11:14:00.000-08:00

So I got this tattoo done on thursday. It was agonising,worse than my first one but worth it because it's beautiful! Took 2 hours.

YAY

more please!

Kathryn's Sketchbook

2011-01-17T18:09:00.000-08:00

5 selected pieces from my current sketchbook - enjoy!

Happy New Year

2011-01-17T16:25:00.000-08:00

It's taken me a while to post since christmas but here we go. Happy New Year!
There's an amazing radio podcast called 'This American Life' distributed by Public Radio International in America which I like to listen to and on saturday I met David Sedaris,who is a regular contributer to the radio show. My boyfriend and I got tickets to his radio show from the BBC. He spent the whole night reading passages from his diary and anecdotal stories he has written. He's a very well known author in America and even though he's a lot older than me,I'd describe him as adorable,real and loveable. When I met him he drew a sleeping kitten in my sketchbook!

Also, here's a picture of my current portfolio which has been specially designed by my boyfriend.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

2010-12-25T15:56:00.001-08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

Why so serious?

2010-12-25T15:52:00.001-08:00

Just found this on the internets.

Amazing Book Collection

2010-12-24T14:51:00.000-08:00

Rob Ryan makes some proper nice paper cuts and I was just browsing and found out he collects ladybird books and he has a brilliant collection. Check it out! He had shelfs built especially to accommodate!
Rob Ryan

THESE R UR PINK BITS 2010

2010-12-23T17:20:00.001-08:00

new painting!
acrylic,image maker on canvas
approx : 39" x 59"

Recommended films

2010-12-23T16:55:00.001-08:00

It's been all action in the last few days,I've spotted Alec Baldwin in the saatchi gallery,i saw Mark Kermode and Jason Isaac at the bbc 5 live radio thingy and I've come home and spotted three people I know,one of which was my old art teacher. Inspired by Mark Kermode I thought I'd post 3 films that I have watched recently and really enjoyed and recommend them.

(all were suggested to me by my sexy boyfriend)
(all factual info from imdb)

Rope (1948)
Director : Alfred Hitchcock
This film is full of suspense and James Stewart is look as fine as ever in it.
Trailer

___________

Away we go (2009)
Director : Sam Mendes
Strangely sexy main guy character with an overgrown beard and his girlfriend who is pregnant. This film is so sweet,with loads of weirdo characters in it,really good! This film also has a lovely soundtrack.
Trailer

___________

An American Were Wolf in London(1981)
Director : John Landis
I didn't want to watch this film for aaaages because I didn't even realise what it would be about. I was imagining it to be boring but it's amazing! The director combines the background noise of a porno movie to people suggesting ways in which the main character should kill himself. I also loved the stereotypical northerners and the fact that every song in the film had the word 'moon' in its title.
Trailer

Karl Pilkington

2010-12-11T09:17:00.000-08:00

I absolutely love this guy,he makes me laugh soooo much.

Found the most amazing video

2010-12-03T15:07:00.001-08:00

I'm not even sure what this is about or what it's promoting but radomnly stumbled upon it on youtube and it has made my night. It has all my favourite minor celebrities in it. Enjoy.

best friends

2010-11-11T13:10:00.001-08:00

Untitled 2010

2010-11-09T13:31:00.000-08:00

I will title this piece soon. It's a 3-D collage with a bit of role reversal and humour thrown in. There is a framed quality to the piece and the objects interact with each other nicely. I am happy with the piece of the overall response to it. I was aprehensive as this is the first piece i have shown which is not a painting,but I got positive reactions and a lot of good feedback in my seminar this morning. I have now got to grips with the idea that I am an image maker and I am excited about what I'm going to make this year!

