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Saturday sees the opening of what I've been working towards for 4 years! It's the opening of my Final Degree Show. It's been a long journey filled with ups and down, and it has been an amazing experience sharing it with you. I don't want to give too much away in pictures untill the public has seen it tomorrow- so stay tuned for the full online reveal!
If you're in London and fancy coming to see, you can find all the info here.Along side all my classmates (BA Illustration), I will be exhibiting with several other degrees. It's always an exciting event, these summer shows. There will be lots to see!
My set-up includes a big big shop with all my products old and new! Here are the opening times:
If you've been keeping up with me on Instagram, you'll have seen little peeks along the way...You can see all those process images tagged with #operationfinalshow
I will be tweeting and instagramming live during this coming week too! Keep your eyes peeled.
A place to check as well... Our year group show is called:
(Well Said Twitter.)
Maybe I'll see you there! Normal blogging will resume next week. Hugs. Kimxo
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Carrying on from a previous Sunday where I shared some of my Life Drawing, here are some more excersises I found fun and useful. Looking at movement and body posture. Drawing the same figure over and over again in different poses.
I know my proportions are off, they always are. I'm more concerned with mark making and shadow and 'feel' rather than everything perfectly in place. Some of the professors teaching us were very particular about proportion and accuracy. This was difficult for me to listen to (you know how teachers can get sometimes... droning on and on about one aspect), but I tried to take in as much as possible and seeing all the examples of human figure drawings through the ages was exciting.
In previous sessions of drawing, I began playing with holding one colour in my right hand and one in my left, drawing with both simultaneously. Using one to correct the other and vise versa. Above are two examples of this while also trying to not use traditional lines. Very fun! I think I have some more to share- are you enjoying these?
-Kimxo
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Probably the thing I get the most questions about is: Art School! That's cool cause I love art school, but it is a many faceted beast that is hard to tame.
I uploaded a vlog the other day that talks about setting standards for yourself and what happens when you don't meet them.
It's OKAY guys. Try your best & you'll be fine. Love you.
p.s. Subscribe & like if you liked. :] it all helps! Thanks.
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Updateing my YouTube channel has been on my list for SO LONG. Dear god! I've finally gotten to it & althought most of the content is stuff you've seen before, it's all organised and ready for you to SUBSCRIBE! I did a film section at college last year & I've got some great stuff from there + more home movies & future vlogs to share with you. :] Including some of me playing the Ukulele badly. Yay!
So you can all go check that out & hopefully my bad singing will cheer you up and make you smile. :] The first CRAFT TIME WITH KIM (which some of you may have seen if you tuned into Channel last year) will be going up this week- so make sure you subscribe if you use YouTube. :] Big hugs!
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Last week a friend of mine from Camberwell asked me to help him get his etsy shop up and running. He mainly makes comics, and they are amazing comics. So, let me welcome David Briggs to the world of online shop keeping. :] And introduce you to him. I think you'll like him, he draws and has a beard... what else do you need, right?(Above is behind-the-scenes of him photographing his zines.)
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Early this summer I started gathering inspiration for a new project. My first stop was the Victoria and Albert Museum. It's probably my favourite place to go and find things. It's full to the brim of beautiful pieces of creative history. It gives me butterflies.
Was I expecting to find a pot of Medieval stuff brimming to overflowing with statues and staircases and tapestries, no. But I did find it. I thought, maybe a few paintings, a tapestry... not literally everywhere I looked. What a pleasant surprise. Here are photographs of some of my findings, because I thought they might inspire you too. And so you can get a sneak peek of what I'm working on.
Okay- this ceiling isn't medieval- but it is William Morris and he very much subscribed to the medieval sensibilities.
So intricate and long-lasting.
These stitched masterpieces are my favourite. So much time and love and hard work. Sigh.
Love, Kimxo
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