Saturday, 10 December 2011
Friday, 2 December 2011
Julie Annis
Artwork for Camera Obscura, watercolours beautifully painted, mystical worlds created.
http://julieannis.co.uk/2009/12/03/4ad-2/
Liam Stevens
Pencil and 3d paper models of pencil drawings, lovely atmospheric sketches and draws boats too. Liam Stevens
Saturday, 8 October 2011
Mexican Miracle Paintings
Welcome Collection exhibition on Mexican Miracle Paintings.
A fascinating display of mexican paintings, all inspired by the saints that saved mexican's life, either through illness, jail, or being close to death.
The paintings were so popular with the citezens they were painted on cheap tin so anybody could get a chance to share their gratitude with the saints.
The images themselves are very detailed in telling the story yet are quite simple, there is only one bed and a door if it was in a bedroom, no miscellaneous items, which I believe makes it feel familiar to anyone looking at the painting.
The figures have a great look to them as you can feel the looseness of the painting and that perspective was not a issue its the message through the story they wanted to show first.
A fascinating display of mexican paintings, all inspired by the saints that saved mexican's life, either through illness, jail, or being close to death.
The paintings were so popular with the citezens they were painted on cheap tin so anybody could get a chance to share their gratitude with the saints.
The images themselves are very detailed in telling the story yet are quite simple, there is only one bed and a door if it was in a bedroom, no miscellaneous items, which I believe makes it feel familiar to anyone looking at the painting.
The figures have a great look to them as you can feel the looseness of the painting and that perspective was not a issue its the message through the story they wanted to show first.
Renegade Craft Fair
Brick Lane Renegade craft fair.
Lucy Panes, illustrator
I found Lucy Panes work first when I arrived at the craft fair, beautiful fine pencil drawings and collages, I thought her drawings have a strong sense of another world, with her delicate methods of showing these new worlds i find most intriguing.
Using very subtle colours to add to the pencil marks I feel gives us a step into the 'other world'.
Lucy Panes, illustrator
I found Lucy Panes work first when I arrived at the craft fair, beautiful fine pencil drawings and collages, I thought her drawings have a strong sense of another world, with her delicate methods of showing these new worlds i find most intriguing.
Using very subtle colours to add to the pencil marks I feel gives us a step into the 'other world'.
Wednesday, 7 September 2011
The Tiger Who came to Tea
A retrospective exhibiton of Judith Kerr the author and illustrator of 'The Tiger who came to Tea' and 'Mog'. I just caught the last day of this exhibition fortunately in time as it was very inspirational to walk through Judith Kerr's work and life. On display there were drawings by Judith Kerr when she was only ten years old of children walking down the school steps and playing games in the playground. All done by memory yet the faces on her drawings had a great style already at the age of ten!
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit was a fantastic story of her childhood memory of leaving Germany during the war. The exhibition showed original drawings and watercolours and her inspiration for her stories, her family.
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit was a fantastic story of her childhood memory of leaving Germany during the war. The exhibition showed original drawings and watercolours and her inspiration for her stories, her family.
Brian Wildsmith
Brian Wildsmith, children Book illustrator, uses a unbelievable amount of colour and imagination.
Very inspiring as he has such a traditional technique of water colours and inks with beautiful patterns and characters. His first picture book was in 1962 for which he was awarded the kate Greenaway medal.
Very inspiring as he has such a traditional technique of water colours and inks with beautiful patterns and characters. His first picture book was in 1962 for which he was awarded the kate Greenaway medal.
Jemima Brown
Jemima Brown, sculpture artist, mixed media and drawer. I found her work in 'The stuff of Nightmares' exhibition at the museum of childhood, she displayed a human size sculpture of a little girl with over sized hands and head to give a rather terrifying look to fit in with the nightmare fairytale. Her work is produced with such quality it is very realistic and effective in the way she displays her pieces in unusual and usual circumstances. She likes to use narrative in her work and toy with the animate and inanimate description.
Sharon Brindle
A artist teaching at the Prince's drawing school and the museum of childhood which has her work currently displayed for 'The Stuff of Nightmares' exhibition.
I looked up her name for other works by her and found some beautiful life drawing. Her subtle colours and attention to soft detail and shadow gives each piece a dreamy look about it.
I looked up her name for other works by her and found some beautiful life drawing. Her subtle colours and attention to soft detail and shadow gives each piece a dreamy look about it.
The Stuff of Nightmares
V & A exhibition 2 July - 26 Feb
The stuff of nightmares showcases work of Daniel Bell, Sharon Brindle, Ruth Weinberg, and Jemima Brown. The exhibition discusses the dark side of fairytales and is displayed at the front room gallery of the Museum of Childhood. It explores what fairy tales were like before they were sanitised for children, something I'm fascinated with.
The artists who set up the show worked with primary school children to create a line up of children's toys throughout the years that could be possible suspects for the villain in Fundevogel, grimms fairy tale story.
After the line up of creepy characters, there was a section of pencil and ink drawings by the artists. I particularly liked Sharon Brindle's pencil crayon drawings on soft pink paper, she had captured the demonic eyes two twin dolls can have when their eyes have both shifted to a unnatural position. The effect of using a soft pink paper for the main body and using only a light white coloured crayon to rendered the faces gave a great effect of enchantment and reality.
Daniel Bell also attracted my attention as he has created very atmospheric images of the toys that you can find in the museum with only pencil, or graphite. The composition he used in 'Brother' is very effective as he only used half the dolls face in view, which gave a terrifying close up image of the toy which you would not normally see a doll in that way.
The stuff of nightmares showcases work of Daniel Bell, Sharon Brindle, Ruth Weinberg, and Jemima Brown. The exhibition discusses the dark side of fairytales and is displayed at the front room gallery of the Museum of Childhood. It explores what fairy tales were like before they were sanitised for children, something I'm fascinated with.
The artists who set up the show worked with primary school children to create a line up of children's toys throughout the years that could be possible suspects for the villain in Fundevogel, grimms fairy tale story.
After the line up of creepy characters, there was a section of pencil and ink drawings by the artists. I particularly liked Sharon Brindle's pencil crayon drawings on soft pink paper, she had captured the demonic eyes two twin dolls can have when their eyes have both shifted to a unnatural position. The effect of using a soft pink paper for the main body and using only a light white coloured crayon to rendered the faces gave a great effect of enchantment and reality.
Daniel Bell also attracted my attention as he has created very atmospheric images of the toys that you can find in the museum with only pencil, or graphite. The composition he used in 'Brother' is very effective as he only used half the dolls face in view, which gave a terrifying close up image of the toy which you would not normally see a doll in that way.
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Edwina White
Fantastic humorous faces in these illustration. I was drawn to her work by her neutral colour scheme, the use of old paper and collage, non digital work.
Edwina White
Tatsuro Kiuchi
Painted blocks of gentle shades of colour she creates atmospheric images with the sponge painted effect. I'm very interested in her overlaying colours she has chosen and the sense of a space and characters.
Tatsuro Kiuchi
Maria Kalman
Book illustrations by Maria Kalman, I found an instant interest in her work from her loose form she has given her characters, also the appeal she has in her illustrations to both adult and children's books.Maria Kalman
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