new stuff from the world of kathryn's sketchbook

2010-11-03T14:04:00.000-07:00

yep,this is me

2010-11-03T12:52:00.000-07:00

The Human Zoo by Desmond Morris

2010-10-28T15:23:00.000-07:00

'Under normal conditions,in their natural habitats, wild animals do not mutilate themselves,masturbate, attack their offspring, develop stomach ulcers, become fetishists, suffer from obesity, form homosexual pair-bonds, or commit murder. Among human city-dwellers, needless to say, all of these things occur. Does this,then, reveal a basic difference between the human species and other animals? At first glance it seems to do so. But this is deceptive. Other animals do behave in these ways under certain circumstances,namely when they are confined in the unnatural conditions of captivity. The zoo animal in a cage exhibits all these abnormalities that we know so well from our human companions. Clearly, then, the city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.'

arty farty

2010-10-26T12:37:00.001-07:00

My work has totally taken a turn for 3-D. I am blown away by how much I have enjoyed using paper mache and paper to make things. Both the woman and the fish seen below are made using paper mache,the difference being that the fish was made from scratch and I used a doll as a base for the woman but completely changed the way her limbs were moving. There will be a fish tank with suspending people inside and the fish will be sat in some kind of armchair in a set up living room. It's kind of an installation-y piece. Originally,both models were going to be quite small but I knew the first thing the tutors were going to say is "have you thought about making it bigger?". Maybe I'm just cynical,but it seems to be the main piece of advice that they dish out in crits and seminars.

There is a kind of meaning and intention behind this work but I want people to work it out for themselves. I can't wait to set it all up. It's well fun!

This is Pablo the fish with a cup of tea and unfinished cardboard glasses,he is yet to have his pipe or armchair.

and here's my woman. She has no name and she is now painted with fully fledged boobies and a nicer face. She is yet to be suspended in a fish tank.

Once it's all been set up,i'm going to take piccies and put em on zee blog.

Exciting stuff!

The Social Network

2010-10-15T14:56:00.000-07:00

Went to see the previews of this film on wednesday,it went further than my expectations and I really enjoyed it. The music was brilliant. Even if you don't like facebook or have a facebook account it is still a worthwhile film because of the interesting storyline between mark zuckerberg (the creator of facebook) and everyone else who's trying to sue him for stealing their idea. I found it ironic that whilst watching the film my phone frequently buzzed (on silent of course) whenever I had a facebook message. Definitely a must see!

The Museum of Everything

2010-10-14T12:29:00.000-07:00

If you haven't checked it out already,you should definitely get up to 'the museum of everythin g' in chalk farm near camden. The name is kind of self explanatory but their collection is anything but obvious. Their third exhibition has just opened and it is just as interesting and eccentric as the first. This particular exhibit was curated by Peter Blake and is essentially a platform where he can share his funny ,unusual and strangley endearing collections of various items with the world. The exhibition ranges from old painted cloth for circus shows,to match boxes,shell animals,dwarf postcards,strange mechanical machines and of course the Walter Potter collection,which was beautiful. Only two pieces of the potter works are owned by Peter Blake and the rest have been borrowed from various people all over the world so as to recreate the Potter Collection which used to be situated in Brighton.

The best bit of the whole day and maybe the thing that excited me the most was going to the Peter Blake talk. He spoke with Polly Morgan and Errol Fuller about the anthropormorphic taxidermist Walter Potter and the meaning and signifance behind his work. It was lovely to be involved in an intimate setting where you could ask Peter Blake questions and listen to the debate. The talk really helped me to grasp my own understanding of the exhibition and I'm so excited I got to see Peter Blake in the flesh. He looks just like my grandad!

"the kittens wedding" Walter Potter

Screenprint

2010-10-12T13:39:00.000-07:00

This is my screenprint. The first one! There is another set with slightly different colours which I think looks better. I shall upload soon.

Online portfolio

2010-10-08T03:50:00.000-07:00

Here is a link to my online portfolio:

I'm also working on a set of screen-prints at the moment which I will post soon. Since I've started uni,it's all been a bit hectic,so bare with me on the posting front. I hope to get posting regularly again pronto.

Jan Svankmajer

2010-09-26T09:28:00.000-07:00

Nobrow and Celebration

2010-09-24T13:43:00.000-07:00

So,Adrian and I went wandering around shoreditch last night for a couple of hours with the intention of going to the Nobrow private view. The artist exhibiting -Brecht Vandenbroucke made some really beautiful paintings in the show. I didn't get to take any pictures but here's some i've snagged off the Nobrow site and various other places.

