Thursday 25 March 2010

Before We Hit The Town



Photo: I want to capture the essence of pre-night out rituals - BL

Saturday 20 March 2010

Yoko Ono - Q & A



Yey!! Yoko Ono answered more questions. These are the ones from last week I sent, but I'm not complaining. I'm genuinely so happy, I haven't been in a good mood today and this has cheered me right up. It really is the simple things in life. Yoko Ono is such an inspiring woman. She is an ambassador for peace, a great artist and a talented musician. I'm so grateful she picked my questions and does her Q & A sessions. -BL

Thursday 18 March 2010

Portuguese Man-O-War




Portuguese Man-O-War is my favorite animal, well its not really an animal! Its 5 different organisms joint together to create a living breathing functioning animal. It boggles me, I tried 2 different techniques both using collage but with different materials and textures. I wanted to use blues because the portuguese man-o-war is transparent almost and with it living in the sea its going to be blue. I hope you enjoy it and I would like to apologize for not updating it recently as my parents have been away on holiday also I have been trying out some new things, you'll just have to wait and see ;) -BL

Friday 12 March 2010

MEL the Sloth



I saw they cutest video on youtube the other day of a sloth just flailing around, aww, bless it. I really want one as a pet now, I would love to look after it and as a positive it sleeps like 18 hours a day. The only bad thing is them gigantic claws! With this in mind i just done a quick little sketch of what I can remember it looking like. It may not be accurate, I hope you like it. -BL

Thursday 11 March 2010

The Hound of Baskerville



last night when I was going to bed I seen my little black labrador, Prince, at the bottom of the stairs aimlessly staring. I seen how dynamic the shot might be because of the perspective of the walls. His eyes glowed when I took the photo due to the flash and It reminded me of the Sherlock Holmes book - The Hound of Baskerville. Hope you like the photo. -BL

Wednesday 10 March 2010

Lady GaGa Newcastle Metro Radio Arena - 4th March 2010.





That night was one of the best nights of my life. We got just in time to hear the last couple of songs from the first support act, semi-precious weapons. They where ok, but I wasn't really familiar with them. 20 minutes later Alphabeat (first picture) started playing, being a bit of a fan I knew all the songs that they played. I was amazed at how good they were live and they played all of my favorite songs. It definitely put me in the mood for GaGa. After 40 minutes of Michael Jackson the intro to GaGa's dancing in the dark started, it was electrifying, everyone roared with excitement. A huge silhouette on a white sheet were seen of GaGa posing to the beat of the music, (picture 2), I was blown away. I couldn't believe it was happening. It was one of the most surreal moments in my life. She was everything I expected and more. She had amazing crowd interaction, she played nearly every song of both albums, to perfection I may add. Her set was fantastic, she pulled out all the stops, 3 storied industrial buildings, a car with a piano in the bonnet, a piano with a blaze of fire changing shape every second, an overgrown spindly forest, a fountain leaking blood and then setting ablaze. the theme of "The Monster Ball" was loosely based on the wizard of oz, following a glitter path, a dark dense forest after landing from a twister, which was represented amazing light show which was falling and spinning from the sky above, in the twister she changed into a dress that appeared to come alive! She managed to change about 11 or 12 times at least though the 2 hour show. her outfits ranged from a latex nun-esque look, leather studded underwear and a silver spaceman suit complete with rotating orbit. Near the end of the night when she was close to finding "The Monster Ball" she was singing paparazzi to then turn around and find a 40 foot monster with tentacles, long sharp fangs and bulbous eyes. Everything done through out the night was amazing and she surprised me so many times, this is an understatement to say it was amazing, but I just can't put it in words. It was GaGa. -BL

Tuesday 9 March 2010

Star-sign : Leo



My star-sign is Leo, so i decided experiment with different media and ways I could portray Leo. My first reaction to leo was obviously the lion, but i wanted to feature characteristics that Leos generally have. In the end i decided to use a lions head as the base using collage, then placing the features, which are based on my features, onto the face. I hope you like it. -BL

Monday 8 March 2010

El Diablo.



