Yorkshire Artspace and Bloc Studios

Yesterday was my first proper day in Sheffield. I started my course with Yorkshire Artspace which i enjoyed a lot. There were quite a few people there and it was nice to see such a variety of makers and artists in one room. We heard from a couple of speakers who came in to talk about their practice and we started to look at where we all individually wanted to be and realistic steps that we needed to get there. The wealth of knowledge shared by the people on the course is reason enough to go, one lady gave me two very useful contacts one of which was for a studio space. After the course had finished i rang up the number she gave me and went to look at the shared studio space he had available. It was super cheap and small but big enough for what i need it for. I got a really good feeling from the place and i was so excited i decided to take the space there and then :) I'll take some photos of the place when i get the chance and upload on here.

Force of Nature: Picturing Ruskin's Lanscape at Millennium Gallery

The day before yesterday I went to this exhibition in Millennium Gallery in Sheffield. I loved it! There was a really interesting mix of contemporary work to do with landscape and work from old landscape heavyweights such as J M W Turner.

The Map Project

Signed up for this... http://www.sketchbookproject.com/projects/secretadventures

Perfect timing for such a project! Having just moved to Sheffield from Brighton, i'm going to make myself a map of sorts about my new surroundings.

Drawing the Jurassic coastline from the Cobb at Lyme Regis, Dorset

Short film from surfer Mickey Smith

Darkside Of The Lens from mickey smith on Vimeo.

Cheryl Strayed

I'm reading this book by Cheryl Strayed about her hiking solo for 1100 miles on the Pacific Crest Trail which runs through California up through Oregon and on to Washington. She decides to hike the trail after suffering the loss of her Mother and its about her personal journey out of her darkest times. She writes with such an honest and true voice that it resonates with you long after you put it down.

Then, Now and After...

Brighton Illustration: Then, Now, After…

A survey of recent work from graduates & staff at the University of Brighton.

18 January - 14 February,  2013 

Not only will the show include an eclectic range of illustrators traversing a variety of disciplines but also some all time greats such as the prestigious Quentin Blake, Raymond Briggs & George Hardie.

 

Private View

Friday 18 January 5.30 - 8.30pm (cancelled due to snow)

University of Brighton Gallery

58-67 Grand Parade, Brighton, BN2 0JY

Mon - Sat 10am - 5pm