When we left the private view,it was onto another exhibition in 'City,arts & music project' where there was some interesting posters all over the walls and some stuff to pick up and put in the old research log. Turned out to be a pleasant evening. Tomorrow-more exhibitions,just need to figure out which ones!

Kathryn's Sketchbook & animation

2010-09-16T12:57:00.001-07:00

I've finally sent my entry to this years graphic novel competition. I'll post it up here a bit later on but overall I'm happy with it. In other news,here are some character ideas I had for the comic from my sketchbook. Also,i'm posting a film that Adrian and I made together. We made it in the early hours of the morning.

& Video

Squash from Adrian Curcher on Vimeo.

Kathryn's Sketchbook

2010-09-13T14:50:00.000-07:00

Here are a few drawings from my sketchbook. Tried to do a little comic,their just doodles. I thought i'd do drawing with a thick line and smaller thin lines for the detail because I see it a lot in comic books and i've seen a lot of artwork like it today. Just having a bit of a play. For some reason I always have to draw boobs in my sketches? weird.

the end.

Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little World

2010-09-10T08:27:00.000-07:00

After seeing "Scott Pilgrim v.s the world" in the cinema,playing the Scott Pilgrim arcade game on the playstation and hearing my boyfriend talking about how amazing the Scott Pilgrim comic books are,I thought I'd treat myself to the first four books by Bryan Lee O'Malley. I'm hoping that by the time I get to four,I'll have enough money to buy the last two.

This is my 100th post.

2010-08-29T08:37:00.000-07:00

I'm currently back home in the north and that means two weeks off work. I'm here visiting my family and we've done a lot of things in the week I've been here. Adrian came along too. He took most of the photos I'm putting up here.

We took the dog for a walk in the farmland around my house.It was my 20th Birthday so we went for a meal.

One day, I did a lot of gambling in Saltburn slot machines. I wish I knew the guy in the background of the photo.

Adrian took some family shots at the beach and at the priory,obvs.

We also went to York but didn't take many pictures there.
Oh,and we went and visited Mima in Middlesbrough for a bit of the cultural experience.

Adrian is blown away by the culture in the photograph above.
The main exhibition on there at the moment is Bonnie Camplin.

So overall,a nice little week spent here. Back to London in a few days time so I can show my brother the sights of London and the lovelyness of our home. mmm

Kathryn's Sketchbook

2010-08-29T08:17:00.000-07:00

I got a moleskine the other day for the first time and this is one of the first doodles I've done in it.I bought some knitting patterns the other day and used them as references when I was drawing these people. I ended up turning them into ridiculous superheros but I was happy with it in the end. Might even do a comic about them. Never know. They're my brother's fingers holding open the book,for anyone that is interested.

Kathryn's Sketchbook

2010-08-24T10:45:00.001-07:00

Uploading a few pages from my sketchbook again. Just quick little drawings to have a look at.doodles from 'adventure time' best cartoon ever!

(with jake the dog and finn the human,the fun just never ends!)

Andy Rementer

2010-08-19T16:01:00.000-07:00

I like this image by Andy Rementer . Website here.

I love Adventure time.

2010-08-19T15:51:00.000-07:00

Kathryn's Sketchbook

2010-08-15T16:51:00.000-07:00

A little drawing I done.
I haven't given her a name yet.
"That's horrifying"

Victo Ngai

2010-08-15T14:30:00.000-07:00

Love this. By Victo Ngai

Eleanor Davis

2010-08-15T12:06:00.000-07:00

If only this is what happened when you got your period.
Would be a lot harder to conceal though.

This is Eleanor Davis' work,found out about her through an interview in the summer 2007 issue of MOME.

Beckii - Schoolgirl Superstar

2010-08-14T15:50:00.000-07:00

Surprisingly interesting documentary that I watched on bbc three the other day. Wasn't about pregnant girls or deformed puppies. It had quite a negative undertone but it was fun to watch all the japanese dancing.

