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...

Apologises for being cliché but on the more serious side, it isn't exactly my nature to write a blog where  I have to express myself in the form of actual WORDS. Believe me, without the burning desire to rewrite the misconceptions that I experience every day regarding art and the world that has evolved around it, I wouldn't have bothered trying to verbalise my daily thoughts and worries! I am an eighteen year old student studying an art foundation at Cardinal Newman College, Preston: that's right: a third year at college. (How I am surviving I do not know. It must be something in the mocha Linda makes at the colleges' costa) No -We are NOT resitting. This is not because I am not good enough: or so I keep telling myself! Saying that I took receiving a measly 1 offer of my 5 university options rather harshly last year would have been the worlds biggest understatement, and having just sent off my second - AND LAST - UCAS form, I feel like...