Cooking on gas! 

Jacques: All the world's a stage,

And all the men and women merely players;

They have their exits and their entrances,

And one man in his time plays many parts,

His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant,

Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.

Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel

And shining morning face, creeping like snail

Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,

Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad

Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,

Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,

Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,

Seeking the bubble reputation

Even in the canon's mouth. And then the justice,

In fair round belly with good capon lined,

With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,

Full of wise saws and modern instances;

And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts

Into the lean and slippered pantaloon

With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;

His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide

For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,

Turning again toward childish treble, pipes

And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,

That ends this strange eventful history,

Is second childishness and mere oblivion,

Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.

(As You Like It, 2. 7. 139-167)

Throwing some ideas around.. 

Awesome old women. 

Researching the technical aging process....

SO apparently building a red light district in the foyer of uni is "inappropriate". 

(Who would have guessed?!) 

And  so we turn our attentions away from the issue of human trafficking, and towards another pressing social issue... old people. 

Loneliness is 'hidden killer' of elderly By Sean Coughlan BBC News

Britain's forgotten million old people - The Telegraph

Jeremy Hunt: UK should adopt Asian culture of caring for the elderly - The Guardian

Research for portfolio gallery project

The week I got to play God.. 

Bits of wall I like... (cont) 

Initial reportage research
Status: ongoing 

Decided to use a newspaper instead of a sketchbook as the format for presenting my research. 

You may think it's relevant as the subject of my research is 'reportage'. 

(However your opinion may change slightly upon the realisation that I am an impoverished student... A3 sketchbook £6.50 vs 'Britain's first and only concise quality newspaper'  20p.) 

As you can see i've improved its appearance using Brusho, permanent marker and masking tape... 

(lots of masking tape.) 

This, as you may already have guessed, is where the magic was happening...

.So this research consists of : 

1. Artists name 
2. location 
3. Agent 
4. Quotation from the artist 
5. An optimistic attempt by myself to translate my reportage sketches into their style. Hoping to better understand their various working processes. - In homage.. please don't sue me 

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 .Chico Baldini 

• RS Brazil 
• ChicoBaldini.com.br
• "I've been addicted to drawing as long as I can remember and always try to keep a sketchbook with me for drawing in my spare time, whenever I have the opportunity."

Larissa Bertonasco

• Germany 
• www.Bertonasco.de
• "I love typography and use is as an element of design and content, mostly handmade or as a collage. It is very important for me to do manual work because it's the only way I can really connect to the creative process." 

George Butler 

• London, UK
• WWW.GeorgeButler.org
• "My work is based entirely on travelling, reportage and the location of drawing the more obscure the subject the better it is." 

Chris Capuozzo 

• New York, USA 
• www.intergalactico.com
• "I'm comfortable and thrilled to use varying techniques in making pictures most crucial is the expressive ability of any given technique I use."  

Agnes Decourchelle 

• Paris, France 
• Agnesdecourchelle.blogspot.com
• Agent 002 Paris- www.agent002.com
• Eye candy illustration London- www.eyecandy.co.uk
• "I always try to find pleasure in everything I draw. Working with light is what I enjoy the most, whether it's in colour or black and white. 

To be continued.... 

Today's special guests! 

A weekend of Horny Beasts! 

Had a brief creative block until out of sheer boredom I started mucking about with ink. 

Pretty pleased with the result, and think they would look lovely as part of a white cotton patchwork quilt.. 

Favourite Sketch Of The Week... (so far)

I want to make my kitchen cupboard doors out of this wood.