Morning

2010-08-11T08:29:00.001-07:00

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MORNING

2010-08-09T17:13:00.000-07:00

I want to see 'Rude Britannia' so badly. I've really got into comic books recently. Probably not as much as I should but I'm just starting out in my comic book interest. I've just started writing and drawing my graphic novel entry for the observers competition. I'm not going to post it up here for ages but I'm really enjoying making it. It's been nice to set myself a brief over the summer because I'm missing unversity a lot. I watched this little video on the tate britain website and thought it looked really interesting. I want to paint on walls!

Best Coast

2010-08-09T17:11:00.000-07:00

My current favourite album:

Bargains from the chazza shop

2010-07-31T06:35:00.000-07:00

In the last couple of days I've found these beautys at the local chazza shops and I'm so happy.
A quick run through the prices :
'Mighty Boosh Book' : £2.50
'20th Century Art Book' : £2
Fashion Book : £2
'The Art of Looking Sideways' by Alan Flectcher : £3.50

All these for a tenner!

Kathryn's Sketchbook

2010-07-30T16:41:00.000-07:00

Here is a collection of drawings and stuff from my sketchbook recently.
more to upload in the morning i'm flipping knackered,

Days off

2010-07-18T17:51:00.000-07:00

I've decided I really need to blog on here more. It's because I have been working all the time that I have not had chance to. I'm really interested in drawing some sort of graphic novel and set myself a project because there is something quite depressing about having to serve people in a shop all the time. I'm planning to do some sort of graphic novel about our new flat. We're living in the first floor of a six storey tower block of apartments and it's very cosey and spaticious at the same time. The only one thing I wish we had was a garden. Adrian has given me his spare copy of Quimby Mouse which is such a nice comic.

I have also found two brilliant old comics,one is called "naughty pete" (nothing dodgy) and please be careful when you type it into google to get images! I also have found "the upside downs of little lady lovekins and old man muffaroo" which are so cool because you can read them one way and then turn them upside down to read the rest.

I went to see Inception with Adrian yesterday in Brixton and we just watched antichrist,so I'm a bit traumatised right now but it's all good. I will get round to taking a photo of my new drawing and post it tommorow when it's not two oclock in the morning. Night!

2010-07-03T12:46:00.000-07:00

I am writing this in mcdonalds with their free wifi. Which they don't tell you is only for half an hour and then it cuts out. I've just moved in to my new flat and we don't get internet til next week. Here is a picture.

Geek

2010-06-27T16:17:00.000-07:00

Now I'm going to seem like a bit of a geek,which at the best of times I am,but I really want this after my boyfriend showed me the trailer.

Mario

2010-06-27T16:13:00.000-07:00

I've been playing a lot of Mario recently since I bought myself a nintendo ds last week and I found this cool diagram showing how Mario has evolved.

Moving Out

2010-06-26T08:01:00.000-07:00

There's something quite scary and vulnerable about pushing the bulk of your belongings in a shopping trolley from student accommodation to a futuristic looking storage unit in the early hours of the morning. The first few trips are quite fun but when you can barely keep your eyes open,something inside you just wants to chuck the entire contents in the river on the way and sleep on the curb side until the morning.

I am now officially out of student halls and left the place in a bit of a shit tip. With a week off work and some money to spend,I can't wait to spend the week off relaxing with my sexy boyfriend.

Now we just have to work out how to get all the stuff out again and into our new house when we get back. Eurgh.

4.3.2.1

2010-06-17T17:06:00.001-07:00

This was a brilliant film and I want to buy it as soon as possible.
The picture above makes it look kind of shit,but i advice you to watch it.
Very actiony,funny,serious and there some sex in it?

Reet Petite-Jackie Wilson

2010-06-13T16:40:00.000-07:00

Today I..

2010-06-12T16:12:00.001-07:00

So I work at Baskin Robbins and we've just started making our own icecream cakes. So now I can add cake piping decorative art to my artist cv. Anyway,I like this drawing by Rachel Goodyear so i'm putting it on here.

