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‘Rooftops of St Columb’. A project I worked on last summer.
My latest work and inspirational snippets.
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Anne of Cleve coming along quiet nicely. Using gold leaf and thread to add the finer finishing touches.
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Exploring New Ways of Working..
I have recently had the pleasure of creating a portrait of a beautiful Working Cocker Spaniel. This is the first time I have painted in such a realistic way, a way that has really inspired the way I’d like to work in the future and question why I hadn’t painted like this sooner…
Finished painting of Stella, a Working Cocker Spaniel.
For a long long time, I have wanted an opportunity to create a piece of art that is realistic and observational in its approach and possibly quite different from my day to day style. My ‘style’ has naturally shown an increased use of realism as I have aged in technical ability and confidence, which in turn has lead to being able to paint a greater scope of subject matter. Something I wouldn’t have done during my degree.
A painting in progress.
During my degree it was suggested that I should steer way from painting as a means of rendering and that I should think about creating illustrations in a different way. So in the first few years after graduating, I worked with collage and digital mediums, which I really enjoyed. But I began to get frustrated with the fact that my natural ability and the strength of my drawings, didn’t compliment this college and digital approach. I then started painting small elements of my illustrations, whilst still combining coloured pencil, digital and collage pieces. When I came to illustrate the ‘Children’s Book of Richard III’, this way of working didn’t sit well with the informative style of the book. This is when the proportion of painting to collage swapped. I feel college will always be a part of creating for me, but I’d like to push my painting capability a little more within my work.
Finished painting that combines a small collaged element.
Style is an interesting subject in the illustration and wider art world. I have found artists pressure themselves to find ‘their style’ and stick to it. But the way you create can evolve over time, with ever changing inspirations and experiences. (Although a balance is needed to give continuity and identity for an artist professional practise). With exciting future mediums, it would be too constricting to limit yourself if it could strengthen your creations. It makes me wonder where my creative journey shall take me…
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My new mobile friendly website is now up and running! Do take a look at www.alicepovey.co.uk
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Farms for City Children: Summer Country Fair
On Sunday 17th July, I am really excited to be a part of the 40th Anniversary ‘Farms for City Children’ (founded by Children’s author Michael Morpurgo and his wife Clare) Summer Country Fair. I am very blessed to have an allotment plot of my own, so I am looking forward to being a part of and contributing toward this worthy cause, that also looks to be an amazing day out.
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Found this beauty of a book the other day. Looking forward to admiring the pictures over a nice cup of tea later on!
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The ‘Really Big Bubbles’ Project
I’m a lover of the outdoors and adventure and I love any excuse to play games and run around, which I guess for me is what makes illustrating for children so fun. So when the newly founded company, Really Big Bubbles approached me to help create their visual identity, I was more than happy to accept.
Really Big Bubbles, does just what it says, lets you make really big bubbles, anywhere! With their secret, homemade and echo friendly bubble mix and well crafted wands, they have created a amazing way to make huge bubbles and a wonderful way to have a great time outdoors.
Having created the company’s logo and graphic material, I have also illustrated spot illustrations to demonstrate how to perfect your bubble experience. Since watching the little (and big) members of my family playing making bubbles, I have been really inspired to generate more characterisation of children playing and being outdoors.
If your anything like me and are looking forward to spending time with the family outdoor this summer, do look over a www.reallybigbubble.com to add a fantastic bubble addition to your summer activities.
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Art Club at St Columb Major Academy! ‘Rustic Beauties’
I have once again had the enormous pleasure in being involved with St Columb Major Academy’s art club this autumn. After the great success of the mask making activities earlier this year, we decided to once again create a series of after school sessions to let the children experience having their faces cast and to have the artistic freedom to decorate them.
This time the theme was based on Rustic Colours, inspired by the changing colours of autumn. These little Year 1’s had never used oil pastels before and did such great work smudging and layering their mask designs, creating lovely autumnal patterns.
Our second day got us all messy indeed! By using Modrock or Plaster of Paris, we casted their faces, creating stone like twins of themselves. Although the children where quite apprehensive and rightly so, anyone lathering your face with Vaseline and then laying sticky wet cold strips would put anyone off, but all 20 children were more than happy to give it a go.
The final two sessions were all about painting and decorating their masks. They firstly painted their masks based on their oil pastel creations and then added sequins and ribbons to make it that little bit more special.
We now have the masks displayed in the school and they are looking fantastic. They all worked so hard on this project and have defiantly become little artists with great works ahead of them.
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It’s all been a bit quite here recently, but fear not, my creative adventures haven’t gone astray! In September I started a new job at the lovely St Columb Major Academy and have had the real pleasure to be involved with a whole range of creative projects.
In the past few weeks, we have started a set of workshops to make lanterns for a lantern parade that will light up the streets of St Columb! The children have been amazing and it’s going to be a fun few weeks. Have a look over at the schools blog to find out more…
http://scmamedia.primaryblogger.co.uk/lighting-up-the-stre…/
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I’ve braved the use of bright colours for these letters this afternoon! Slightly out of my comfort zone, but enjoyed working with a different colour palette to the norm.
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Judging commences on the colouring & drawing competition this week! With over 50 entries, its going to be a very very hard task of choosing the top 2 of such fantastic work. Wish me luck!
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