More sketchbook work – liking using a wee bit of collage with a lot of textured paint. I used black card instead of white which makes a difference.
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Textile Sample
Back in the Groove
Had a day of just playing with collage and paint today at college. Made a nice change from the fiddly and tiresome finishing up projects I’ve been doing of late. Some of these A4 pieces are more successful than others – but they’re just glorified sketchbook work – probably not going to lead anywhere.
I think with the news being so grim just now it was nice to get my head down and get lost in work for a while.

Pictures At An Exhibition…Tonight
Work For Sale/Exhibition
Our college class has it’s end of year exhibition starting on Thursday night. It’s at Rosie’s Cafe in Rosemount here in Aberdeen. It’s a charity based venture so 20% of the profits go to them which is great. Most folk have one or two works for sale but I managed to get six together – although I had planned ten. My works are priced at £50 each, which is at the lower end of the scale. I would just be delighted if I sold one of them. I’ve sold a lot of stuff to people I know but it would be a breakthrough for me if a stranger saw a work of mine, liked it, and paid to have it on their wall. Given the current financial climate I’m not too hopeful but you never know.
Wedding Photos
More my kind of thing was this piece of ‘ruin porn’ in the form of a great big rusted metal door at the back of the wedding church car park.
It’s a bit strange at this end of the college year. Most of my projects are done and I have the safe knowledge of my place at art college in September. So today I am going to make a box to contain the sketchbook that is a bit out of control and cannot be closed. I will have to dismantle the book to make it loose leaf to fit in the box. I will of course be making the box from found wood and materials. More to come.
Short Post About SUCCESS!
Today I finally heard…I got into Gray’s School of Art here in Aberdeen – 2nd year Painting. Suffice to say I am delighted and my head is full of delusions of adequacy.