New Beginnings 4

This is starting to go on a bit now. Just had a phone call from the nice man at the local uni asking if I would be able to do some life modelling tomorrow, all day, 6 hours of paid work! Yay! I have to pay £5 for parking, but I come out of it with money going in the bank and potential for regular bookings. That saves me some effort and stress. Things are starting to look like they will come together.

I just need to find a part time job that will ensure I still get the WTC and CTC and I may just survive my stupid, sorry brave decision to give up a secure permanent soul destroying job!

Not really done very much work, but will now feel motivated to get on with it today. Got to go out later to do something at a friends house, bus all day tomorrow, but I usually am on a weds, and I get a substantial break so I can visit the millennium gallery and graves art gallery for some homework. Good stuff all round.

I have got some written homework to do, but I think I'll be able to get that done in a day. I have to write a business plan for setting up a small printing studio. Won't take much research or time. I'm also going to write a plan for the life drawing class I've set up. That should get me some extra credit.

Back to doing some real work now I think. I've got stuff to finish for college which will also suffice for the Winter Open at the Clocktower. Really need to get on with it to get my work out there ready for sale. AND I need to be making Xmas prezzies and stuff for sale at craft fairs. Bookmaking is a doddle and people are so impressed with it.

Right work now.

Oh and a nice cloud picture that I submitted to the Cloud Appreciation society website. Pretty huh?

Less of the Wibbly

Got a phone call today after college offering me some life modelling. Not a huge payment, or very many hours, but its work and the first step on the road to being independant of the NHS paycheck. Feeling a little less worried about money now. And yes i know it will all work itself out, but I can still worry occasionally. It's my party!

Had a fairly good day at college, started putting stuff in the sketchbook and ran 2 monoprints off, to work on on Friday. I think the idea for the growth project will actually work well. Collage and mixed media on canvas, with a bit of stitch too. Can't do anything without a but of stitching!

by the way the flames are to remind me of the fire in my belly and the ambition that lives and burns inside of me for success as an artist. Either that or I die tragically just as I'm startring to get recognised and Josh can live off the profits of my art after my death. The price always goes up when the artist pegs it.

Been reading lots of depressing stuff about slums in Mumbai, but also a lot of very positive stuff about community, recycling and small scale farming in the slums. Who says that the slums are all bad? Not that I would expect anyone to live there if they had somewhere better to go, but I want to make a positive statement about the people who have to live there, for whatever reason.

Had fish and chips for tea and watched rubbish on tv. Too tired to think of homework. Going to town tomorrow morning to draw public buildings and sky scrapers for the project. I want to look at the patterns of the buildings, the windows and the shapes of them to be able to reproduce them for the big picture for my project. Hopefully no-one will think I'm a spy or a terrorist and fetch the police on me. There will be scans of the results sometime over the next couple of days.

Looks like olympus are steadfastly ignoring me now. Need to send another email to them to see if I can at least get a replacement card. Only 2 weeks to go before the next wedding to photograph and I haven't got a reliable memory card. Bugger, more expense.

Going to spend tomorrow working on Claire and Sonia's photos, cos I really don't think I'm going to get any more off that memory card. Very bitterly disappointed about the whole thing. Learned a valuable lesson though. 2 memory cards and split the pics through the day. Formal on one and informal and candid on the other. Hmmmm, why didn't I think of that before? Idiot woman! Never mind. Will make the best of what I have and make a lovely album for Claire and Sonn.

Right off to feed the snake and go to bed ready for the busy day tomorrow.