Today has been a long but eventful day!
I left Southampton coach station at 8.20 and
arrived in London at 11.00. My mum and I headed straight to the Royal Academy
to hand in my framed print for the Summer Exhibition. It was actually quite big
and heavy with the frame so it was really awkward to carry though the busy
tourist crowds and families on Easter break! It was only when I got to the hand
in place when the enormity of the event hit me: we had to join a long queue of
hopeful artists and there was a very organised system in place to cope with the
thousands of applicants that a brave enough to endure the process. When I was
let in, I had to unwrap my work and they scanned the barcodes on the two labels
I had attached to the back. All of a sudden my work was taken from me in an
instant and put on the racks with all the other artwork. Will it stand out amongst
the crowd? That is the answer I will have to wait for, fingers crossed! I am
pleased with the print and feeling hopeful. The whole process has been a learning
curve, although I wish it didn’t cost me (a skint student) as much with all the
travel, entry fee, framing cost and time.
It also meant a day out it London
to visit some galleries. I went to the Courthauld Gallery to see the ‘Becoming
Picasso’ exhibition which was small but still worthwhile. I admire Picasso's painting
style and the influence his work has had in the history of art and also on
contemporary artist today.
I also had time to visit the
National Portrait Gallery which excited me since I am focusing on portraits for
my studio work. It was good to see a
variety of portraiture, from abstract to photorealistic, paintings, photography
and sculpture, Renaissance to Twentieth Century art. It is great research for
my project.
I arrived back to Canterbury just
after 7.30. I am planning to go into the studio tomorrow to work on my painting
again (I have been thinking about it and have decided it is not finished after
all! tomorrow I will DEFINATELY finish my painting) I need to sort my space out for assessment as well.
Rachael
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