in my recent pieces there have been no vibrant color choices; I decided to do yet another "Self-Portrait", this time I went back to basics and used crayons. Crayons are mainly used with children, I am a big child. I like the rough, edgey effect given to the piece, it shows a sense of my personality. The inspiration behind the eyes was from looking at the patterns on the neck of a cobra and how they are used to confuse prey. I thought it would be a good idea to try and incorporate something similar on to my face and give it an animalistic property. -BL

Saturday 6 March 2010

Yoko Ono - Q & A





Every friday I send Yoko Ono a few questions via twitter, every 3 out of 4 weeks she answers at least one. I've never thought of putting them on to my blog, until now. Here is the recent ones she just answered 10 minutes ago. 4 of them are mine! She is a very wise and insightful person, it I'm highly appreciative of the time she takes every friday to answer my own and everyone else's questions, so thank you. -BL

Friday 5 March 2010

Is that, No, It can't be? DOM



Just a little, quick sketch I done of my fellow class mate, Dom. I was just experimenting with the different marks you can make using charcoal. I tried to get a variety of tone by smudging the charcoal and highlighting detail using jagged, quick, sharp lines. -BL

Ps. Lady GaGa photos will be uploaded tomorrow!

Wednesday 3 March 2010

la théière peu de bleu



Its my little blue teapot, an experimental piece before I done my self-portrait (yesterdays piece). I used a variety of media, such as watercolors, acrylic paint, oil pastels and chalk pastels. I just like the color more than anything else its very vibrant and psychedelic. The brush strokes where to complement the fact that the teapot was a good 80 year old, it was warn and made from brass. -BL

Anti-Christ Superstar: Marilyn Manson





To get my "hit" of inspiration I always look at people who have became a part of pop culture because of the way they dress/opinions/talent. Currently I've been fixated with Marilyn Manson, He's a fucking genius. I love everything about him his witty but smart opinions, his shock value as an artist and entertainer and I've been fixated with his art work. I love the his art work because of the big red lips, I'm not going to lie. Also I like the eyes, they have this very alluring hazy quality to them that draw you in. The way his watercolors bleed into each other to create a real depth which is a great technique and adds character to the piece. I'm feeling in the mood to experiment with watercolors, even though I usually despise using them. Wish me luck! -BL

Tuesday 2 March 2010

I'm Blue Da-ba-De-Da-ba-Di.



I was messing around trying to mix different media and this was my favorite mixture of Felt Tip Pen, Watercolors and Tissue paper. I chose to use blue because at the moment its my favorite color, I think it has brought a certain coldness to it, which isn't necessarily a bad thing given the look on my face in the picture. I loved combing watercolors and felt pens as it gives this beautiful bleeding quality to the piece which just really adds character. I hope you like it. -BL

Monday 1 March 2010

Self-Portrait: 6 Months Ago



Oh god! A drawing I done a couple of months ago, before I got all my hair chopped off! Bless me! The technique used for this was through cross-hatching. Any tone or line seen is made up from little lines cross-hatched and spaced to create darker and lighter tones. Compare it to tomorrows piece and see how I've changed! -BL

Friday 26 February 2010

The Nomi Song



After Months of waiting I found that it arrived yesterday when i got in from college, I was ecstatic to say the least! It was an amazing insight to such a wonderful performer, its such a shame that we lost him to something that could of been so easily avoided. He was an amazing vocalist, and an even better alien. He truly was the man from out of space who knew how to put on a show.

R.I.P Klaus Nomi - The Space Man. -BL

Piece 14: Connexions

Over the past few weeks we have been doing some designs for connexions-direct, which is the website and telephone service provided by Connexions, as in the teen support company. We have been designing a variety of different things for them and checking out products and price of the products. Heres my leaflet, which may be officially made and distributed:



I hope you guys like it, its meant to be a bit comical its me, you can't take me seriously can you? -BL

Thursday 25 February 2010

Fancy Dress

We all decided together last night for everyones birthday we would have a fancy dress theme. Heres what we've came up with so far:

22nd March: Glam Rock
16th August:
9th September: Burlesque (Corset and Nipple tassels for me) ;)
20th September:
27th October:

I need ideas for the Glam Rock one because I have no idea what to wear! If you have any suggestions let me know please. Thanks -BL

Monday 22 February 2010

Piece 13: Dadaist Poem

To Make A Dadist Poem by Tristan Tzara

Take a newspaper.
Take some scissors.
Choose from this paper an article the length you want to make your poem.
Cut out the article.
Next carefully cut out each of the words that make up this article and put them all in a bag.
Shake gently.
Next take out each cutting one after the other.
Copy conscientiously in the order in which they left the bag.
The poem will resemble you.
And there you are--an infinitely original author of charming sensibility, even though unappreciated by the vulgar herd

I was reading about dadaism on the internet and i came across this interesting poem and thought it would be a good way to do a piece of art rather than the simple painting. here it is:

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-BL

Back in action

Well, I havn't thrown in the towel yet.
Just needed a break. -BL

Tuesday 16 February 2010

Fuck It.

