Sophie Douglas and The Arts School

Stella , from http://constellarations.wordpress.com/about/ nominated me for The Liebster Award

Stella , from http://constellarations.wordpress.com/about/ nominated me for The Liebster Award.

I was surprised to get nominated by a “stranger”, and interested in what the Award was.
It is an interesting idea to develop your own on lines communication, meet others, advertise your blog, self publicity, and more so I decided to take part, and hope you do the same. I chose my 11 nominees because either they like me, i like them, their blogs make me smile, or give me something to think about.
The world is a better place if we know our neighbours (even virtual ones!) so here we go!

The rules to accept the award are :

1. Visit and thank the blogger who nominated you.
Thank you Stella!

2. Acknowledge that blogger on your blog and link back.
Www.constellarations.wordpress.com

3. Answer the 11 questions proposed by the blogger who nominated you.
See below

4. Select 11 people for the award.
http://strictlyvividphotography.wordpress.com/

http://alisonsye.wordpress.com/

http://walk-and-bike-in-france.com/

http://nataliamaks.wordpress.com/

http://otrazhenie.wordpress.com/

http://ironcladfolly.com/

http://thedigitallightroom.wordpress.com/

http://helobiae.com/

http://danawebb.wordpress.com/

http://cristianmihai.net/

http://bryannachapeskie.wordpress.com/

5. Pose 11 new questions to the new nominees.
1) where were you born?
2) who would you have to the ultimate dinner party?
3) what is your favourite colour?
4) if you were another creature what would you like to be?
5) what are you likely to come back as in your next life?
6) who do you look like?
7) what is your favourite artistic material?
8) meat, fish or vegetable?
9) paper, scissors, stone?
10) what is start sign?
11) do you believe in god?

6. Copy and paste the award on your blog somewhere.
Think I have done that, so here is a picture and my 11 questions, and If i didn’t nominate you, sorry, it’s not because you event great, it’s just I have a limited time to do this in!

My 11 questions to my nominees are:

1. Which city would you most like visit?
Berlin

2. Which city would you most like to live in?
New York

3. Beach or hills?
Hills that look over beaches…

4. Trains, planes or automobiles?
All of the above, love a good journey

5. Bacon and eggs or cereal and toast?
Bacon and eggs

6. Chocolate-based or fruit-based dessert?
Both mixed together with cake

7. Favourite way to pass time on a long-haul trip?
Watching the world, imagining what people are saying or thinking or where they are going

8. First live performance you saw?
A room with a view in Guildford with my parents

9. Favourite live performance you’ve seen?
Woman in Black

10. Sporting-code of choice?
I don’t even know what this means! Like ethical code? Always support the best play, not the win.

11. Jumpers and coats or bathers and thongs (flip-flops/jandals depending on where in the world you live)?
Dresses

Thanks for reading! Leave a comment if you did, always good to know there is someone out there!

Sunday strolling on the common

This morning I took a stroll round my local common and it was wonderful! There is so much nature and beauty and it reminded me to take time to appreciate it!
Here are a few pictures, London in the sunshine rocks!

London’s pretty flowers

Today I took a little walk around the streets where I live. Here are some of the photographs of the roses people have in their front gardens. It’s wonderful to see the diversity of varieties and colours, and how much people’s effort makes a street nicer.
So I would like to thank all the people who grow these gorgeous flowers and hope you enjoy the pictures!

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20 Things I learned from Alt NYC (and some drop-dead-gorgeous photos)

This is20 things all creatives should keep in mind!

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hello everyone!

I’m back from my trip to NYC and Brooklyn. my time there was full and busy to say the least. I feel like my eyes, heart, and mind have had a sumptuous feast.
I attended the Altitude Summit conference, hosted at the Martha Stewart HQ. My goodness. Everything about that event was well thought out, informative, and completely beautiful!
We heard from two incredible keynote speakers, Garance Doré and Grace Bonney of Design Sponge as well as several other inspirational people with amazing stories. I left each session with a full mind and with my creativity soaring!