Photography

2010-06-11T18:04:00.000-07:00

I don't tend to take that many photos with my camera,which annoys me because I used to be really into photography,especially darkroom work. It probably has something to do with the fact my camera is really bad. So I thought I'd show some of the best pictures from my really bad camera. The quality is awful,really rubbish quality but hopefully they have potential and if I had something better,and put my mind to it,I could get better stuff.I'll label them later...

This has made me want to select some photos that I think best describe my first year at uni. I'll do that when it's not two oclock in the morning.

Drawing

2010-06-11T17:46:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted for a while. I guess it's just because I've been so busy at work. I've been having a bit of a dilemma recently,I don't know which course I want to be on! I'm thinking of switching to illustration so at the moment I'm playing around with a few of my drawings and I'm going to set myself a short project for fun. Here's a drawing I've messed around with. It's from my first tutorial in photoshop with Adrian.
It's not that good because there's a bit I had to go over with a paintbrush because it had been erased out but it's just so I can get a jist of photoshop and this is the first attempt. Can't wait to do more things.

A few pages from my sketchbook

2010-06-03T17:01:00.001-07:00

A Gentleman's Guide to Gig Etiquette

2010-06-03T16:57:00.000-07:00

This is a creation by myself and Mr Adrian Curcher. We made it together after getting really pissed off at a few different gigs filled with students. We got angry and thought we collaborate and make something we could rant in and I could illustrate. So here it is. There's a video on the internet somewhere floating around. This particular zine was very popular at the Zine Symposium. If anyone's interested in buying one,let me know.

The 2010 Zine Symposium!

2010-05-29T13:24:00.000-07:00

The Zine Symposium in Brick Lane turned out well. We had a half a table there under the name 'this bombardment society' with a collection of various zines by me,adrian,george,luke and fine art graduates of Kingston Uni. Here's some pictures of the event (mainly us looking really tired)

I got lots of free stuff too as well as some cute little zines with cats and dogs on. The free table was good and I put five of my zines on there to see if anyone took any and they were all gone within half an hour - yay! Anyway,was good and we're hoping to do more events like that in the future.

Mundane Facts

2010-05-26T17:53:00.000-07:00

In less than a months time,I have to pack up all my stuff and move out of halls. I'm looking around me at all the junk and wondering what sort of mammoth task I've got ahead of me. Also,at work today I had to clean the inside and outside of a bin (with a spoon).

Adrian bought me the best book EVER

2010-05-26T17:48:00.000-07:00

:-D

word:

2010-05-26T17:43:00.000-07:00

et·i·quette
–noun

1.conventional requirements as to social behavior; proprieties of conduct as established in any class or community or for any occasion.

2.a prescribed or accepted code of usage in matters of ceremony, as at a court or in official or other formal observances.

3.the code of ethical behavior regarding professional practice or action among the members of a profession in their dealings with each other: medical etiquette.

(taken from dictionary)

The Adventures of A & K

2010-05-19T04:19:00.000-07:00

I'm hoping to make a series of drawings spawning from 'the adventures of A & K'. This is one I found in my sketchbook. Anyone who knows me can pretty much guess, who the main characters, A and K are.

My Sketchbook-here's a collage

2010-05-19T04:09:00.000-07:00

Hall & Oates

2010-05-18T15:10:00.000-07:00

Photos!

2010-05-16T12:03:00.000-07:00

I've got myself a little project at the moment,in between full time work. My mum sent me at least 20 undeveloped films last month and my uni has the facility where you can get the films developed into negatives and scan them into the computer. So far I've only developed three films and here are some of the results. They're really cute - I hope they are all cute like these ones.

The first photo is my old cat oscar,my brother and I playing in the snow and at christmas!

Little Drawing

2010-05-16T11:54:00.000-07:00

Pavement and Broken Social SceneGig

2010-05-16T11:45:00.000-07:00

It was Brixton academy,london for the BSS/Pavement Gig on thursday night with my boyfriend. I'm not a massive massive fan,he's more of a fan than me. Pavement were best at the beginning and BBS were good throughout but they didn't play KC Accidental :( which is probably the only song I know really well and like.

overall a fun gig with huge balloons and crazy lighting.
Here's a picture:

food situation.

