The Boootiful Welsh Vaalleeeys

I am in sunny Aberystwyth on this day. I LOVE WALES!
Visiting my brother for a couple of days to bring him home, back to the flat land that is Lincolnshire. If I was him I would be begging not to go home, it's well lush 'ere innit!
I've been passing my time 'researching' for the seaside project. To be honest it's been a slow burner recently, so a trip to the seaside was long overdue and very helpful. I've spent the whole day at the beach, drawing and painting the scenes and the characters out and about. (Note- Must be more discreet when drawing people; the point is not to scare the subject away.)

There is an array of vibrant characters in the town as I've discovered. One fully decked out punk played a beat on some bongos and 'sang' while his mate in a brown, flannel tracksuit danced crazily down the seafront. I couldn't stop laughing, which when you are a girl drawing on a bench on your bill, is definitely a good way of attracting strange men to sing at you! hahaha

  Here are some photos from today:

The curious mish mash of houses on the train to Aber

The train journey to Aber

Those crazy fools on the seaside

Lunching in style at thge end of the pier.

The Royal Pier

 

LINES

Lines, lines, lines. It is all I can think about at the moment! Just had my last rough crit before the holidays, which officially means summer has started!! It was for our summer brief, just to check if we had even started, and what we had in mind as a starting point. I thought I knew what I was doing and I've written my own brief, but now I'm just confused! Apparently my sculpture idea was verging on the (dreaded word alert) 'twee' side of things. Eurgh. 

Back to the drawing board, where I need to think about line. My tutor has just read 'Lines: A Brief History' by Tim Ingold. doesn't exactly sound thrilling but I'll have a read and see why she was so excited by it! I also need to look at Richard Long's work, and Saul Steinberg's 'The Line'. 

Somehow I need to combine using the beach to create an image (as was the original plan), with my successful, strong line drawings. 

Must think......

think....

......think....