Gallery Viewing Hiccup

Today was the scheduled day, for my class and myself, to attend the gallery viewing, that was being run by the illustrator, Mr Penfold.

I was really looking forward to this, and I even turned up in my halloween costume, but alas, there was a hiccup with the bus, and it never showed up.

So we all sat in the Flix Movie Cafe instead, can't say I'm not disappointed with the bus issue, but at least it has been rescheduled, for a later date, so I will definitely be attending in the near future.

Thomas

Mural Painting, day #2

Today, was the second session day spent painting the large scale mural, on the wall at folio gallery for the November 18th exhibition.

As of today, the large painting is now almost complete, just a few patches now need filling in. Most of the work today was spent on such things as colouring in the sea, and adding to the plume of yellow toxic smoke. (Photos will be added soon).

After a group crit toward the end of the day, we all came to the conclusion, that the piece needs to include some more people and characters in it. So I started developing some more characters to place into real glass bottles, which will now hang from the pier, where Sophie's fisherman is featured.

My idea concept to contribute to the piece, was to use old and new themes. For example, I drew a young man from the 1800's, and a young man from today. One was an industrial worker, and one was a regular stereotypical teenager. I thought it would be notable, to display the extreme differences, between eras. (I will add my character photos soon)

After this section is added to the wall, the piece will be complete.

Thomas.

Mural Painting

Today, the main part of mural development went ahead, After yesterday's initial sketch on the wall.

Me and my group, spent the majority of the day painting the base on the folio wall gallery, after going through a very large amount of paint. I personally think one more day on the paintwork, and the mural will be complete, after buying more paint though of course.

I occupied most of my time spent on the mural, painting the power station, the wall under the landfill heap, and focusing on the tonal sea. 

(Above, photos of yesterday's mural progress, which was the basis for today's work).

A great majority of the piece has now been painted out, after a very busy, and collaborative day, working on the mural for the completion date, which is at the latest Monday the 4th of October.

I will post photos of the mural, as of the date this blog was made, very soon.

Guitarist live session

Today, for our third live session in the people and character project. There was a talented young guitarist, who I, including the class observed to sketch, and get a feel for how to draw a moving performance.

I really enjoyed this session, although like all the others, it was really difficult to sketch moving things, such as animals, people, and performances.

Here are some of the sketches that I created from the live session. (Below)

Upcoming Gallery Viewing

This Thursday, after professional studies with Ben, I will be off to a closed gallery event, in the city of Newcastle Upon Tyne, along with everyone else.

The event will feature an installation by the interesting artist/illustrator, Mr Penfold, who I covered in an earlier blog.

> (Link to blog) http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3058873721480185674#editor/target=post;postID=5393423972819186925;onPublishedMenu=posts;onClosedMenu=posts;postNum=1;src=postname

I am very much excited to partake in the event, and it will be an excellent way to see first hand, how a professional installation is ran, and showcased.

Thomas.

Mural start

Today, the first solid work began on the final mural piece.

This involved taking a look at our groups entire collaborative plan, and discussing final options before the gallery production went ahead.

After it was settled by all six of us, that it was the idea we wanted to go with, the production began.

As of today, the outline is complete, after being sketched directly onto the white folio gallery space wall.

Mural as of 28/10/13

Thomas

My Contribution Plan (Updated)

Here is my plan, for tomorrow's busy day, in preparation for the gallery viewing piece.

I will work with Sean, in producing the backdrop, which will most likely consist of a 2d painting, or drawing.

On top of this, I will create large scale sculptures, of items such as cogs, screws, nail, and other industrial elements. I will choose a medium to work with tomorrow.

I will take inspiration from this link, containing various photos on the history of Hartlepool, and it's culture.

> Link http://www.hhtandn.org/hartlepool-trade-and-industry

Jonathan Allardyce

http://www.illustrationweb.com/artists/JonathanAllardyce/view

Jonathan Allardyce is an award winning freelance illustrator, from the UK, with over 20 years of experience. He has been a client to such big companies as Paramount, Virgin and Orange.

http://www.illustrationweb.com/artists/JonathanAllardyce/view < image reference at this link.