2010-05-12T02:48:00.000-07:00

This is all I have left in my cupboad,and I'm having it for breakfast :(

My New Job

2010-05-09T15:41:00.001-07:00

MY NEW JOB

Gosh! Comics

2010-05-08T15:00:00.000-07:00

If anyone is in the Tottenham Court Road area soon,you should definitely check out Gosh! Comics. I bought two really nice 'graphic novels' . I bought Jeffrey Brown's new book 'undeleted scenes' and 'Johnny Boo Twinkle Power' by James Kochalka. It was like a sweet shop to me. If I'm buying a comic book,I'll tend to go for the autobiographical stuff. Although,I really wanted to buy a Chris Ware Sketchbook filled will the best drawings and observational sketches EVER.
I really enjoyed my mini shopping trip in London yesterday,I got to treat myself and then we got lost in one of the camden markets and it was vintage clothes everywhere!

She & Him at KoKo,camden

2010-05-08T14:57:00.000-07:00

Went to She&Him gig last night in Camden and Zooey Daschanel was looking as sexy as ever.
This isn't my video,but is a nice recording of their second encore,which is phenominal!

End of Year Exhibition Opening Night

2010-05-04T15:12:00.000-07:00

It is that time already when we have to gather all our first year work together,get it assessed and put up an exhibition. Tonight was our exhibition opening night and it was a nice little night. I didn't stay too long but I found some hidden gems in the exhibition that I really liked. Here's some pictures from the night.

Keri Smith

2010-05-02T15:46:00.002-07:00

I really like this 'found city' by Keri Smith.

mcdonalds

2010-05-02T15:46:00.001-07:00

Solipsistic Pop 2

2010-04-29T12:29:00.000-07:00

So me and the boyfriend went to the launch of solipsistic pop 2 last night and it was a rather enjoyable/mellow event. I bought the book,obviously! It's lovely and I got a free tote bag which is blue. They had dogtanion, sleeping states, and tristram and that was rather nice. It was a really nice pub called the cross kings in kings cross. Robin Ince was also there doing a bit of comedy,I love it when he talks about the cute things his son says. I got my copy of MOME through the post today and the other day I bought issue 1 of NoBrow at Somerset house where there was a graphicy,screenprinty sort of exhibition going on called 'Pick me up' (in Embankment,London). It's seems I'm going all out on the comic books annuals at the moment. Woo!

Bought Chuckie for £1.50

2010-04-26T12:43:00.000-07:00

I love charity shops!

Portfolio

2010-04-26T12:29:00.000-07:00

I've got a portfolio! A4 in size. It's half finished but it's a start. I've got new names for my paintings,well some of them weren't even named in the first place. I've called the red and yellow painting "Chairs can talk and man can walk",the large blue one is called "this is not a feminist painting",then the two smaller paintings are called "aerl" and "bad man". Ages ago, I was told by one of my tutors to use the name of the painting to give it a quirky edge and humour in a more sophisticated way,but then I was also told by another tutor to put a penis in my painting to make it more contraversial and 'arty' so I'm not sure I'll take all suggestions too seriously.

Borat

2010-04-26T01:12:00.000-07:00

Art

2010-04-20T10:13:00.001-07:00

I've been working hard over the past few days and produced these paintings which I'm happy with. I think they are going in the end of year exhibition. Have stretched another canvas so I can work over the summer.

Mome

2010-04-18T17:23:00.001-07:00

Can't wait til this arrives.

Art Rabbit

2010-04-18T17:18:00.001-07:00

Found a cool way to find out about current or upcoming exhibitions. It's called artrabbit.

Yoshi

2010-04-15T12:22:00.000-07:00

24 Harper Road

2010-04-15T12:04:00.000-07:00

Yesterday evening I took a little trip with Adrian to 24 Harper Road in Southwark near Elephant and Castle to attend the 'introduction to zine making' workshop. The place is affiliated with Raw Canvas,The Tate and they have a facebook page to keep up to date with . It ended up being really interesting and I made a completely new zine which I'm really proud of and which has inspired some paintings of mine. The workshops are running til some time in May and there's loads to chose from.

