WK 5:29/02/16

In college on Monday I did artist research and made notes. The first one I identified was John William Waterhouse. I love his painting of the lady of Shallot (1888).

I do not know if I will use any of his work yet but it helps in secondary research and I love the sense of tragedy and sadness you get when you look at the image. I took a lot longer than I thought on research so need a clear plan for Tuesday. My mum gave me a set of her favourite books to look at called The Enchanted World to see if I could get some ideas. They are about folklore and mythology and are famous for the research into the myths and the related artwork and drawings. In regard to Arthur and Merlin they have a book to themselves called The Fall of Camelot but they also appear a lot in Legends of Valour and Giants and Ogres. I loved the drawings and in particular was drawn to Yvonne Gilbert who is an artist that works with coloured pencil. I find her work elegant and very detailed.

I spent too much time looking at these books and researching Gilbert but on a good note I knew I would use her for critical studies and an artist research sheet. On Wednesday I planned what I needed to do and it was a mood board on Arthurian characters and research. This took me over three days which was longer than I planned for. I kept getting side-tracked and kept trying to get the drawings perfect.

On Saturday I had a really good day because I visited the Royal Armouries in Leeds. I took some photographs for primary research and observational drawings. It was a long day but I got some good ideas and research.

On Sunday I tried to work on my blog and references but found it difficult because I find it boring. I know it is important but keep getting stressed so try and put it off.
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