Week 1

4th - 10th October

On my first painting class we were asked to blind drawings (looking directly at an object and not the paper your drawing on) on graph paper. I found a tissue in my bag and did that I also turned my paper around a few times and changed the angle/shape of the tissue 10 times and each time I did that I changed the color, this was at first challenging as I had never done this before however I was pleased with the end result. As I was doing this I felt a lot more freedom within my drawing skills, like I was 5 again! 

We then had to paint what we had drawn. I blocked out the colors and put them in their strong shapes, some colors mixed, some not. 

I also had my first induction in photography on how to use a SLR camera, I was so excited after wards that I had to go out and buy one from the Camera Exchange shop in Bath. really worth it. After that I instantly put the b&w film in started taking lots of pictures around Bath, fitting in perfectly with the tourists. I experimented with the apertures, exposure and timing of taking the photos. As you can see from a contact sheet, not all of the photos was I able to develop as they were too bright, but the majority worked.

Bath Abbey 8.10.10