Nearly there!

No college this week due to the college equivalent of an INSET day - it's nice to be getting the day off instead of having to go! So I've done some work at home. The bookwork project is nearly complete now. I've made the final version of the gift bag, and decorated it with pencil drawings of flowers - very loose and sketchy. I didn't use the bright pink embossed word purity, that I'd been saving as it just didn't seem to fit. That'll go in the sketch book though because I still think it's beautiful! I've finished the wardrobe to go in the bag - I added some fashion guidelines on the back. I still have some work to do on my eyeshadow pop up. It needs more people and it needs something written on the front but what I'm not quite sure!
I've also been doing some research for our Cultural and Supporting Studies lessons. I picked Aubrey Beardsley, who I'd never heard of, and I have to say his drawings are amazing, but not for the faint hearted or easily shocked. Having taught small boys for a large number of years there is a real element of the naughty little boy running around shouting 'belly button' about some of his work - look how shocking I can be! But his technical ability is amazing and you can see it's influences up into the 1970's, including the Rod Stewart song You're in my Heart!
No photos this week, but I will post some of the completed bookwork when it's done. As a first project it's been an interesting one. I think I want to do more drawing because I do love it so much, but I also rediscovered  my love of printing, especially direct trace, and perhaps I can exploit that technique a bit more. I hadn't realised how mych I love working with image and text together. I felt my work really come together when we were allowed to use text too. I think I've learnt as much, if not more about myself on this project, as I have about visual communication!