Begining yr 13

I have just begun year 13 and realised I hadnt posted a blog in a  every long time and therefore felt I should give you a quick update on what I am doing in Art at the minute.

We are set to go to Paris Next Weekend we are all so excited.
We are currently studing Paris in either Human Form or Narriative, I have chosen Human form and am currently interested in the female fomr and in women artists who have done self portratits like Miller and who has painted a portrait that is completely contrasting to that whihc is the images Man Ray made of her as she was his muse.

I am currently looking at reading some art books like Louis Boghrough which is a biography of her life with detailed annalysis of there work and what it means, I am hoping this will help me with writing my personal study that is due in at christmas.

I will try and remember to put on some photographys from the paris trip.

I could start by telling you nothing interesting has happened this week but then I would be lying.

Although coursework wise I had not done a lot this week my horse decided to have a huge fight with a mare (he is a gelding).
He was fighting over food, he is very personal about his feed and Allie the mare tried to steel it so he went after her in vengeance, in an attempt to stop them beating the hell out of each other my yard owner tried throwing rubber brushed at them trying to scare them out of it, this did not work, eventually they split and Calum got pulled out bleeding all over the yard, he had a small cut on his foot that cleared up after 2 days and you can barely see it know but from the amount of blood and winging and limping he did you would think someone had cut it off, this event made the rest of the week very interesting as he normal lives out but because of his injury we had to being him in and he was stabled for 48hours to ensure he hadn't done any bad damage and that he would be well for when he saw Allie again, they are know living piece fully in their field with two other mares Ziggy and Ebonee. hopefully they will all stay friends.

I have know finished all my coursework this term and am starting unit three in ICT and exam prep in art.
yesterday we had an ILP day, Independent Learning Period silly name really as we have teachers teaching us. I spent the day with my art teacher Mr Hodgson and a professional photographer Peter Jones (not a Dragon). which I really enjoyed, although due to my current cough asthma their where many sarcastic comment from my class mates about me smoking 50 a day which I don't. I had a very interesting day an enjoyed it very much, although I have know looked at the 300!!!! photographs I took and am not best pleased with the raw images but then again that's what photoshop is for and I guess it is development in my sketch book.

Today i am at home with my dog Lola, at in front of the warm fire, I may just fall asleep.

Course Work + Exams

I have finally finished my ICT course work and have spent all day on Mac Laptop completing my Personal Study for Art course work.
Today the country is permitted to pick up their Art Exam Papers :D so much sooner that we 1st expected its on imagination so get out the fairy wings and see what our minds come up with till April when I sit my mock and the later on when I do my actuarial do my full A-Level exam.
Can't wait will keep you updated!

Today's Art Lesson

Well I found out this week that my coursework personal study is due in for next friday (:o aahhhhh.) So have spent the last few days, filling little space I have left in my head, with Banksy and Banksys greatest insperation Blek Le Rat who is a french artist from Paris.
I have also taken a crash cause in how to make your own book and have successful created a book that falls appart as soon at you touch it (may I point out this is no a spoecial design feature it is just because I can't make books).
I started to make my boook in publisher and finished the rough draft for my teacher to make at 11.00 this morning, I was so pleased with my self.
I then went to my art lesson with Mr Hodgson (graffic design teacher) at around 11.30ish and he showed us how to create our books on Photoshop and may I say it is so much quicker easier and more professional looking.
So really my point to day is that I wasted my time this morning putting my research and thoughts into Published because it was rubbish!

I have also realised that Banksy is extremely anti-athority whihc I quite like.
But if you where to get rid of the athority would the world be a better place, would people stop mugging old ladys because they don't have anyone to prve a point to anymore or rebel against tell me your views.

Barcelona Art Trip

In October we went on a trip to Barcelona, out title was language we had to collect pictures and information from the Museums and Art Galleries and Historical Places we visited about different artists and link their work to Language.

We were all given cards with a specific number, time, and our own chosen thing to take photographs off. I had the number 41, bricks / stone and I chose signs as I had been looking at the meaning of signs in real signs and the signs people give that we call behaviour.                                                                                                                                                

We visited the Dali Gallery and Miró Foundation and the centre D’Art Santa Monica. And not forgetting Park Guell and Les Segrade Familiar created by Gaudi.

When we got back we had to collect all the photos we had taken and produce the best one for each category and place it in The Barcelona and London Art Show at Chalfonts Community College, along with these photographs were had to produce a final piece which was linked to Barcelona and inspired by the artists we studied their.

These are some of the photographs I took while in Barcelona that I put into the show.