Monday, 16 September 2013

ART!!!!

OK, I know this is a bit random, and completely off topic, but I have two things I feel an urge to spread meaninglessly with the world... cling film and writers' block!! I know, I know. Nothing to do with food... but anyway. Like it or lump it.
This is cling film art! I discovered it a few days ago. The picture isn't particularly good so you can't really see it, but it is a really interesting technique that makes good background for art book pages... if that is your homework, say. It is also really easy to do. All you need is Clingfilm and water colour paint, and obviously water.
Cover a page in patches of really watery paint, but keeping the colour as strong as possible.
Cut out a piece of Clingfilm, bigger than your paper
Place it onto the paper (still wet) and push it around with your fingers, so the paint gets all mixed up. Leave the clingflim wrinkled on the page.
When it is completely dry, pull off the clingfilm. It should look like the above ^
for the example in my book I left it as this, being merely a background, but to make this a piece of artwork just fill in some of the shapes with darker watercolour. (Below)
This is so simple but could form the basis of much more complex, beautiful pieces of art... not exactly the skill required to do A Level or whatever, but very satisfying :)

And my second point... WRITERS BLOCK!!! Grrrrr. OK, I've probably lost all readership by now, but I will still gripe... This is annoying me SO much. I am still on page 11, staring at the screen, unable to think of what to write next... though I can write mindless streams of consciousness like this, funnily enough. I do have a plan and I do know what is going to happen, but I can't write it!!! Sometimes this goes on for months.... and I'm still on the prologue. I heard that some author solves this by hanging upside down. I haven't tried it yet, but judging by the quality of his books, I'm not sure I want to.... (no names). Anyway, I've ground to a complete stop, so for now there won't be any release dates :(. At least Alice has the second book to read before she starts demanding this one...

4 comments:

  1. I Love that second photo! I'll have to try it when I get a bit of spare time ;)

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  2. :) I'd like to see it. Do you like any of the recipies yet?

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  3. Yeah! They're so nice! (And I should know because I've eaten all of them.) Personally, I prefer the first picture. I like the subtlety of the colours ;)

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  4. Yeah! They're so nice! (And I should know because I've eaten all of them.) Personally, I prefer the first picture. I like the subtlety of the colours ;)

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