By Heather, on October 13th, 2009%
I’ve read several blogs recently in which the blogger explains why they blog, why they started blogging, and why they continue to blog. I found their insights very interesting and it lead me to question my own reasons for blogging.
I had a blog, but hardly ever used it. I think I was excited about the idea of blogging, but I’d blog for a couple of days, then forget about it for a few weeks. It wasn’t as exciting as I thought it would be. I didn’t get any visitors to my page. I knew nothing about how to attract visitors. I’d never kept a diary in my entire life, because I’m a private person, and I really wasn’t sure what to talk about anyway. I didn’t have anything of interest to talk about. My life was boring and mundane, and I didn’t want to get too personal. So, why should anyone want to read what I had to say?
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By Heather, on October 13th, 2009%
Just a quickie this morning. It’s assessment day today…again! I feel like they are never ending, but that’s ok. I don’t mind. They keep me on my toes.
I couldn’t add any work last night as it was extremely wet ,and there’s no way I could put it in the scanner, so I had . . . → Read More: Another assessment day
By Heather, on October 11th, 2009%
Not so old really, but I feel it has been neglected lately, even though it is one of my favourite pieces that I’ve worked on. I should say ‘she’ rather than ‘it’. I am referring to the Captayannis or as I’ve always known her ‘The Sugar Boat’.
You may remember that I told the story about how she was shipwrecked on the sandbanks in the River Clyde, after she collided with a tanker back in 1974. This shipwreck evokes many memories of playing on the beach when I was a child, and always being able see her from where I was standing or playing.
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By Heather, on October 10th, 2009%
Here’s a piece that I’m working on for Painting To A Theme. This time I’ve taken Edward Burne-Jones’ ‘The Soul Attains’ from his Pygmalion and the Image series. I used exactly the same style as I did on my version of Portrait of Helene Vary. However, in this image there are two figures instead of one. This posed something of a challenge because of the style and colour scheme I’m using.
Remember, in the Helene Vary image the figure is abstracted in blue, with lots of variations of brown, red and cream tones in the background. I thought this could prove jarring to the eyes if I painted two figures in blue with the same background. So, I came up with something a little different.
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By Heather, on October 10th, 2009%
Collography is a process whereby you apply materials to a rigid surface such as cardboard or wood, which you then cover in ink or paint and subsequently run through a printing press. You can also distress the surface by etching into it, or by tearing pieces of it away.
For the purposes of my project,
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