I won’t share allll of my notes with you (that would be absurd…) but I did notice some common threads in the talks.

Here are the top 20 things I learned from Alt NYC: quote1 quote2 quote4 quote5 quote6

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7. find out what you love, what you are uniquely gifted in, and go after it.
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More pictures from The Shard

Here are a few more pictures taken on a canon 5d mk2 and edited using Snapseed on my iPad. Enjoy, and as ever, feedback welcomes!<br/<br/
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Amazing views!

Today I played tourist with my father and visited The Shard. Even though the weather was not great for the outing (humid, smog, white light), it was a wonderful experience! The staff are great, it’s wasn’t as scary or overcrowded as I assumed, and what can I say… London is amazing from that high!

Here are a few pictures taken on my iPhone and edited on snap seed.

Studio clear out

Finally got in the studio and had a reorganisation! It is now ready for making tomorrow.

A few days of arty stuff with a friend!

I spent the last few days showing a friend London and doing some art. What a privilege! Here are a few pictures from days out at Tate. My friend and I will be starting a new photographic project taking weekly images. I have a plan for the studio and completing my painting project, getting a plan!
Trying to be more mindful, if anyone has the answer to how to do this, please let me know!

Drawing class – a day of indulgence!

Today I attended a full day drawing class with Nelson Ferreira at the V and A. It felt like a total indulgence being able to just sit and draw for hours!

As a drawing teacher it was great to see how others teach the same thing, and to learn better ways of explaining.

The things Nelson taught me today:

When explaining how to work out the angles think of the time, is the angle at 10 o’clock, or 2 o’clock? This seems like a great way to think about it! Shadows have no texture, and hold the picture to the object you are drawing to see the lights and darks, I found out my pictures are way too light! And finally to look at what is the sharpness of the line.

Here is my attempt:

The drawing lesson took place in the Cast Court, which I regret to know nothing about so here’s the V and A’s explanation:
“The Cast Courts at the V&A, two vast galleries that
house the Museum’s most important plaster cast
and electrotype reproductions, make a significant
impression on visitors. These faithful copies were
mainly taken from works of art or architectural
details throughout Europe during the nineteenth
century, when the collecting of such casts was at
its most popular. The Museum commissioned or
bought these reproductions from some of the
leading cast manufacturers of the day. The
collection that was assembled allowed people
who could not travel abroad to admire some of
the major European monuments and works of art.”

My only advice would be to do the half day, as I am exhausted from a full day! But great teacher!
http://www.nelson-ferreira.com/South-Kensington—Victoria–and–Albert-Museum.php

Here are a few more pictures from London today:

Day out with mum, The Queens Gallery, and tea!

Wonderful day out with my mother to the “In Fine style” exhibition at the Queens Gallery, a little walk around are gorgeous capital city, and ending with a bit of tea.

Great seeing amazing paintings and clothing from a time when fashion was used to command importance and social position, and different countries were influencing changes through techniques and materials, as well as tastes. Here are a few pictures.

“In Fine Style: The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion
The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace
Friday, 10 May 2013 to Sunday, 06 October 2013

This exhibition explores the sumptuous costume of British monarchs and their court during the 16th and 17th centuries through portraits in the Royal Collection. During this period fashion was central to court life and was an important way to display social status. Royalty and the elite were the tastemakers of the day, often directly influencing the styles of fashionable clothing.

In Fine Style follows the changing fashions of the period, demonstrates the spread of styles internationally and shows how clothing could convey important messages. Including works by Hans Holbein the Younger, Nicholas Hilliard, Van Dyck and Peter Lely, the exhibition brings together over 60 paintings, as well as drawings, garments, jewellery, accessories and armour.”

http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/exhibitions/in-fine-style-the-art-of-tudor-and-stuart-fashion-QGBP

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