After painting

Good morning reader, well, can you call it morning if you haven't slept and the sun isn't up yet? Perhaps not..
It's quarter to five and I've just finished around three hours of painting.
Why so late?
Well, everything gets quiet at this time of day, almost everyone is asleep, rarely will you get a text, phone call, or email which sends your phone into attention mode. No interruptions from other people, just time to lose yourself in the paint and the process.
I always seem to think about one particular line in a film when I paint. I used to think it's just because I like the film and have watched it so much.. The line is from The Notebook, when asked why she paints, the female character replies with "Everything gets sort of quiet, I usually have so many thoughts running round in my head, but when I paint it's just..quiet"
Something along those lines, but, I get it.


I was working on two separate pieces which I wasn't happy with.
The first is a seascape but the colours were all wrong and I'm very pleased with how it looks now, all I need to do is play the waiting game to see how it looks when it's dry, this should take about a day or so.
Now, the second, I was loosely basing on a photograph. It's a very beautiful image, and the lighting is stunning. Through working on it, and re-working it, and re-working it some more, I have come to the conclusion that you can't control some pieces, with boundaries and certain colours. The beauty of painting is you get to decide these thing for yourself, and sticking to the photograph of a certain moment will probably not get you anywhere.
The canvas is now a blank, I meant it to go white but it's more green because of the wet paints mixing together..it's out of my control for now..
Pictures to follow in the morning, and when I say morning, I mean afternoon, after a long sleep.
Same again tomorrow night?

I can't get no sleep

Hi reader,
It's 2.36 am on a Friday.
It's the end of term, and I'll be going home in about a week.
So here's the question, why can't I sleep? I Slept in veryyy late today, but I expected it, I've been out a lot this week, drank too much and not done enough work, my excuse is the last week of term and a convenor going really well last week.  But back to today, I went on a long walk, with my 'shape up' trainers on too, I thought that might count for something?
Now I'm too hot and feeling restless. I can hear next doors music too so that's not helping.
I wonder what I might dream about tonight. Dream researchers say you are most likely to dream about things that have happened to you that day, there's a word for it that escapes me.. They also say that if you are too hot or cold, you are more likely to have a bad dream or nightmare.
Dreaming is always something that has fascinated  me, and it's something that is present in my working practice in the project I'm working on at the moment.
Thinking about sleeping, think it's about time I got some, otherwise I will continue watching endless scenes from
old One Tree Hill episodes

A little about me

Well, hello.
This is my first attempt at writing online about my work and thoughts about what's happening in the art world.
I hope to inform readers about my practice, alongside offering my views on whatever takes my fancy.


Here's what you need to know about me-
I am 21
I Live in Southampton
I am studying BA (Hons) in Fine Art at Southampton Solent University


That's all for now, keep reading and I'm sure you'll discover more about me through my posts.




ps
I am listening to Scouting for Girls- Airplane