SurgeryMalady

I've seriously neglected my DA for the past month, I've barely touched my blog and I stopped my new webshop about half way through setting it up because I've been struggling with my health again.  I'm the one out of my group of friends who is poorly more frequently than the rest.  This time it's been quite serious, long story short, I've been in hospital for a bit hooked up to a drip.  I've been struggling with a stomach infection that just wouldn't budge and so I was at the point where I could barely eat 1 meal a day, so whilst I've been verging on anorexia I've not been creating any work or talking to people much. But this black cloud does

Just finished my second year of college now, preparing for our final show and then I have a nice long summer to try and not think about art and relax.  Haha! Instead of doing a degree next I'll be working on a Foundation course at one of our slightly less elitist, local colleges - I really could do with the more laid-back environment right now. Over the summer I'll be digging up old work, adding new stuff and rearranging my DA for a bit.  To be honest it's been neglected for a while now :( I just put up some of my photography work but there's more stuff to come...  D:

I recently finished my second painting project as part of my ED Art + Design course at college.  The brief was titled "+ - x ÷" so it was pretty open to a lot of interpretation.   I struggled at first, just experimenting with what I could do with the paint, until I accidentally created my first "Soot and Ash" painting. I had just painted a small section of paper a nice solid black, when I decided to mask out an area in the middle and paint a thin wash of white over it.  Then I took a piece of newspaper and pressed it down over this wash.  When I peeled the newspaper and masking tape away I discovered what is now my first "Soot and Ash"