Day 3 ...and a bit of a re-think...

 

I've had a ponder and feel like I've put myself under a lot of pressure to create something amazing at the PMAG in my time there.  Of course, it would be great after a couple of days to have whipped together an amazing painting but in reality -good work takes time... I need to be able to relax in the space, enjoy speaking with people and create something relatable with mediums that I enjoy using.

So, today, I've sacked acrylic and can't bring myself to test oils in the space that I have - so I brought along lino cutting and printing materials.  This means that I can work with photographs and really get stuck into some studies.  Lino also transfers really well to zine printing and I'm hoping that once I've explored some of the Art at PMAG I can spend a bit of time with the Staffordshire Hoard with the same medium.

I've also worn my Staffordshire University Fine Art Hoody so that I'm recognisable and can be linked to the uni and my course. The image for this post is me in my space with the work I've made throughout the day.

It's been a nice day of just getting lost in drawing and carving, printing and tweaking.  I've not got the image I'm 100% happy with yet but I'm figuring it out.. which is how this art thing works - so I'm happy. 

I've had a couple of chats with visitors which has been nice and had another go at documenting everything myself. I've got some videos for editing and am slowly realising that I need to relax in order to get images - or I look like a very awkward imposter photo bombing a studio...

The PMAG posted my placement to their social media today which got some really encouraging feedback. 

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