Nobody cares about art, everyone obsessed with what's going on in Pop Culture, Celebrities, Celebrities and More Celebrities. I'm little blog isn't going to get noticed. Nobody even reads blogs that much, especially of my age. I don't feel i can continue to regularly update it because of the fact no one cares and i don't care about other peoples opinion apart from my own, I find it too much of a chore. setting myself a 3 month goal was a bit unrealistic and I failed after the first 8 days, I've continued to upload works after that date also I have had a lot of personal problems going on, currently the blog is on hiatus. -BL

Monday 15 February 2010

Faux Fur Coat

I really, REALLY want a neon fake fur coat! Does anyone have any idea where to get one? -BL

Sunday 14 February 2010

What makes the world go around?

Music makes the world go around! -BL

Friday 12 February 2010

LAAANDAAAAN!! and the Big Brother 2010 Auditions.

London: (Friday 5th February - Sunday 8th February)

1 Week ago today I was packing my bags to go to London. Why? To audition for Big Brother with my friend Steph. After the 7 hour, cramped coach ride I couldn't wait to be off and stretch my legs. We traveled around London for about 30 minutes waiting to go to the coach station, and I was in awe, I was mostly in wonder it was so fascinating to see all these bright lights dazzling, bearing in mind this was half 6 on saturday morning. The sky was hardly visible, only through the cracks in what appears to be a concrete labyrinth, even in the glimpses when you got to see the sky you couldn't see the stars because of the glow of all the shops, bars, restaurants, cars and street lights. when we eventually got there we decided to head out straight to the audition process which was all the way at Wembley, we where at Victoria coach station, and neither of us had been to London before, we had no idea were to go. We asked an old man for directions, he was very friendly and informative, and pointed us in the right direction. We asked at the information desk for the tickets and a map, which we got. Off we went to using the Tube. 30 minutes later after getting off at different stations we arrived, it was 8.45, the audition process opened its doors at 8.00 am. so we wandered around Wembley for a while asking people for directions, everyone said something different to the last. We walked past a bus stop and seen the bus pulling in, we asked the guy for directions he said he goes near it and would give us directions for when we got off, which he did, but he charged us 2 quid for 2 stop journey, what a rip! but eventually we got there safe and sound and with a clue of going back. In the queue we got our photographs taken for a newspaper as well as a brief interview for RADIO 1!! We loved it, too much. after spending 7 hours waiting around we made some friends, who were also auditioning they were from manchester and had already auditioned before in Glasgow. It helped pass the time by alot.

