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Final thoughts on where this journey has taken me!
As I am coming to the end of my degree course and writing the blog about my work I thought it would be a relevant time to reflect on how both have enabled me to grow as an artist. It […]
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Layout
I painted the floor yesterday, left it overnight to dry and popped back in today to set out the black metal box that I want to stand on the floor. After several moves I have settled on this and took […]
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Catching Up
I have used the last couple of days to catch up on my sketch book work and do final checks on my website and print out this blog, so I can now concentrate the last day or so organising the […]
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Mountboard vs Painting Window
The overall quality of the finish using the board and tape wasn’t that good. Also on Tuesday and back at uni after bank holiday weekend only to find the mountboard had unstuck itself from the window (due to the heat […]
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Naming names
To find a name that fits how you want your work to be read, that reinforces the narrative that you see as present in the work but at the same time leaves a little for the viewer to decide and […]
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Untitled blog post from "Karart Blog"
Now I have decided and hung the final pieces for the degree show I can investigate how to display the paintings on the acetate sheets. I wanted to use light boxes but one of those went phut! so I am […]
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Hanging re-think
When you have been allocated your space to display your work for the degree show, my checklist was all about the PREP to hang the work BUT when I had hung, removed, repaired the walls and re-hung my work more […]
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Degree Show Hanging
Have hung the large diptych on the wall Kathryn Raffell, 2015, Acrylic on canvas, 180cmx120cm & 80cmx120cm. As I wanted the mask to sit on top of the females face I experimented with how to do this and came up […]
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Degree Show Preparation
I have measured out my space for the degree show and can begin to plan what pieces of my work I am going to hang. I have drawn a rough scale drawing of the space. Kathryn Raffell, 2015, Pencil on […]
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Mirror, Mirror
After trying the gold leaf sheet on a small piece of canvas I cut it out to see what it would look like on the work. I didn’t work, because it drew the viewers attention away from the females face, […]
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Opaque Faces
Kathryn Raffell,2015,Acrylic on acetate sheet, 30cmx40cm Working on the larger acetate sheet I sketched faces and then I have used a scapel on the first layer on the lighter areas of the face scratching them off, just leaving the opaque […]
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Work to consider for my Degree Show Space
I hung some of my smaller canvases on the white studio space wall to compare them and help me make a short list of which ones I might put into the show. Kathryn Raffell,2015,all acrylic on canvas, all 40cmx50cm. Some […]