St Leo's - project complete!

I've finally finished the watercolours for St Leodegarius's Church in Basford. 

It was very enjoyable, spending hours on end listening to Radio 6 music, and accidentally nudging my watercolours off the table with my elbow, into the bin below. This happened around 6 times in all. La di dah!

'Troll'

My lovely collaborator and dear friend Arielle Findon tried to dye her hair candyfloss pink. It decided to go cerise instead. She resembled a Troll Doll. The situation called for a spontaneous, one-day film; so, we rented a Canon 7D and recorded a day in the life of a troll working in Bonington, here at Nottingham Trent.

See the film, here on Youtube or Vimeo

Future Artists - painting

The third workshop with Future Artists at Nottingham Girls Academy was on the subject of painting. We had Ellis Sharpe in, who paints 7 ft boards in an impasto style with just about every colour available. It was probably the best so far, the girls were hard pushed to deny they enjoyed it!

Buckules and Cornballs

My sister made this amazing drawing for my 21st.  It deserves to be seen by Dr Buckles and Captain Corny Corns! (aka Adam and Joe of 6music notoriety). What a perfect summary of their radio dynamic. WHEN will they return? Get back from Hollywood Joe!

The Arielle and Helen Show

So far, Arielle Findon and my radio show pilot set up is going well! We're editing the first two shows, which will be available soon as podcasts and downloads on Soundcloud, as well as our Youtube channel.

Last week, we had Ruth Williamson in for a special Foxcast, to talk about the insightful film into her way of life, Vulpes Sapiens. She seemed less comfortable in this environment than in front of the camera, and there was a noticeably more subdued atmosphere in the studio this week. 

Future Artists - monoprint

The second Future Artists workshop was mono printing - we were focusing much more on the process - most of the time, no one knew what the result would be! A lot of colour kerfuffle - especially the 'drawing-into-ink-first method, which I am determined to master.