Progress in a nutshell....

So heres a few pics of what I have been up to for the past 3 months...

visit my blog for more! www.aleksandrazmijowska.tumblr.com

A Big BIG Update!

Hello everyone or whoever follows this blog!
So I haven't been much active here mainly because I have created a different art blog for my college!

Going through my previous posts I have realised I never even updated after the exam results or anything! So here's a mass update about my life after the leaving cert!
I got a lovely 435 points in my lc and a B1 in my art exam. Not gonna lie, I was really hoping for an A but I wasn't far from it. Either way, I got into art college so it's all good!

Art college is fantastic. I have an opportunity to work with fantastic artists which really help me in my development as an artist. Everyone is so unique and inspiring it's such an experience being a part of it all. LSAD is literally heaven on Earth. It's like I wake up every morning, excited about the day. There's always a bit of stressed involved as well with exams and everything but I don't mind at all. At the end of the day I'm doing my thing and I couldn't be more greatful. All this hard job for the past few years has paid off.

I had to create a new art blog because my college uses Tumblr instead of Blogspot. So here's the url if anyone is interested: www.aleksandrazmijowska.tumblr.com 
My art is slightly different there as I'm exploring new ways of portraying my ideas etc. and also we were given a title so my blog is basically a little guide through the progress of my project and a place for all the projects in the future.

Next semester will be based around 3 electives. I will explore each one of them in more depth and then I will have to choose 1 in which I will specialize for the next 3 years.
The ones that I have chosen are; painting, fashion and visual communications (or as they used to call it, graphic design). I'm pretty excited to try them all out!

And here's a little painting a did as a part of my project. My project evolves around the concept of identity. It's all explained in depth on my blog so feel free to check it out.

My project is based around the title of "What if... I had to move back to Poland". It involves a study of my own identity etc. It's quite different to what I've been doing in school but the great thing about art college is that they are open to peoples' suggestions and ideas. I was very lucky to get very understanding tutors who liked my idea.
It would take me a long time to explain everything in depth from the very beginning so just check out my blog if you're interested :)
www.aleksandrazmijowska.tumblr.com  

I'll create a new post where I'll just upload a few pictures of the progress of my project but again, for detailed info check my college blog ;) 

Marina, excuses and updates.

Hello!
My blog has been so dead for the past few weeks.. I feel awful about it to be honest.
I promised to update my blog about my portfolio and I never did. It's unacceptable really.
So finally, let me just say a few words about Le Portoflio.

My interview was on the 21st of March and a week later I got my letter back.
I got 540 points out of 600 so I'm pretty darn happy about it.
And as much as I complained about the lack of free time and how portfolio is killing me, I miss doing it very much. I'd honestly rather spend time doodling than studying boring notes for my leaving cert.
But then again just a month of studying left and then.... SUMMER.
I sincerely hope my exams go well and I'll be gong to Art college in September.
The idea of doing something I truly love every day is actually amazing and that's what keeps me motivated right now.
I shall post some of my art as soon as I get everything sorted and all.

My art practicles are over now and I cannot tell how relieved I am.
I was preparing for this for the past 5 years and it's quite bizarre that it's over already.
I was satisfied with most of the stuff I did although my life sketching did not go the way i wanted it to.
But I'm staying optimistic.
Here's some practice stuff I did for the project.
For the poster I used graphite, polychromos, watercolours, markers and my Rimmel blush for the cheeks and few other places on her face. The poster I did on the day was better I think. This is just a quick practice I did at home. The original one had more writing on it and I changed the font and all that. It was more detailed. I'll get the project back in August i believe so I'll probably post it here too.

And then since I got my polychromos I doodled a little bit to try them out. They are so amazing I can't even verbalise my feeling towards them.
Here's a thing I drew of Marina and The Diamonds but it's unfinished because:
a) I have no time
b) i don't like it
I mean, the colouring is pretty good, i like the colours. But the image itself isn't very good. This is probably one of the weakest drawing I ever produced but oh well. We learn on our mistakes :)