The Audition Process -
firstly when we eventually got to the front row we were separated into Male and Female lines, then 5 girls and 5 guys would be picked to form a group of 10, they would go head to head against another group of 10. you where asked to do tasks such as pass the ball over and under or from neck to neck as well as other mini-tasks such as an "electric wave". the loosing team had to do a forfeit chosen by the winning team, when we first joined our team was made to do the "Funky Chicken" and sing twinkle twinkle little star, Not really a good forfeit i know. when we won the next one we made the opposing team pretend they where climaxing and had to show how turned on they were getting through noises and actions. We got them good! After we had done them mini-tasks and forfeits for about 15 minutes we went over to part 2 which was led by a different instructor to the one we had in part 1. He asked us to go into pairs and find 2 interesting facts about each other and report them back to the group. My interesting facts were 1. I do an amazing drag impersonation of Susan Boyle 2. I'm a shock artist (or soon to be anyways). after we reported back to the group we were asked to place ourselves into order of who would be evicted first all the way through to who would win, as a group we couldn't decide, so the guy asked this 40 year old woman to take control, she put me third place, which I was happy with. After that was done, he asked us to make a famous landmark or structure using ourselves, the 40 year old woman was like pyramids and everyone agreed, wait one second, 10 people are going to make a triangular based pyramid, idiots, to be fair to them. It failed, Tremendously. The guy turned around and said it was shit, basically. After disassembling the pyramid we stood in a line, he then told us who ever gets a stamp can move on too round 2, I didn't get a stamp or either did this other guy i got talking to and believe me he was a crease! they chose - 1. Someone who didn't talk, he just looked like Lemar. WOW, we want to watch TV to see someone who looks like Lemar and doesnt talk. NEXT. 2. some 40 year old slag who said she has 2 kids and goes out every weekend on the piss to pull random men. Interesting. We all know a SLUT, so NEXT please. 3. a 30 year old woman who could hardly speak a word of english, her interesting fact was I LIKE SHOOPPPENG!!! he said to her thats not really interesting, she went I DRINK LOTS AND WAKE UP NAKED NOT REMEMBERING A THING, and the biased guy nodded and went Nice. Loser. NEXT. 4. that 40 year old woman went through who took control, she obviously stood out because she was the one who was given the power, she was OK, nothing Special. Judging on the people they put through it was a very biased process, the male leader picking 3 girls and 1 guy, also the people where B-O-R-I-N-G-! Yawn. Seriously if the standard is like that for the last year I might not even watch it. I would of made an amazing housemate because I get on extremely well with people, If I don't like someone I make it VERY clear. Also I'm an artist I like to provoke, Prod and Annoy the living shit out of people, I always keep myself entertained. They lost out. BIG TIME. Even though I've had quite a negative rant, it wasn't because I didn't get in, it was because of the quality of people who went in where shit, and usually I enjoy watching Big Brother. I enjoyed the experience, but some people can't take a hint they are not going to get in.

After the long audition process I was fucked, I had no sleep for 36 hours and I was draaaained. we didn't get to our hotel room until half 5, I had 3 hours sleep and woke up feeling terrible, I felt sick from the lack of sleep I had. But steph persuaded me to go out and I got a shower and ready and i felt alot better but still not 100%, I was actually quite dreading going out incase i felt worse and up until that point I wasn't enjoying London as much as I hoped. We got the Tube to Oxford Circus and WOW, I came to life, to see the 4 story told shops of everything from H&M to Apple Store, I was amazed and in love with London, We walked for an hour and a half, but I didn't care i felt alot better, I was buzzing off magical window displays and bright city lights. We eventually ended up in Soho after walking around aimlessly, It was amazing, the Rock and Gay scene, we walked past G-A-Y unfortunately it was closing at the mere time of half 11, we wandered for a bit more and ended up at this bar called edge and only being 4 pound to get in and a FREE drink, I was ecstatic being one of the more cheaper bars in London. It was fantastic, It played Pop music all night, from the likes of Lady GaGa to Michael Jackson and as a bonus the DJ was a drag queen! (I will upload the photos as soon as i get them developed!) It was a great night and i thoroughly enjoyed myself even though it was £3.80 for half a pint of cider!! On the sunday I went shopping at Oxford Circus after being mesmerized by it all, and Holy Shit. if I had to pick what my favorite high street shop would be H&M, I looked in there first. WOW. so much variety so many things, I was in Love, I wish I had money. I hate money. Then to my shock i thought since I'm here I'll have a look around Topman, and fuck me! It was HEAVEN! seriously I thought I died! I would live there if I had the chance It was, WOW, i was lost for words! So many nice clothes, so many nice shoes, so many nice accessories. Heaven. I now have a new favorite after seeing the 2 floored clothing marvel. I'm still in love with it now, and can't wait for my next trip to London, I think the whole groups wanting to go, Its amazing, It's definitely an experience and I'm so excited. Even more so its helped me figure out that I defiantly want to go to university there just for the culture. I'm in love with London. -BL


Me and Steph Auditioning for Big Brother 11: http://www.anorak.co.uk/238592/celebrities/big-brother-11-wembley-auditions-in-pictures.html?pid=9837

Neon guy who should of went through, he was in my group (also you can see me and steph lurking in the background, haha): http://www.anorak.co.uk/238592/celebrities/big-brother-11-wembley-auditions-in-pictures.html?pid=9838

PS. Sorry I haven't been updating my blog with art work, I've been busy and alot of things have been going on in my personal life recently. I hope to be regularly updating my blog again on Monday 15th February. Thanks guys. -BL

Thursday 11 February 2010

Rest in Piece

R.I.P Grandad & R.I.P Alexander McQueen
xxxxx xxx

Wednesday 3 February 2010

Bad Times.