He  creates a lot of sketches containing various people and characters.
He does so in a heavily cartoon-like style, and to me, his work is greatly colour exaggerated, to help give his work this kind of style and effect.

In my opinion, his work to me, is positive, and I love his creative style.

Thomas.

Further research, into the history of hartlepool.

http://www.hhtandn.org

This is a good link, offering a wealth of photos, on Hartlepool's history, in the past and present.

It offers a detail on a range of topics such as sports, leisure, transport, health, education, war, and most importantly, industry, trade and shipping.

(Seaton Highlight 1)

http://www.hhtandn.org/hartlepool-trade-and-industry < this is the link I will be mainly focusing on.

http://www.hhtandn.org/relatedimages/2444/seaton-high-light-1 < second image from this link.

This site will be super for reference, and provide inspiration for my gallery project, which will tie in well, as I will be working on the backdrop to the mural, on the industrial side of things.

Thomas

My Contribution Plan

For my contribution to my group's gallery project, (which can be found in depth here at this link). > http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7415695017574371365#editor/target=post;postID=664829834840343855;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=8;src=postname

I have decided to work with Sean Miller, Callum Griffiths, Sophie Babur-Puplett, Emma Nichols and Tom Lewis, where I will be developing on the backdrop to the grand, showcased piece.

Because our piece will be focused on the industrial side to the exhibit, I have brought up the idea, of making it comprised of items, such as pipes, cogs, metal and other related items.

I will be painting the wall, over the next few days, in big scale in the Folio gallery.

I will update this blog, as i go along, so consider this blog, unfinished, but ready to be updated.

Plans, ideas and incorporation

Quick idea, and basic sketchy plan of where, and what can be positioned in the mural.

The metal pipe, could tie in really well with our industrial theme, I'd like to incorporate it into the piece, rather than view it as a negative (getting in the way) kind of object. It could simply be painted, but I'd like to take a more enthusiastic approach.

Another point of interest is the lighting, there are 5 lights position above where the piece will be placed. We could use this lighting to an advantage, and place more light catching elements under them, like metal. That way it would make our piece more visually eye catching, appealing, and because of it, interesting. Such a simple tweak, could make a huge difference to the outcome, and it's something worth trying.

Lights aren't at every group's gallery space in the folio area, so this would genuinely make mine, and my groups project piece, different if done correctly. I wouldn't want it to just be a simple, illuminated piece.

Group progress 24/10/13

Progress as of 24/10/13

Within my group, I have decided to participate in a joint effort, with Sean Miller. 

We will both be working on the backdrop to the mural, and it will most likely be a 2D visual piece, maybe a painting, or stencil sticker. 

This will be likely be of Seaton Carew power station, as well as other elements, including some local steelworks. There are some quite close to the Hartlepool maritime experience, so I may take some photos of the complex from the outside, to use as a reference to the building style.

I will post the photos in an updated version of this blog, and also to google plus, for all my circles, especially the ones in my group.

Thomas.

Blink Art, illustrations in installation

http://www.blinkart.co.uk

This link provides numerous examples of how certain illustrations and sculptures, can be presented in gallery like spaces.

Some of the photos on the site page that I provide link to, are 3D based, so they resemble the idea that I and my group have, which is the imagery, of a figure or character, fishing for bottles in water, that are containing numerous elements of Hartlepool's figures, characters, maritime history, industrial past and current events. This installation will also be in 3D, but maybe with certain 2D elements as well, this will provide depth, and highlight hierarchy, pinpointing the most important areas, and aspects of the piece most.

It will be interesting to see how it pans out, since the wall where the installation will be housed, is long, and high.

Thomas.

History of Hartlepool for project

A great link, discussing hartlepool's cultured history in a few paragraphs.

