A twist on the Folkloric Style

Dolce & Gabbana Fall 2012 

Dolce & Gabbana Fall 2012

Dolce & Gabbana Fall 2012

I have fallen in love with this recent collection by Dolce & Gabbana! There are influences from several cultures from their native Sicily to the Slavic such as Ukraine. The elegant embroidered floral patterns neatly placed over delicate lace fabrics juxtapose the other darker and lavish chandelier pieces of the collection. We shall see if these folkloric influences will be visible at the end of the year.

Amazing Artist!

This is an amazing self-taught artist from America called Xiaonan Sun. This is a video from his website where he uploads videos of him drawing http://www.theportraitart.com/

He quotes on his website "Creating Art is about being in the moment, using a medium to express life or imagination. It's about allowing the essence of the subject to shine through. It's about using a combination of creativity, knowledge and skill to create something timeless..."

He is certainly a very passionate and inspiring artist who truly loves creating art.

My Illustrations

Line Drawing - Fine liner

Line Drawing - Fine Liner

Line Drawing - Pencil (smaller heads 2 mins drawings)

Line Drawing - Pencil

Here are some line drawings done from doodling whilst looking in magazines. Quick sketches are my favourites as I find the outcome and effect from the lines so much more powerful and elegant. Drawing is one of my favourite hobbies as it is so enjoyable and relaxing! It is great how expressive and creative you can be with such a few tools.

I Carry Your Heart With Me E.E Cummings

i carry your heart with me (i carry it in

my heart) i am never without it (anywhere

i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done

by only me is your doing, my darling)

                                  i fear

no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want

no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)

and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant

and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows

(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud

and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows

higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)

and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)

This is one of the most inspiring and beautifully moving poems I have read. It illustrates a love that is only lost in the material world, but can never be lost in the heart. Like family, a lover or a friend. Be true to who you are and what/who you love, and do not take it for granted, because you never know when you will lose this kind of love.

Experimenting with a Camera and Paper

Contrast with the grass

Flying

Paper men having a seat

This was a project to see the effects you could with a camera and only using paper.  The location could change but the subject could not. It was a great way to inspire your creativity.

Elle Fanning: The New Face of the Celebrity Teens

Elle Fanning for Teen Vogue

Elle Fanning is the new upcoming princess of Hollywood teens with a hopeful modelling and movie career looking bright ahead, this thirteen year old is showing great potential as a rising star. She is the younger sister of Dakota Fanning who has starred in several famous films such as War of the worlds, the Twilight Sagas: New Moon and Eclipse, so there will certainly be a lot of competition. Watch this space...

"Some people do piano lessons after school; I do movies." (Teen Vogue magazine, 2012)

Sasha Pivovarova

Sasha Pivovarova is one of my favourite models merely due to her unusual appearance. She is certainly one of those people that you cannot take your eyes away from...you catch a glance of her and it is her alien beauty that entices you to look again. She is a 26 year old Russian model who made her debut in the Prada runway show in 2005 who then signed her on for a three year advertising contract. Others she has worked with includes Giorgio Armani, Chanel, Rag&Bone, Miu Miu and and recently was the face of H&M.