Art O'Clock

What's better than to begin a project with a fabulous photoshoot of your best friend? Absolutely nothing, in my opinion, and it's usually how most of my projects begin. However, this photoshoot wasn't as typical as past projects. My desire to produce serious, mature and powerful work led me to the conclusion that I needed to conduct a nude photoshoot. This isn't something I've done before, but as strange as it sounds it's something I'd definitely do again! I can't describe how lucky I am to have a friend not only beautiful and photogenic, but also confident enough to face the challenge of posing nude in front of the camera. Despite being advised otherwise, I knew that I wanted Bella to be completely nude, in other words, no bra or drapey fabric, which is what most student artists tend to use in sensitive photoshoots. I was determined that I would go against this simply because I want to be mature artist and I think it would be extremely hypocritical to ...

According to NBC news America, fine art happens to be the most pointless major to have. Which is why I am obviously pursuing it at degree level! Not to mention the uncomfortable look of people who ask what I will do with this degree, what job I'll get and then follow on to joke about me being the next Van Gogh. No disrespect Vincent, but it's not exactly what I had in mind. In my next chapter of the art foundation course, I chose the fine art pathway with the brief title 'A Word a Day'. Initially, I was very apprehensive because I have never and have never intended to use words in my artwork. It's something very foreign to me and I even find it a little bit patronising because I had always held the belief that great pieces of artwork don't need the meaning or emphasis of words in order for them to have an impact; in fact this could sometimes take away from the beauty of the piece itself. However daunting this challenge of incorporating words may be, I tried not...