Fun times!

I’m now officially on holiday for a week!  Yay!

Wait, don’t get too excited.  It’s not like I’m getting a proper holiday.  I’m not going away anywhere, and I still have to work.  I would rather liken it to…a sabbatical.

My tutor said this morning as we were leaving the class: ‘Enjoy your holiday; take a well earned rest; you deserve it; you’ve all worked at a phenomenal pace’.

Are you high, woman? We’ve got 4 projects to hand in the week after we come back!  Not 4 pieces, but 4 projects i.e. several pieces for each project.

I’ve got lino cuts to make; drypoint etchings to make; 3 paintings to do; an A2 sheet filled with hands I’ve drawn from real life; an A2 filled with feet – ok, this part is in progress; 4 prints to make; another A2 sheet for My Space and I have to write a personal statement for applying to university even though I’m not going to university!  Apparently that part will be good practice!

So, what do you think?   Will I get this all done in one week whilst attending classes?  Hmm, methinks not!

Maybe I will.  Maybe I’m underestimating myself, but I’d rather not take the chance.  I don’t want to be running around like a headless chicken, freaking out because I’ve only got a week to hand everything in.  No thank you.

Instead, I will be working on all of these pieces over the coming week.  Hopefully I can have a day or two to myself where I’ll have absolutely bugger all to do except veg out in front of the telly.

You see, we’re the first class ever to have 40 weeks crammed into 30.  In fact, it’s a completely new course.  We’re guinea pigs really.

Mind you, I’m not complaining at all.  How can I?  I love my course.  It’s probably the best thing I’ve ever done, and I’ve studied a LOT.  I love my tutors.  They’re all fantastic!

Anyway, I completed my collograph in class this morning.  I took it with me to my painting class as I had nothing else to work on – in class at least.  I added the extra layers of material that I mentioned yesterday.  I had no calico left, so being everso slightly resourceful, I used my hubby’s boxer shorts!  He was throwing them out anyway…and yes, before you ask, they were washed!   It would be a shame to waste material that could be put to good use, and plus I love to recycle.  So I’m actually protecting the environment!  That’s a golden banana sticker for me!

It really is amazing what you can use in art.  I mean, anything goes.  Although, it has raised a few eyebrows in class, to which I reply: Screw you guys, I’m going home!  (In my best Cartman impersonation).

I can’t show you what it looks like as I varnished over it with wood varnish, and have left it in the class to dry.  It should be ready to print from when I go back.   You’ll see my results then.  I am expecting it to turn out brilliantly, which means it’ll probably turn out to be pants!  Quite literally as well as figuratively!

I’m for the off.  I shall talk soon amigos!