Photocopy project

So im not sure why i didnt think about the fact paper flops over. Off to buy so cardboard to back the paper!

Photocopying your face in the library receives really weird looks. Laughing loudly about how they come out receives annoyed looks. That is all

I've been MIA for a while again..I've had a migraine for a few days so avoided technology, but about a week ago I watched a VHS! An actual VHS! For some unknown reason a guy who lives down the hall from me had a VHS player and we watched beauty and the beast! I have to say it reminded me more of my childhood that any Disney movie has for a few years, probably because of the quality! We even had to rewind it before we could play it!
Today I decided to come out of my migraine hole and get some painting done I had to do..I knocked paint over on my photocopies..back to the photocopier I go! I think I'm the clumsiest person I know..

Todays (well yesterdays!) class

I found todays class actually very interesting, but i also love history so that could be why. The part i found the most interesting was about surrealism, mostly because i've studied those artists before, but never their roots. I visited the Dali museum in Spain, Teatre-Museu ,which is actually a giant piece of surrealist art in itself...

Incorporating some of Dali's most famous images, such as the egg. In this museum i was particularly struck by the size of some of the work. Dali is actually buried in the crypt of the museum, because it was built in his home town! I was most struck by the famous piece of the furniture. that when looked at at the right angle creates a face meant to look like Mae West..

There was many great rooms, and great exhibits here, especially one that was set in an outside courtyard. Also many people, as i was also, were struck by the giant ceiling painting present in the museum. The museum contains rooms and painted walls designed by Dali especially for this Museum. I found it brought a whole new level and meaning to surrealism to have it in the whole building all around you.

Next challenge is to try and read this Manifesto on surrealism...wish me luck!

Image for my grid art

So I searched around a lot, and restarted a few times with different ideas, but I was looking to really use a lot of colours, and suddenly as I was sat endlessly searching the Internet I looked up and saw my muse poster on my wall! I thought this image would be challenging and also perfect because it was colourful but with a big contract between the background! So here is the original image.....

I'm officially back this time!

I've had quite the ordeal with technology this weekend...i dropped my laptop and broke it, and i got my phone stolen! And on top of that i have an ipad that seems to crash every time i open this to post! but Finally...here are the picture of my completed Grid art! I'm really happy with how it turned out, its what i was hoping for, and i feel like especially from far away you can really tell what it is. I made it in what were meant to be 4 20x20 squares. Its a little bit of an odd shape however, 41x40, because i was tired and apparently cant count well and made one of the squares one row too big, and i also made one one row too small! Adding on one single row was definitely a challenge! It really did give me an appreciation for the idea of a picture broken down into pixels, and what a computer has to reproduce. I've uploaded a couple of pictures of the process..in the last one you can see where i failed at math! and then the final piece!

Perler. Beads. EVERYWHERE

My beads are all finally done! This meant it was time to tidy away all the beads.. I picked up my giant tub to put it away, the lid wasn't on properly. There are now about 9,000 beads on my floor. I actually didn't grow frustrated with my material until now. Now I want to melt all the perler beads in the world so no one ever has to use them, or drop them, ever again