Getting on with the essay.

The set essay:

To write an essay on an image of our choice, using 1000 words, then choosing a further 6 images which have a relation to this original, using 500 words.

Edouard Manet dejeuner sur l'herbe...

I've always been interested with this image, there's just so much to say about it, its pretty controversial for its time, and was the inspiration toward many other artists. I like dissecting the painting, and learning what each part symbolises, why is the woman staring at the viewer?..as if she has been photographed off guard. I've found lots of new fascinating facts along the way, so I'm eager now to get writing this essay, but i still need to find the other 6 images to relate to this one!

some of Weber's collages...

Marnie Weber*

This artist amazes me, I just love what she does...I came across her collage 'Fun at the Picnic ' in my book 'Art Now', I just love it, i can relate to her style as its very similar to the path that I'm experimenting with at the moment.

Dieter Roth is too good

In the university library, there is a special collections part where I've been looking at Dieter Roth books, their amazing, i love the antique quality which they hold. I like how some pieces are displayed in boxes, it shows how special they are. One book which i found interesting, was a book with newspaper pages...nothing else. Who knows the meaning for something which seems so simple, yet complicated in another sense.

A book i've created, i've hidden sweets inside...it's like a secret place.

sweets!

I'm experimenting with sweets at the moment, exploring the textures and colours. I haven't really got a plan, I'm just putting them all together, pouring glue on, and seeing what happens.

I've noticed that boiled sweets takes a very long time to dry...the sugar coating just melts into a sticky mess, whilst jelly sweets dry very quick and feel really spongy, which i kind of like.

last week...

We were given the challenge in class of creating an invention which Leonardo Da Vinci hadn't previously thought of...well it seems he came up with ALOT. Even so, I tried thinking of things which i find interesting, what do i enjoy? practical, non-practical, I don't think it really mattered, so i went with practical. I love books...not necessarily to read, i love looking at them, so my invention was a light which fits to a book!
I later found its already been invented, never mind i like to think i thought of it first.