Happy Mothers Day

Happy Mothers Day! 

Lovely day out to highlight the event and came across some lovely fun aspects to influence my primary/market research!

Pretty bunting and cute jars with my favourite gingham touch.

Splendid day!

FMP

New FMP Sketchbook!

So exciting, I am very prepared. Painting yummy watermelons for a new artist called Jane Foster.

Also been to Manchester today to start collecting primary research!

Yummy typical sweet shop with sweeties, lollipops and hundreds of jars.

The famous and iconic print works.

Birds within the city

 And breathe.

Well 5 weeks ago I was writing my city project proposal. Now i've created a visual journey within my sketchbook, design sheets and 3 x samples and 3 x box frames. 

Iv'e explored the theme of Birds within the City, influenced from my independent trips to various cities and places, collected primary and secondary research and then developed and progressed from that.

Screen printed windows and doors, appliquéd houses, stacked tea-cups, strawberries and birds.

I got to play with my 3 favourite yummy colours of mint green, strawberry pink and sunshine yellow. 

And now..

*drum roll*

My 3 box frames! All similar styles of colour, composition and technique, but all with one significant aspect that makes them individually unique.

Have you guessed it?

My pigeons! As influenced from artist Kate Wilson my very own illustrated pigeons with quirky vintage stamped letters demonstrating my 3 favourite people.

All of which have they're own theme with imagery as influenced from the city!

I'm very proud of my boxes/samples. 

:)

Reflections of a typical Tuesday:

Lecture

More lecture

Sketchbook briefing

Personal daily diary entry

Dinner

Further development into sketchbook

Using the VLE facilities

This blog post

Pretty productive day.

City project starting to take place in my book! My recordings, findings and travels all here on this very page.

The teacup are back again! But this time with a vintage collaged map. Not only is it beautiful and vintage but it best displays the theme of city and travelling!

Sneaky peek of a paper map bunting. Is that bunnies ears I can see?

WHY NOT! I will do this to my own set of stairs one day. Wallpaper the steps! Each step is another journey unto itself.

Visually anyway.

Here we go with this times artist of beautiful illustrations who goes by the name of Charlotte Farmer. Vintage teacups, yummy cupcakes and the cutest of spoons. Her delicacy of illustration is what initially drew me to her work. 

Here I've drawn captured images of people, windows and cushion! All created with a continuous line and appliquéd papers, wrapping paper and maps. My reasons for selecting this type of drawing line is because the free will of line reminds me of free motion stitching like on a sewing machine. A potential textile technique later for development??

Talk about killing two birds with one stone.

Speaking of birds..

Charlotte Farmers bird illustrations are absolutely amaze balls. I decided to cut out varied compositions of birds to allow the page under neath to show through in a nice way that best reflects her style of working.

Crafty.

Ali Ferguson! A different style of artist who creates collaged designs of materials, stitching, ribbons, buttons, measuring tape! I've played around with the same style to display her work, stitched materials, crochet, lace and a cute cute CUTE luggage tag.

Watch this space!

New sketchbook, new theme, new artist! Vintage brown pages, white paper doilys and crochet! My new aspired artist Ali Ferguson starting to take its rightful place inside my visual journey..