plan of action

well i have been ill ... after having my tooth out n a flu jab (smart i no) i have now got an infection in my gum woo soo feeling really quite blah how ever i have been reading a book by gen doy for my dissertation which is good and got a couple of quotes
also been thinking of what i wanna do this year sooo
im thinking portrait of a city looking at the people and the architecture and how both shape each other. i have started some of it off just some simple images around town and just waiting for a day that im not working or itsd not raining ... cannon 7d's n water arent a good mix
also thinking of taking casts of part of Manchester like the cobbles and interesting grids n stuff n possibly printing on them maybe in the dark room with liquid light emulsion could b fun? and transfering images onto different things maybe? picking up lost things and making a map? soo many ideas but i dunno guess just being asked why i wasnt on a photography corse really got to me as yer i do excel at it but it wasnt the reason i came to uni i wanted to learn other things i no how to take a photo i spent 3 years at college doing that with fine art as well ugh.

any way artists i like as of late
hans holbine
anthony van dyke
samuel palmer
rupert alexander (mainly his portrait of the queen)

essay

well i have been trying to fine what i want to do for this essay all summer and ive managed to look into portraiture but its still VAST! im thinking royal portraiture or the stature behind the portrait
i have looked at the National Portrait gallery book and really liked some of the portraiture in there however i also like Vanity Fair Portraits - century of iconic images some of the images in there are stunning one of then looks like it was a classic painting the set up and the colours within the image is similar to Caravaggio however its a photo.
Been trying to read Hanging the Head by Marcia Pointon how ever i am finding it really hard to remember what im reading, some books i can read and get on with it really well but this one is not going too well i have another 2 books on order from the library one from Crew and the other is being returned in the next few days hopefully one of these i can get some real inspiration.
I have also been watching British Art programs and one was about royal portraiture and what some of the paintings meant and why they were done and it was fascinating how ornate some were and yet modern portraits of the royals are so simple and portray a different perspective on royal life.
Hans Holbine - paintings of Henry VIII -http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hans_Holbein_d._J._074.jpg
They are domineering and powerful and showed off how his personality was all he needed along with his stocky build to rule the nation as he was never painted with his regency crown etc compared to other kings -

Charles 1st who due to his small stature was painted upon horse back to give him power. it was anthony van dyck who painted him. - http://hoocher.com/Anthony_Van_Dyck/Anthony_Van_Dyck.htm

Yet if u look at nicky phillips's double portrait of the royal brothers it is simple but has so much emotion and power behind it. http://www.life.com/image/95620741

a good quote

Irazmus to Hans Holbine, " how the painter must capture not only the appearance of the sitter but also his character even his soul."

work!!!!

Daniel Butt 21 June at 09:51
Miss Colbeck,

Somewhat random request, but, how are you strapped for time? Im starting a writing project based on the lives of the homeless, juswt a blog for now but would like to get it bulky enough to send to publishers, and was wonderign if you would like to handle photography duties, nothing major, just face hunting/the sartorialist style street shots (http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/). Check it out let me know what you thnk/if you have the time etc etc, it'll prob be like one half day every couple of weks or something pending how it goes, but uhm, yeah, could be a fun project but one with heart (I like to think). Cool. Hope your well

Dan

The Sartorialist
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hope fully will b good also sent an email to the photo lounge who are looking for female photographers oOo

recipes

for the past few weeks i have been baking a lot again and really enjoying it
these are my fav recipe's
ones from old cook books from nigella and some from class mates
i like editing some of the recipes to make them my own so the flapjacks i just us half golden syrup half maple syrup and add vanilla extract.
also the oat biscuits i added sultanas and cinnamon it was amazing because i then used half the amount of sugar n the rest of splenda for my grandad who needs low sugar and fat etc
really enjoying it so i just wanted to keep these recipes somewhere safe and where i can get them where ever i am

st hilda's

well its going well there are little issues i am having such as having to initial each piece with the children's initials but its what she wants so will have to just deal with it. Also the kids painting them selfs is slowing us down as some decide they dont want to paint themselfs the correct colour mainly eden who is a little black girl decided to paint her self bright pink all over! so that was different everyone else seemed to be ok though

resin hand and new wax one

took a while for the resin hand to dry and still isnt perfect but looks good so i think i will do a couple more but still love the wax hands so will see what the class thinks on monday

hand

did another hand in wax today but the fingers broke off so i kind put them back together but it doesnt look to good so may re use the wax and do another one with the wax, i am also in the process if makeing a resin fist hope it works