AuriolB | Ravensbourne Access \ Design

This week I surprised myself by learning to sew a collar, complete with stand | created a gif and practiced Photoshop skills | enjoyed the play of light and colour on the Ravensbourne building | Submitted my Exhibition Review assignment, complete with Harvard Referencing ― see below . . . Exhibition Review (finding and reading information) THE COURTAULD | Exhibition Review Auriol Bishop 18 November 2022 Whose gaze do we share when we look at art? Treachery and lechery at The Courtauld. For a gallery claiming to be the home of enlightenment, The Courtauld holds some pretty dark shadows. https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2022/event/soheila-sokhanvari-rebel-rebel Wild at Heart (Portrait of Pouran Shapoori), 2019, egg tempera with squirrel-hair brush on calf vellum  The Love Addict (Portraits of Googoosh), 2019, egg tempera on calf vellum The Star, 2022, Perspex two-way mirrors, wood, metal, plastic and electronics Earlier in the week of my visit, I had one of thos...

Back in college this week, a beautiful sunset caught my eye in the library | I spent some time experimenting | learning how to underpin everything with research, to look closely  ― and always clearly reference sources (Detail from Lewis, W , c.1921 PRAXITELLA [oil paint on canvas] | Staircase displays Brown, C. 2021 Unmoored From Her Reflection ) . . . Experiments in visual language Inspired by Access alumna showing us her sketchbooks, I took advantage of time at home on Thursday morning enforced by train strikes, playing in the pages of my sketchbook, taking her advice to think about different ways to communicate. . . . > continue experimenting with techniques, materials > as though tutors are clients ― it’s all good practice Embracing Harvard Referencing :  I’ve long loved a spreadsheet as a way of recording and marshalling information, so can’t resist creating a Harvard Referencing grid to catalogue my Gallery visit. Details shown here are my collection of anim...