I’ve been trying to figure out the legality (and ethical conundrums) of restarting my life-drawing practice under the revised “3 Tier” system that is due to come into force in England on Wednesday 2nd December. I’m approaching this as objectively as I can, not in a “looking for loopholes”…
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eBay Experiment The drawers in my plan chest are full, I’ve run out of space to store artwork and a plan chest drawer filled to the top with stacked paper is surprisingly heavy - just opening and closing a drawer is starting to become heavy exercise. So, as an experiment, I’ve put…
Being one of a (much overdue) series of updates on my Acid Renaissance series of artwork. The Keeper of the Archives In late June I took the photographs for The Keeper of the Archives. I had a great deal of trouble narrowing my choice down to one image from this shortlist of three: So…
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As per last week’s post, this post is a series of minor updates - a format I’m experimenting with, more like a newsletter with various bits and pieces. This week’s artwork I spent yesterday on life-drawing and photography, that has resulted in two new Acid Renaissance prints available…
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This post is a series of minor updates as I’m trying to make best use of my new work-life regime (3-days a week doing my day-job, 2 days dedicated to artwork, and a 2 day weekend of relaxing, contemplating, and tidying up), and that includes blogging a bit more often. I’ll still do the occasional…
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As the new year approaches I decided it was time to review the rates I pay life models again. I try to review these rates on a regular basis because It’s the right thing to do, Life models are hard-working and valued collaborators in my artistic practice and their pay should reflect that…
As I approach my next art project I’ve just reviewed the amounts I pay people who model for my photography or drawing from the rates I discussed in this earlier post. I’ve decided to increase the amount I pay people who model for my photography from £45 to £50 per hour, just to keep it…
When I was an art student, and in the years shortly after finishing art school, I was lucky enough to have a number of friends who were happy to life model for me for free, just as well as I was living hand-to-mouth anyway. I remain incredibly grateful to these people who enabled me to continue…
I can’t decide whether to keep pursuing the “mask” arc with my photography, or develop it into something else. I’d love to do both, but I have so little free time to do photoshoots, and only a handful of people who will model, so I don’t have the luxury of pursuing multiple ideas. And…