Tuesday 10 January 2012

Second thoughts


After looking again at the page with the drawn woman and green background I have decided I will redo it . Some how she doesn't suit the colours I've used.
I am quite pleased with the two I worked on yesterday, the page with the young girl is me when I was student,aged about 17 at Ealing Art School. I was very thin then ,had long long legs, long very blond hair and extremly shy. I was forever being asked to be a model or pose for fashion photo's by the photographic department. I had and still have a big capacity for day dreaming and was good at keeping a pose. I always felt I was quite a plain person and yet when I look at some of the photos taken then it seems I might not have been. But then in photographs we can appear very different with good lighting etc. I love the girl daydreaning in the green page,so far my favourite.

I am beginning to get organised with the help of a friend Isabel for the workshop in the school hall, We sorted out some materials and I made a list of the things they will need to bring as well.
Today I am going to get out my rose quilt and make a big effort to make progress with it,I hope I don't get distracted like I so often do.

6 comments:

  1. Happy New Year!

    Lovely pages, all of them ;)

    Thanks for your really kind words x

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  2. I look forward to the evolution of this new journal and I love reading your blog. You are a true storyteller

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  3. I like the posture of the girl dreaming ... and these little blue flowers are delicious! Good day!

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  4. I love both of them. The blue flowers and the stitching and the jewel are just lovely together. Wonderful.

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  5. You know, when we look at photos of ourselves when we were young ( or younger), we realize we weren't bad at all, but you never look better and at the same time is more insecure as when you are young :-) How unfair!
    Your works are both very beautiful and creative!

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  6. I love both of these pages very much! I hope you don't change the girl daydreaming because I think the bright and happy background is a good contrast to her quiet, thoughtful pose. The green is a perfect complement to her red, red lips.

    The picture of you as a girl is lovely and no, I don't think you were (are) plain at all! I remember when I was a young lady thinking I am ugly or fat but now I see the pictures and I wonder why I was so hard on myself! If I had it to do again I would be less shy and probably a total tease!! LOL, yeah baby!

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