Last Saturday (the 17th) my brother and I had the pleasure of visiting the Morley Gallery's Metamorphosis [....] exhibition as we'd arrived very early for our appointment at the adjacent Morley College. What we found inside was (of course)... great art!
We took some photos (permission granted) for reference of a few artworks by Caroline Areskog-Jones and Eleni Kalorkoti. I, for one, was particularly taken by Caroline Jones' work. It's something about the black and white, the use of light, line work and ink that really grabs my attention. I've drawn pretty much exclusively in black and white using ballpoint, pencil or archival ink for the past two years or more and can't help but be drawn to the art style - or technique - that I'm so accustomed to.
I know that now I'm at college studying art & design it's even more important for me to visit galleries and explore art than it usually is - and believe me, I don't do a whole lot of that usually. And that's the reason twin and I walked in to the gallery in the first place, and I'm glad we did, because I've seen more in that moderately sized gallery than I have for a long time (not including stuff I've looked at for a few seconds on Behance or Pinterest every now and then).
So, if you're an art student (or generally interested in art), then go and visit an art gallery! You learn so much and even gain skills just by going to a gallery and looking at artwork that's actually physically in front of your eyes for you to examine the textures, shapes and such of first hand. Yes, you can learn from a computer screen, but there's a big difference between that and going to visit a gallery (or any other art place).
How do you gain artistic skill simply by going to an art gallery? It's simple. You expand your visual vocabulary. By spending a bit of time with a piece artwork you start to notice something of the technique the artist has applied, or the different materials, composition, palette, and so on and so forth. How could you not learn from going to an art gallery?
And don't forget - you can see art in many more places than you might have guessed. As a creative person, looking out and observing, seeing what's around you is really important! One of the best ways to do this is to walk. Whenever I go to London (or any other interesting place) I feel I'd like to have a good walk - and when I can, I do. If you're up early in the morning and have somewhere - or nowhere - to be and you've got the time, go early (or take a detour) and have a look around! It's very enjoyable. Walking is a very healthy pastime anyway, so go for walks - our bodies are made for them!
That's it for today. Check out the image slideshow and be sure to visit the Morley Gallery (Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth) if possible!
We took some photos (permission granted) for reference of a few artworks by Caroline Areskog-Jones and Eleni Kalorkoti. I, for one, was particularly taken by Caroline Jones' work. It's something about the black and white, the use of light, line work and ink that really grabs my attention. I've drawn pretty much exclusively in black and white using ballpoint, pencil or archival ink for the past two years or more and can't help but be drawn to the art style - or technique - that I'm so accustomed to.
I know that now I'm at college studying art & design it's even more important for me to visit galleries and explore art than it usually is - and believe me, I don't do a whole lot of that usually. And that's the reason twin and I walked in to the gallery in the first place, and I'm glad we did, because I've seen more in that moderately sized gallery than I have for a long time (not including stuff I've looked at for a few seconds on Behance or Pinterest every now and then).
So, if you're an art student (or generally interested in art), then go and visit an art gallery! You learn so much and even gain skills just by going to a gallery and looking at artwork that's actually physically in front of your eyes for you to examine the textures, shapes and such of first hand. Yes, you can learn from a computer screen, but there's a big difference between that and going to visit a gallery (or any other art place).
How do you gain artistic skill simply by going to an art gallery? It's simple. You expand your visual vocabulary. By spending a bit of time with a piece artwork you start to notice something of the technique the artist has applied, or the different materials, composition, palette, and so on and so forth. How could you not learn from going to an art gallery?
And don't forget - you can see art in many more places than you might have guessed. As a creative person, looking out and observing, seeing what's around you is really important! One of the best ways to do this is to walk. Whenever I go to London (or any other interesting place) I feel I'd like to have a good walk - and when I can, I do. If you're up early in the morning and have somewhere - or nowhere - to be and you've got the time, go early (or take a detour) and have a look around! It's very enjoyable. Walking is a very healthy pastime anyway, so go for walks - our bodies are made for them!
That's it for today. Check out the image slideshow and be sure to visit the Morley Gallery (Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth) if possible!