Trip to Weston Park Museum

Last week I spent my day in Weston Park Museum, Sheffield drawing some of the beautiful insects that are on display.

I'm definitely up for doing things like this more often. It was really nice and relaxing to sit and draw things that I like for my own enjoyment!

Scruffy Bear

At the moment I'm doing a project about my own story, and things that are important in my life.
Here's a collage of my favourite teddy and best friend, Scruffy Bear.

I've used the inside of an envelope and brown paper, with a continuous line drawing in fine liner over the top.

I really like this effect, I like to think I captured his personality well.

Monoprinting

For the last few weeks at college we've been doing a little project called 'Body Parts'. The theme I chose was insects, and I've really got stuck into drawing them... usually with my left hand in a continuous line = achey hand.

Here are a few of the prints I've done today! I enjoyed doing this a lot, I think the rough lines of ink and colour palette suit the bees well. 

Absolutely thrilled that I'll get to do this every week!

Thorstern Brinkman

I find Thorstern Brinkman's photography really quite eerie. The images he creates are what I can only describe as portraits of the evil character from a horror film. I think that taking the face away from someone changes them completely, since there is no identity or expression on their face... just a sort of shell of a person.
Here are my versions of his work, it was absolutely hilarious to dress up like this.

New MoonKo Shop in Sheffield!

I actually squealed with excitement when I looked over the road and saw that MoonKo was open on Division Street, Sheffield. It is by far the most inspiring shop I've been in for a while, with lovely work from a couple of my favourite Sheffield artists Geo Law and Faunagraphic. I'd really love to have my own work somewhere like that one day, and when I go back I may have to buy everything and a Hantu jacket. 

http://moonko.co.uk/

Here's a bee I made in 3D design. I've always been interested in insects, and thought it'd be cool to make one into a sort of structure. I can imagine this as a huge bee building, I think it'd look incredible. I'd not done metalwork before, so this was quite a challenge... but I am pretty pleased with the outcome.

These crystallised animals by Pasquale D'Silva really caught my eye, I love the idea of using block colours to create tones without blending them, and taking something natural like a fox or bear, and making it into something unrealistic/using colours that are definitely not related to it.