Going well

Well the free space in Falkirk is up and running. And the first exhibition of the year is going down a treat. With fantastic artwork by Franz and Anne. People have been flooding in to view the work and give their comments. The diary for the space has started filling away and I cant wait to see all the other work which is to be exhibited.

The artwork on exhibit is by the artists, Franz Grimley and Anne Nicholson. I strongly suggest you pop along for a visit of some amazing work, talent and techniques.

A small sneek peek of the work on show.

Selection of work by Franz Grimley

Selection of work by Franz Grimley

Selection of work by Anne Nicholson

Artwork by Anne Nicholson

Artwork by Anne Nicholson

So come see the exhibition if you can. Its the Littlewoods unit on the Falkirk High Street just up from Lint Riggs and next to The Works. The Unit is open from 11am to 4pm (sometimes as late as 5pm) Monday to Saturday. Ill be there when I can. And Franz and Anne have been there near every day to man the space.


You wont be dissapointed.

Poor blog, I've missed you

Well I'm super sorry blog for having neglected you for so long. It's been extremely hard to pick up the blogging habit since dropping it last August but it sadly had to happen.

A load has happened over these months, Alcudia was amazing with my boyfriend, Christmas came and went along with the new year celebrations and recently after months of job hunting I have left McDonald's and begun work for Greggs the bakers.

New year, new prospects! Other than becoming heavily addicted to a 3ds and becoming a Nintendork as some have said I've decided on a new resolution which is to become more focused on all things art.

To such an extent I've signed myself up to volunteer more for Falkirks exhibition space and offer my services in finding artists, both student and professional to get them involved and exhibit aswell.

I'm really excited about the prospects and getting stuck in there to make it all happen.

I've honestly spent too much time job hunting I've neglected everything else. But all shall change.

Regardless, I'm sorry for the mad massive gap in blogging. Normal service shall now resume.

Yours,

ScribbleMouse.
Aka Linz

*le sigh*

Well its that time of year again when students head back to college! and a huge good luck to you all guys!

For those, like myself, who have graduated now comes that sullen lul of silence...

*PFFFFT!*

I wish...

Ive been extreamly fortunate to have a constant flow of commission based work being requested, especially since the exhibition based in Falkirk, came to a close. A huge thank you still goes to everyone who helped make it happen. Love you guys!

Theres another exhibition on in the space folks so please head on down to see it! You wont be dissapointed!

Ive managed to drift my backside into painting again... which is wierd... Meanwhilst experimenting with embroidery again haha. Two of my paintings have had offers on them as well as my embroidery piece. *dancing much... aye*

But with all this spare time, what else have I been up to????

BAKING! Ive become midly addicted to baking cake pops, vodka jello and all the other fun stuff;
HOLIDAYS!!!! Yes, myself and Garry shall be heading to Alcudia at the end of September;
Job huntering... determined to get out of McDonalds like a bat out of hell! **Insert Meatloaf tune here please**

But aye

On another note Im also doing tutoring for students. Ive already been booked to help students with Mathematics *sorry campers* And I have a few slots left for Art students. The way I tutor is a bit different from several other art tutors. I prefer to keep in contact throughout the year showing processes, artists and giving assistance to all projects. *keeps me sane* You can never really crash study art for an exam but extra learning throughout the year can be a major bonus to your academic year. Tutoring for art also covers Graphic Communication and Product Design courses. And I basically let the student decide what they need help with.

~Rant Beginning~ 

The job of an external tutor is to assist the student in areas they want help with. You cant make lesson plans for them, least thats what I believe. Any fannybandit that says they make plans on how to "teach" the student needs a slap in the baws. Thats not your job, thats their teachers job to make plans. Your just an aid to the student

~Rant over~


Anyways if your in the Falkirk Area and are interested in having a tutor for your year of high school in art, graphics or product design, please get in touch. If not, go check out the latest exhibit in Falkirk.

Till next time XD

Keep Calm

and Chive On...

Exhibition is up!

Woo hoo jazzy people. Our exhibition is up and running. It's at the old index/littlewoods store on Falkirk high street and I'm so excited, exhibiting with me is carol Meikelham, Ann Walker, Kirsten Mains and a piece by Sally. It's being run through the Falkirk delivers initiative for the next 10 days open 10am to 5pm. So if your in the Falkirk high street looking to kill a few minutes drop by and have a swatch.

I'm exhibiting a fraction of my drawings. Some old and new and some never seen before Barcelona studies. Also my dead goldfish are up aswell as my bus journey studies.

I've also been looking into getting my goldfish printed on tshirts as suggested by some interested visitors, so hey ho you never know?

Bus blogging again

Holy smokey and all that jazz what a busy few weeks likes!

Some exciting news, ill be exhibiting my work yet again for the next few days in Falkirk, along with some awesome friends, fellow students and the likes.

I can't express how vital it is that Falkirk needs to regenerate itself. And by doing the art exhibition in the town is just the start. It's a fantastic space and I'm really excited to get involved and get the stuff on show. I've managed to rope in a couple awesome friends and arty folk and I even have an awesome idea of doing a performance drawing to pull the public through the doors.

Ooooft so excited! I'm going home right now to finish mounting some work. I've even been productive in making my business cards, okay im a cheapskate and totally DIY'ed them but they're done haha

Photos and details will follow soon enough. But I'm also feeling rather arty fatty right now and may be doing some craft or sew-drawing once I get home?, so many ideas its actually getting torturous.

Anyways I'm starting to get travel sick typing on the bus home so aye

Signing out.

P.s. enjoy the random drawings I'm adding to the post. Haha

Another alien

Yes I'm still buzzing away doing my alien drawings. I'm back in my comfort zone using my 01 American crafts precision pen. A favourite well worth the expense it was to order it from the states, its ideal with its stiff fibre nib which refuses to blunt and change the dot size and makes consistent marks which are so tiny I love it!, another ideal element to the pen is that its waterproof and non bleed, meaning no smudges or smears from having my hand rest on the paper.

Just for scale reasons I'm using an A4 pink pig branded sketchbook, spiralbound for an easier drawing surface. The paper is pretty standard, nice texture and tone of white but best of all its great to work on with pen. In my experience when picking paper to draw on, pink pig is my second favourite by far.

Anyways, I've spent maybe, 4 hours on this and the amount of detail and nib size kinda explains the length of time...

Alien

I'm still drifting about, still reading, job applying and doodling away.
Lately my boyfriend Garry suggested I do a painting of the alien from the movies. I adore H.R. Giger, gutted that I can't find my tashen book of his stuff to share with Garry as I'm sure he'd love it.

Anyways I have been doing a small 5x7 inch canvas doodle using acrylic, thick watercolor and gouache of the alien and frequently been updating the progress. I'm extremely happy to say a few people have made offers for the small canvas and I'm more than happy to let it go as I'm only experimenting with it. I have full intentions of making a larger, more detailed piece.

It's quite enjoyable reverting to painting again the only frustration I'm feeling is over where the smeg my paintbrushes have vanished!
I'm positive they've went walkies at the time of the exhibition construction... Gutted! Means I have to spend more money on things haha!

Anyways let me know what you guys think I'm currently working on a more high detailed piece using just dots on some A4 paper, slowly going up in scale haha! Awesomeness!