It is provided by the Hartlepool Maritime Experience museum, which is conveniently located right next to the university. 

This link will be of good help to my project, because in my group, we are collaborating to create an exhibition based around hartlepool's maritime, and industrial history, and future.

http://www.hartlepoolsmaritimeexperience.com/?p=The+Museum+of+Hartlepool&s=A+brief+history+of+Hartlepool

Alongside this link, I will be having an actual look around the museum very soon, taking photos, and also taking notes of key events in Hartlepool's history. I will be reporting my findings, in a new blog, that will contain photos, and a large amount of in depth research.

Gallery advice

This is a nice, straightforward link, to a how to page that is giving tips, and advice, for setting up a gallery exhibition. It's not perfect, but in the good snippets It provides, offers advice such as, how to consider your work, direct viewers through your work, as well as handy warning points.

http://m.wikihow.com/Set-Up-an-Art-Exhibition

Virtual Galleries

A link to a great site, that features virtual 3D galleries.

Could come in really handy, as it could quickly give an idea as to how generic galleries choose to display certain types of work, while sitting at my desk.

> http://mobile.3dstellwerk.com a very good site :)

Thomas.

Damien Hirst

I have had a look at the artist Damien Hirst, and at how he chooses to exhibit, and display his many numerous pieces. I have to say, that in my personal opinion, he really creates beautiful, well presented, clean and stunning gallery exhibitions.

The gallery image that seems to somewhat resemble mine, and my groups own idea, and style most, which I posted in the previous blog, is in the photo example below, and in the link for reference.

http://www.damienhirst.com/exhibitions/solo/2012/pinchuk < reference to image featured

Me and my group for this project used Damien Hirst as an inspiration, and you can see his influences clearly, toward the bottom of the page, where our finished mural pictures are displayed.

This exhibition piece, seems to closely resemble my groups mural, of a figure fishing for miniature ornamental bottles, containing certain elements of imagery, and figures from Hartlepool.

I will continue my research, and add to this blog over time.

You can see, in the two images above this text, that the mural that myself and my group set up and created for our people and characters unit, resembles the example photo, of Damien Hirst's gallery exhibition. Especially around the pier area, on the left hand side.

Link to Damien hirst's interesting full gallery > http://www.damienhirst.com/exhibitions

Group gallery idea progress

For the gallery space in folio, my group and myself, have jointly decided to come up with a maritime/social/industrial idea. Replacing our initial topic, which was surrounding such figures and characters as the unfortunate homeless.

This new idea involves creating an illustration, or piece, of a figure fishing for bottles containing elements of Hartlepool's culture, history, people, or characters. 

< brainstorming on ideas of what the folio gallery exhibition could contain.

The bottles in the piece, will be like the ones used in old ship and bottle ornaments. (Below)

This will tie really well with the maritime theme, which is a big staple in hartlepools history, and perhaps future. For this reason, we all in the group feel like it's something worth taking note of, and addressing it, for use in our folio gallery space project.

I will be posting future blogs on my, and my groups progress.

Ship in bottle image reference > http://www.dorsetgifts.com/shipsinbottles.html

Foilo gallery image taken from ccad website

Session #2 aftermath

Today, I joined the second session, of the people and characters project. It was a really interesting , and unique session. 

It involved two wacky circus/comedy style performers, who participated in a variety of different acts, and poses, I have to say, they were really funny, talented and very entertaining, this session has to be so far, a new personal favourite of mine :)

Over the course of all the acts that they did in the 90 or so minute session, as well as the posing segments, I sketched many drawings. Some drawings were detailed, and some rough. And sketchy. I also used a wide range of techniques, such as using my opposite drawing hand (right), and sketching without looking at the paper, (blind contour drawing).

 

Some of my favourite photos taken by myself during the acts. (Above)

Some of my favourite sketches, that I created from the interesting event, sorry some are landscape, not sure how to change the orientation. (Below)

< my favourite sketch of all.