It's not a good time right now, will post when it is. Thanks for understanding. -BL

Tuesday 2 February 2010

Day 12: Technology Dependancy



Firstly, I don't think its finished, I think i might just do another one from scratch rather than ruin this one. Anyways this piece of work actually has a purpose, (kinda), rather than just for pleasure. Its a statement on how much of a society we over-use technology and its starting to become an addiction for people. I wanted to show how much we are changing due to are dependance of technology, firstly I wanted to keep the piece very basic and as humanoid like as possible, for example the circuit board prints around the mouth copy the style in which a human skulls teeth are set out. The eyes were left blank to show the numbness and lack of control people have over their addiction. The main inspiration I got for the piece was from looking at tribal masks to see how they where carved into to show exaggerated features and the painting style I used was different to my usual style and one I was trying out the other day on a different piece of work (which will hopefully be up on thursday or friday). Hopefully you like it, I enjoyed putting the time in effort with it, which payed off and I like it myself. Thanks. -BL

Monday 1 February 2010

Facebook.

I forgot to mention I've made a facebook page just uploading my art work, If you want to see just the pretty pictures and not me rambling on join the group! Its called "A Piece Of Art A Day Keeps The Doctor Away" -BL

Day 11: Self-Portrait (again)




I just realized that when I'm putting "Day #" It sounds like the Big Brother narrator, haha. Maybe I'm being a bit self-obsessed at the moment all I'm drawing is myself, I don't know why. Maybe its because I want to look a certain way, I don't know. This is a self-portrait of myself before I went out on saturday night, Hope you like it -BL

BBC Personality test - Future Job

Aesthetic

The questions you answered about your life goals have been used to reveal common themes in how you live your life and the things that are important to you. Data from this part of the Big Personality Test will help scientists understand the relationship between personality and life goals.

Your results showed that your goals are predominantly aesthetic; you value beauty and creativity. Research has uncovered relationships between personality and life goals. It suggests that people with high Openness scores tend to pursue aesthetic goals, while people with high Extroversion scores tend to pursue hedonistic goals.

You scored high on Openness. This seems to agree broadly with the known relationship between life goals and personality.

It is thought that the sensitivity to art of people with high Openness underlies their tendency to pursue aesthetic life goals. Similarly, people with high Extroversion tend to be highly motivated by rewards. This is thought to explain their preference for hedonisitic life goals.

These tests are bullshit, its in human nature to try and but 2+2 together, they go about it the wrong way, you can only get averages, not everyones the same. IDIOTS. -BL

I'm Dying.

I'm very drained and tired and have a cold and a cough and sneezies! eurghh! I feel awful, still hasn't stopped me paining though! I think I may have to upload this one tonight I'm not sure, I want to speak to John first and get his opinion. It might have to wait for now!

I want March to come, firstly and most importantly, GaGa, I really can't fucking wait, my heart pounds just thinking about it! Secondly I can't wait to relive my childhood as Pokemon is re-releasing Silver and Gold, I love it. Thirdly i might of lost a bit of weight too because I need to get into my shirt for GaGa, I can just SQUEEZE into it now, I want it to be comfortable.

I'm thinking of going job hunting, I would love to work just once a day doing something for a decent wage that I won't mind doing, why do I have to be so fussy? MONey is shit. I hate it. -BL

Sunday 31 January 2010

Day 10: Self-Portrait



Oh, just a quick self portrait, I like it, I've captured me. i tried it in different media and nothing looks as good as a sharpie, Love It. Hope you like it as much as me! -BL

Saturday 30 January 2010

Day 9: MONster/MONey



I need to get ready to go out, I'll write about this tomorrow if I'm not to hungover haha, maybe Monday then! :)

Yes Bronwen, I've been feeling inspired!

