Well I've been having a very cultured week haven't I? Not only did I see Macbeth this week,
I also saw The Tempest. This time, it was at the Globe Theatre. (All these years of going to the Tate Modern and I never noticed that the Globe was right next to it!)
The theatre had a great atmosphere. There was audience interaction, and it was just all good fun. The way it was done was great also. They acted the original script, with modern mannerisms; making it easily understandable for today's audiences. Therefore, it was incredibly funny. It was a generally fun performance. It only rained a little, and conveniently during the beginning of the play, when there is in fact a storm going on. A bonus was that Colin Morgan was in it as Ariel, for all those Merlin fans.
There is really no excuse for me not to go to the Globe more. It was very cheap (our seats were £15. Yes, SEATS! Standing is only £5!) So I will definitely be going back soon!
I really hope to have my Paris photographs developed soon. Plus I also have my completed design for this term's project!
Since my internship at Sorapol, I've been pretty inactive. I went home for Easter for two weeks.
And when I go home, I get very little done. However, here is what I DID do.
Just before I left, Chark and I went to the preview of 'David Bowie is...' at the Victoria and Albert Museum. It was pretty good, I am a big fan of Bowie, so it was really interesting seeing his whole career grouped into a couple of rooms. What I enjoyed was seeing his influences, and getting a bit more context in terms of what was going on at the time, (because obviously, I wasn't alive.)
After the exhibition, I took the opportunity to explore the V&A. During term time, I don't really get the chance to just look around. I had my sketchbook with me, so I drew this.
I'd pretty much abandoned my moleskin for the last year or so.
While I was home, Game of Thrones came back on TV. I was super excited.
I had planned to do 12 of these, but I felt that after Catelyn, I was losing it a bit (honestly, what happened to Jon Snow). Maybe I'll pick these up again soon.
I have also for the last week been working on a costume commission. I'm hoping it will be finished soon.
And tomorrow, I start back at uni with the next project. It's a collaboration project for the script 'The Madwoman of Chaillot'. So to research this, my class are going on a trip to Paris next week, exciting!
I'm guessing you've all seen the Hobbit by now? I have to say, I was a little skeptical of it, so I was pleasantly surprised by it! Martin Freeman was excellent as Bilbo Baggins. And the ending was such a tease. I can't wait to see the next one now!
I also saw the Life of Pi, which was pretty good. Very nice visuals, but I thought some of the CGI was a bit much.
Happy New Year!
Since I started uni, I simply haven't had the time to update this thing,
I really need to get back into the habit of it really.
The first term of uni has been hectic. Whoever says the first term at uni is easy clearly didn't do this course. Since I was given my projects at the beginning of term I was working non-stop. On top of this, I was adjusting to life in the city, away from home.
I had two projects to do. One was constructing a Victorian bodice, the other was designing for a Roald Dahl story. Here are the results:
I am happy-ish with what I did. It's the first project, but I've turned into a bit of a perfectionist.
I've had a bit of an art block, which I am somewhat emerging out of. I might post a backlog of things I have been doing, but for now, here are some sketches I've done based off books I've been reading. Maybe I'll do more like this?
