YAY! Check out the awesome badges I just added to the online store! There's a bunch, and not ALL Harry Potter related... hehe. :] But for you Potter lovers, I put up a bunch of designs you could only get as embroidery patterns online before now. Some of you might recognise these from fairs I've done. I've tried to group them into similar themes... i.e. Death Eaters, Hogwarts etc. So, if you're into being all dark and evil, you can find most of the ones you'll like in one place! Keep in mind, there may be more than one listing for a specific theme. (i.e. not all Order members are grouped together).
Hope you enjoy having a look around. I'm working on more updates so everyone who can't come and visit our real-life shop, can still have a great shopping experience with TONS of great choices. Bear with me, it's only little old me and my silly cat Negs doing it all. :] Hugs Kim xo
Hello! Sorry it's been so quiet, but I'm sure you can understand why! Had a brilliant show at Camberwell and now our year group (That's all my fellow BA Illustration students from Camberwell) have put on a show on Brick Lane!
We are going to be at THE RAG FACTORY (favourite place!) from tomorrow night 6pm for the private view and then everyday until Sunday 10-7pm. It would mean the world to me if you came and checked it out.We've all worked super super hard to bring you the best show we can, in a fun and exciting part of London (Brick Lane is crazy cool on the weekends with Vintage clothes markets, Vinyl shops, tasty food and the best curries in London. Oh and don't forget Spitalfields and Box Park just a few streets away).
Along with a few of the WS team, I'll be tweeting live with pictures and updates. @wellsaid2013#wellsaid2013 Don't forget to check out the WS blog for interviews with the artists. Hope to see you there!!! Kimxo
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:
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
During the first term of this year, every monday (or most mondays) I went along to a Life Drawing session put on at Uni. I'd done a little bit of this before, but mostly draw people with thier clothes on. haha. It's a really great excersise to get to used to drawing people more.There were 'excersises' given to us each week, and I tried to play along as much as possible, but there were also certain aspects of my drawing that I wanted to focus on (i.e.using two colours, drawing without lines and porportion). I'm dreadful with proportion, haha.
An excersise that I found really interesting was drawing the 'movement' of the body in a still image- using shading and arrows. Below is an example of this.
The other thing I really enjoyed was the opportunity to do things that you usually can't do with real life models- and that is get them to do odd things. For example, the one below is a model in the same position but rotated. So we got a few minutes from each angle to draw. The study of hands below is a favourite of mine.Hope you're having a good Sunday and I'll share more of these next Sunday!
Some peeks into my notebook from Spring 2012. I tend to draw or write it when I'm at galleries, or friends houses, or just have a space few minutes. The two pages above, are a combination of 3 or 4 of my friends, just doodling.My notes from library trips are usually quotes, references, and a few drawings. Below is a sketch of a small stained glass.See more of my sketchbooks and art journals here. Kimxo
Today is for visiting friends and relaxing and playing music and connecting with nature. I did this drawing of Sam a few months ago. He was staying with me at the time and there were times when I would be knitting and he would be playing guitar and it was lovely and peaceful and we were both taking much needed 'time out' from the busy london life.
London is great, but sometimes I want to run away to the country and live on a farm. And not have to worry about city things. Today is a day for that, I hope. Love, Kimxo
I love a really excellent double exposure on film. I also love a good layered drawing. When I'm drawing from life, sometimes people move or change expression or I want to start over again. I've been playing with overlaying and using different colours. Sometimes I find this captures the mood or essense of a person better than I could ever get with a straight up portrait. Sometimes I find the combinations magical or unusal. Have a look at some of my earlier experiments:Kimxo
Here are some pages from a past sketchbook I wanted to share with you. I love these random pages that form little snapshots of my life.The freedom to just draw whatever, any way I wish is something I keep guarded for my notebooks and art journals. It frees me up to try new things- which is always good.
And here are two of my favourite drawings:
I just love those sheep. :] Someone want to get me one for my birthday? (I wish!) Love you, Kimxo
My dear friend Amy moved into her first real place away from her parents recently. She starts Uni (for reals) this year, and it's all super exciting because she is making her place very nice and homey. We are pretty big Harry Potter geeks, and I always love an excuse to draw anything potter related... so obviously... this happened!It's got quite a few (really geeky) references that most of you probably won't get (double points if you do!!!)- but that is meant to be a Doe (someone said it looked like a sheep- oops!) and, 'Always' is something Snape says in the last book. When I gave it to her, she squeeled and jumped up and down and hugged me- so I'm pretty sure she liked it... hehe. Here are some sketches I did before I commited to the cup:Thanks to The Art Cafe, where I painted it. And Happy New House Miss AMY! kxo
