Paddy Hartley's 'Face Corsets'

Some artists record the human face, others such as Hartley seek to transform it:

http://paddyhartley.squarespace.com/face-corset/face-corset/

Brendan Kelly

Here is a video of him talking about one of his traditional portraits.

He has some interesting approaches to drawing, both traditionally and on his iPad:

There is a lot more iPad work on the travel section of his website

Here is his website:

http://www.brendankellyartist.co.uk/

Year 12 Students

26/03/11. IWB Research Task.

Developing Madrid Project Number 3 (and beyond)

Download HERE

needs more shading and he didn't acknowledge his sources on every page

New Blog Hub for Y12 students HERE

Some of Mr Morgan's own recent work

Above:

'Quinoa' - an illustration that I made for Bioversity International. It has been selected for The Association of Illustrators' exhibition and book 'Images 36' and will feature in an exhibition in London later this year.

Below:

'L'Uomo Uccello' - A low resolution clip from an animated film that I have made for Rachael Mossom's new dance project that will premiere at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.

Best of koikoikoi 2011

stuck for ideas? have a look at koikoikoi!

William Golding's Lord of the Flies has sold millions of copies and is read by students all over the world. We’re calling on young artists, aged 13 to 16, to create a brand new look for one of the world’s most famous novels.

Find out more

Not sure what happened to the blog this week - hopefully normal service is now resumed!

We do seem to have lost a lot of links though.

Y12 New IWB task

TIME, TEXTURE, PATTERN

(In COLOUR with all hyperlinks to media etc)

Due in January 10th (Day 4)

DOWNLOAD HERE

(be patient - don't sign up for the paid version, just wait 20 seconds to download for free)

Interesting exhibitions in Rome:

MACRO

Cecily Brown at The Gagosian (see above)

Joe Sorren at Dorothy Circus

Drawing & Painting in Photoshop by Stuntkid

Printmaking: Several Y13 and all Y12 students are exploring a range of printmaking techniques Here are some links to the work of famous and less well known artists who have used printmaking.

printmakers council

www.worldprintmakers.com

www.artsconnect.com

www.squidoo.com/blogosprint

www.artoftheprint.com

German Expressionist Prints and Drawings: Portraits and Self-Portraits

rembrandt.parkwestgallery.com/

ukiyo-e

To be a teacher is my greatest work of art.

Joseph Beuys (1969)

For more great quotes from great artists (including sources)

use this site:

http://www.quotes-famous-artists.org

Y13 Artists pondering the use of uncommon, unusual or intriguing media might enjoy this blog article on Yarn Bombing from

Street Art Utopia

Some interesting sculptural projects in a range of unusual media

Follow the links to the artists' sites

How does an artist's choice of medium impact upon the final outcome?

Prior to Duchamp & Picasso. most sculptors used ceramics, carved stone, bone, plaster or wood and cast metal to express their ideas. Now available media might include frozen blood, vaseline, waste products, sharks and formaldehyde, condoms, old tights, kebabs, cigarette ends, used engine oil, the artist's own body....

Or in this case - the artist Gianni Motti presents a bar of soap that he claims is made from fat that was liposuctioned from Silvio Berlusconi:


further information here

Mr Morgan's Helpful Art College Application Guide

It's not pretty, but it might just help you to get into the foundation course of your dreams:

Download the PDF HERE

LIST OF LINKS TO ART COURSES ON THE OTHER BLOG

The Venice Biennale

Art as a political game

An interesting article from

The Economist