I've been in a great mood today even though I have this cold! my nose is constantly trickling snots its lovely. I've been watching some Marilyn Manson interviews he's such a great character, and very intelligent he has a very dark sense of humor which i find hilarious! I really love the way he shocks people, he's an amazing shock artist and I can't wait to watch Phantasmagoria a film which he directed about the life of C.S. Lewis the author, it looks dark and exciting! he's really given me a perspective and help resolve some confused issues, there are still somethings that need to be sorted but on the whole I'm happy and that's all that matters in my books. I've been painting for the past 2 and half hours, I'm covered head to toe, but it's been fun! when it's dry I'll upload one for your enjoyment! I done 2 paintings and It's really hard to decide which one to put up!

Tonight I'm going out going to get shit faced on the love of my life, Jagermesiter, it's beautiful! I really can't wait been looking forward to this all week, think I might hop in the shower while I'm waiting for my Masterpieces to dry, haha. I'm feeling good, and think tonight maybe a very good night indeed! -BL

Friday 29 January 2010

Reflection.

God is pure energy we draw from when we want to. So much suffering of human & animal is caused by relilgion.Religion is made by men. -Yoko Ono

Religion is stupid, even the wise Yoko Ono says so, even though I knew this along time ago I never really knew how to put into words and when i saw that quote the other day It was a huge WOW, took the words from my head and put them onto paper. I've heard so many smart things today and i feel so confused, I don't know what direction I want to take and everything is so confusing! Marilyn Manson is a Genius, simple as he is a very intelligent and smart human being, I really like him, Ignore the shit I said earlier.

Don't people piss you off who are 23 years old and have girlfriends of like 16, oh and the rest of you with such aspirations to spew off mixing to much alcohol and drugs or "IM HARDER THAN YOU BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T KNOCK ME OUT, EURGHAHAHA" and they still drink on the streets like you did when you where 14, and had the AUDACITY to make snide jabs towards me thinking I wouldn't get it. Fucking Moron! Just because of my sexuality why the fuck does that have to do with anything IDIOT, grow up. You don't fucking know me, and basically if where going on pre-judgments I'm a MUCH better person that you in every way possible. Aren't people so stupid they piss you off so, so much? How to parents even allow their children to be so fucking stupid?

I need to let somethings out. -BL

Day 8: ART?



Basically I've had a day where i don't know things and everything is confusing and I've had so many thoughts. I really am feeling a bit lost at the moment, I don't feel like my skills are as good as they can be and I don't feel 100% with myself. I like to provoke, I like to get a reaction, I like pushing peoples buttons. I want people to question their own beliefs and opinions. But how do i do this, I think over the next few days I need to figure things out. I hope you like my amazing piece of art, Enjoy it. -BL

Thursday 28 January 2010

Day 7: Evil Eye



It's a painting I done of an eye off the top of my head. For me I really like eyes, they are one of the most defining features of a person, you can tell someone's age, what people are thinking and tell you alot about a person. The reason i called it "Evil Eye" was because I was watching some lame video on youtube of some stupid christian ranting on how the music business is operated by the Devil, some people are so stupid, don't they just make you laugh? If you want to watch the video yourself the link is: http://www.youtube.com/user/ThePopCulturePastor#p/u/17/oFjMJsS_qFc

Really this guy is a HUGE moron, he wastes his time, and is a complete an idiot. FACT. -BL

Wednesday 27 January 2010

Day 6 (ish): Luscious Lips



Today is my 8" x 6" canvas of a section of lips, I didn't want to focus on the whole thing because the canvas was so small I couldn't put much detail on. The reason why I done lips? Simple. The bigger the better. I Love lips, huge big red-lipstick lips are such a turn-on, I think it's the closest thing to a fetish I've got, Oh apart from bondage (Joking. They don't call me Joseph Wilkinson haha). I believe it was Warhol who said "People look the most kissable when they're not wearing make-up. Marilyn's Lips weren't kissable, but they were photographable." In my opinion i completely disagree, the redder the better, and of course more kissable! Maybe our societies just changed since the 1970's who knows? -BL

Right. No Bull Shit.