Here's the zine I made : (rubbish photo of it)
I think I might attend moustache evening. Woo!

I want to do this.

2010-04-09T17:55:00.001-07:00

Cooking and Knitting

2010-04-09T14:08:00.000-07:00

1) Tonight Adrian and I made Spag Bol and it was yummy
2)I bought two sets of knitting needles from my favourite charity shop last week for 50p!
3)Just need to buy wool now...

Foals- Spanish Sahara

2010-04-06T10:42:00.000-07:00

I'm literally wetting myself with excitement to see these guys on thursday night! Absolutely love this video.

Jeffrey Brown

2010-04-05T06:37:00.000-07:00

I only know about Jeffrey Brown because of my boyfriend's recommendation. I've read Clumsy,and unlikely and other relationship related Jeffrey Brown Books,and now I've read this one. I was desperate to finish it in one sitting because I found it that addictive. I love the bits about art school and little things that happen to him which are pretty normal but honest and funny,I'm reading "Little things" now.

Happy Easter

2010-04-04T06:58:00.000-07:00

Charity Shopping

2010-03-31T08:28:00.000-07:00

I love charity shopping. I think I'm addicted or something. So I thought I'd post a few of my finds on here,maybe as some sort of documentation about how much I'm spending in these places and a collation of everything.

I love old penguin books since my boyfriend has made me so aware of them and how beautiful their cover designs are. I loved this book when I saw it because it teaches you how to paint but the whole book is just words,no pictures whatsoever. I bet it's the most boring book in the world,but I'm determined to sit down and read it at some point. Adrian bought it for me in the end and it makes me happy,can't wait to put it on my bookshelf when I get home.

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I think I'm just getting obsessed with these books now. I love The observer series and when I saw this sitting in a cabinet in one of the charity shops I visited yesterday I was so excited. I found out it was published in the early 50s and all the pictures inside are so nice,so I thought I'd scan a few in to show. Wow,i'm a geek.

My Sketchbook Drawings

2010-03-31T07:35:00.000-07:00

I'm always carrying a sketchbook around with me and I just thought I'd post a few of my recent drawings up as well as some old sketches. I'm getting into drawing my surroundings when I go to new places at the moment and I'm thinking I may in cooperate the surroundings as backgrounds for my new paintings but nothings for definite yet. I don't like to tie myself down with a plan,it's more fun when something spontaneous happens. Also,squared paper is becoming nice to draw on.

Dinosawus Passport

2010-03-31T07:32:00.001-07:00

Here is my passport from the "UK web comix thing". I didn't get half as many as everyone else but I tried my best.

Brighton

2010-03-29T11:11:00.000-07:00

Had a nice little trip into Brighton today with the boyfriend. I made sure not to spend too much money so was on the eye out for bargains. I think I ended up buying three books ,of which was an Observers Book for my collection.

It's number 30 from the collection about cats :) (I would have preferred dogs,but whatever). A few copies of "This is my zine" issue 1 is now available to buy from Dave's Comics in Brighton too.

UK Web Comix Thing 2010

2010-03-28T10:42:00.001-07:00

Went to the UK Web and Mini Comix Thing 2010 on saturday at Queen Mary University's Great Hall. It was full of small zines,comics and prints from loads of well known and not so well known comic book artists and zine artists. I bought a few small zines and books with drawings in and there were quite a few new artists I was introduced to. Definitely something I would recommend going to,even if it is a little geeky,I say,embrace the geekyness!

Here are a few of the artists I liked .

LizzLizz

Marc Ellerby

Joe List - The annotated Weekender

Dinosawus Passport

The event had this cool little thing you could do while you looked around the stalls as well. You got a dinosaur passport and the aim was to collect all of the stickers from each of the stalls. Not all the stalls had pre made stickers so some of the artists would draw a little character in your book. I built up quite a collection in my passport. Picture will be uploaded soon :)

http://www.dinosawus.blogspot.com