I really have hated the way I've been analyzing my work, its all rubbish, I painted a pretty picture (Day 5: Sorrow) because thats how the music made me feel at the time with a chorus of "Fuck you, Fuck You, Fuck You" it's not exactly going to make me ecstatic, I have over analyzed my own work and it's not the real reason i painted that picture. I painted that picture through creativity, spontaneousness and the passion I have for both art and music. NOT because of the bull shit I threw up earlier, I sound like an idiot! It's just not me and to be true to this project this is all about me. It's all about me and I'm not going to give some over the top, deep psychoanalysis of why i decided to paint something, I paint something because I feel inspired, through the heat of the moment, not because of the babble i wrote a few days ago! I sound like one of those stupid american people who think they're right an try to argue the toss by going into to much detail and sound like idiots.

On a lighter note I'm going to update my day 6 piece, we can pretend that there wasn't a gap, It wasn't my fault anyways! And a blue fur coat was calling my name on monday (which I didn't get, Like I'm a size 10 hahahaha) so I didn't have time to do it at college, Enjoy regardless and thanks for reading me rant at myself for being a simple dick, ha. -BL

Tuesday 26 January 2010

Apologies!

I just got my internet fixed when I was out, just got in the house now! everything will resume tomorrow and I am really sorry for not updating my blog!

Its very late and there's much i need to type but will do it tomorrow and resume as usual! -BL

Monday 25 January 2010

Day 6 & 7: Internets down at home!

Sorry but i intend on getting my internet fixed tonight so i can upload more work! what a time for it to happen! Typical!
-BL

Saturday 23 January 2010

Day 5: Sorrow



When I was painting this piece I was listening to Marilyn Manson - The Lest We Forget The Best Of, I really like his music and i like him as an artist. His early work is relating to a really misunderstood teen audience who are going through a great deal of hardships, its basically an acknowledgement of the hardships and Mr.Manson is saying he knows exactly what he was going through, basically I was thinking of how everyone goes through a rough time in there life and all they want to do is just let it all out and feel released. This is what I had in mind when i was painting this and I think I've captured the darker side of puberty, The painting is focusing on the everyone who is or has went through there teenage years feeling hurt, neglected or abused, So i wanted to keep the person to be quite androgynous in the way it looked, I didn't want gender to be a focus I wanted it to be universal. The background of the piece is to represent the darkness and negativity we've all had in our lives and when your driven to despair that's all you feel is around you, this constant swirl of anger, rage and loneliness. In the end you always feel alright, thats why there's a white ring around the teen to show never fully get consumed by the negativity, there is always and everything is always Ok in the end.

To get more information on Marilyn Manson, wether it be for his music, his film making or his fine art his website is http://www.marilynmanson.com/ but you must be of at least 18 years of age. He truly is a great artist and creates a great atmosphere in what ever he maybe doing. I like the fact when i was younger I wasn't allowed to listen to his music, my families not really religious or anything, but when your told not to do something and it basically means you've got to do it anyways, I think that's another reason why I like him, I'm rebelling. -BL

Friday 22 January 2010

Boys & Girls, Step Right Up! Do We Have A Treat In-Store For You!

Been working hard for the past 3 hours, blood, sweat and acrylic! I was so tired to even start with, nevermind now! I really, REALLY hate waiting for paint to dry. It is so annoying!! But I have 2 and a bit pieces on the go which are looking quite dandy! I'm excited and prepared for the weekend! hopefully my painting will be dry, just keeping you informed! -BL

Day 4: Vanda Series







My friend Vanda stupidly agreed to let me sit and draw her for "5 minutes" which turned into half an hour because she had work to do so i had to be quick, but the middle one is the original the rest were done on photoshop using different tools, as you may of guessed Andy Warhol inspired me a great deal, he's amazing! I love his work, I was writing about how twitter was the preferred social networking site in modern society because people can follow there favorite celebrities and musicians, it's also given the fans a deeper insight into what a "normal" day consists for them and allows them to be alot closer. The joys of the 21st century, eh?

I've got GaGa's melody of Monster, Bad Romance and Speechless that she performed on Oprah blasting in the background. Her amazing punk-esque outfit amazing, not to even mention the hair, simply WOW! She's a pop star who performs and dresses like a rock-star! Its friday today can't wait for the weekend! a great time to relax and be free, beautiful! -BL

Thursday 21 January 2010

Day 3: Freedom




I had no idea what to draw today.. oh god! that's bad it's just the third day in! eventually an hour ago whilst listening to the marvel that is Klaus Nomi, I was just thinking how amazing he would be to see performing live if only he was alive, and I was reading an old interview with him from 1980 and he told the reporter that he approaches everything as an alien, it's what allowed him to get away with many things. It just made me think of how free he was as a person and how free I would like to be. The tiny amount of insperation i had gathered today was from Antonio Lopez who is a fashion illustrator and his work is very good, he uses very phsycodelic colours and amazing silouettes which gave me the idea for a curvy nude woman, because in my opinion a womans body is one of the best pieces of art ever made, it has inspired so many things throughout history.

I really, really, really, really want to go to a house party and meet lots of new people and just have a good time and dance the night away! I really hate how much money restricts you as a person, its not a nice thing at all. -BL

Wednesday 20 January 2010

Day Two: Nu-Goth Fashion Illustration



I was up until 2 AM this morning designing lots of things and doing some sketches, this is my favourite one. The focus was to be on the garment, so i do apologize for the disproportionate face. Also I stupidly drew the face too high up. The idea i got for the head piece well it originally started off as a pair of lips which then turned into some sort of neck brace, then i decided to make some sort of hood from it and earlier on I was watching the music video for The Nobodies (by Marilyn Manson) and in a scene he has theese long spindly branch-like fingers and i thought it would be a good idea to extend the head into theese branches to show a tree slowly dying, with bare twisted branches. to get this rough and ready effect i thought it would be a great idea to stick to something simple like a biro to give them rough, edgy lines. I added a little raven like bird onto the "Model's" shoulder too show a darker side because black birds are often a omen that something bad is going to happen, thats if your superstitious of course.

On a kind of unrelated note I would just like to say how much I'm loving Klaus Nomi at the moment, he's really inspiring me at the moment, too bad he's still not around, he was amazing. check out some of his songs on youtube, here's the link too one of my favourite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNahvGXVWl0&feature=related
Enjoy. -BL

Tuesday 19 January 2010

BONDAGE

This might be out of the blue but...

Does someone know a good bondage website so i can go to a party on saturday night? -BL

Day 1: Burt Lewi Title

Well the titles at the top op the page... I was just experimenting with different techniques and I like this very antique feel to the peice and leave it very monotone, also their is a hidden message in it! Try and figure what it is! -BL

Imagine - John Lennon

Monday 18 January 2010

Twitter-Roo!

Just a little reminder Don't forget to follow me on twitter if you can or if you want to be kept updated with the little things I will be tweeting throughout the day! xx
New Year, New Routine.

With it being new year i'm trying to do alot of things at the moment like loosing weight, exercising more, eating healthy, being more creative, being more spontanious and being more positive... Now I'm going to try and fit in the time to do my new project which is -

A new work of art every day for the next 3 months
it's going to start tomorrow (19th January 2010 - 19th April 2010)
my first task is going to be to come up with a logo for my blog
as you can tell I DESPERATELY need one haha!

Well wish me good luck, I've also taken on a mini-project to help help up coming rapper Sue Short design her Logo.
So busy busy busy as well as trying to do my college work and have an active social life! don't you love the challanges you set yourself?

-BL

New Decision, New Direction.

In case you havn't realized im getting very bored of keeping an online diary... It's not really that fun... I've even stopped my hand written one because i was becoming even more restless and creative at night than usual, a lack of sleep is NOT GOOD!!
I'm thinking of new ways to keep my blog interesting, I've been brainstorming some ideas and in a few days i should have a finalized idea of what i want to do... Will keep you posted with any changes either via my blog or twitter, speak yo you soon xx

Saturday 2 January 2010

SMILES & DESTINY

I'm so god damn happy!
Yoko Ono answered my question that i sent her out of the like 100 she had she picked mine!

burtlewi
I’m 18 years of age and im discovering myself, i have so many options and so many passions i don’t know what to do. I’m going through a period of change and i was wondering if you had any advice on how i get through this?
You get through it regardless. It’s probably not up to you, but your destiny. Try to become 19 without adding any trouble you don’t have yet.

Damn twitters character restriction, but i tried to say what i wanted.
she gave me alot of answers even though its only a sentence, the whole destiny thing,
I know what I'm going to do in life, I want to be myself, free and enjoy it! Just so happy
she picked me, I would like to thank her from the bottom of my heart!

What a Great start to 2010,
Oh By the way HAPPY NEW YEAR!
xx