Welcome to The sketchbooks of R.S artist’s blog

Welcome to The sketchbooks of Rabhia Saeeda , her artist’s blog, its aims are to capture her adventures as an MA Visual Arts: Digital Arts –Online Professional Artist /Filmmaker with Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London.

Legitimate Artist’s Expenses

Just brought some more Polaroid film, its different than the one I have been using.

Polaroid TZ Artistic Giambarba   £18.00  (x3)  £54

Polaroid Digital Timer Giambarba  £9.00

Postage £14.00

Total = £77

     

“Contemplation ”

 

“Contemplation ” sub -series for Intangible Existence.

Add notes on Self -reflection

Voyage around my Garden

“Voyage around my Garden ” is a sub-series of Intangible Existence

++++++++++++++++++++++Add self-reflection here++++++++

Drawing ABC/ Fleur action steps

Action Plan- About letters

8th -12 th february 

Action Plan- Fleurs

8th -12 th february 

Typography

Typography illustrations so far -add here later

Post-its in every colour

Using lots of post-its to Action method my project

Extreme Photography

Shooting Polaroids the hard way.

Fadetoblack film is crazy but produces delicate  colours, got seconds to open the back before the film develops too much,frustrating but amazing,I would post them but I’m waiting for them to dry and then I will add them here.

Shot two packets, so unpredictable with so many way to go wrong…..this is gonna be so much fun.(LOL).

This is as exciting as shooting pinholes only with an added danger of a scalpel to cut the back open, managed to nick myself with it already, but its all for a great cause…for the sake of art and the MA.

Drawing A’s

Been drawing A’s in my lovely Whitelines book, its great, but I ‘ve just started, and got the alphabet to do,it works the white lines, saves me worrying about proportions,which I can roughly mark with a pencil on the square white lines.

Also listening to “We are the world” the original version with MJ and its full of so much optimism ,so uplifting ,thoughtful while talking about people in need,it takes about one person making a difference.

Its been remade for Haiti appeal song and I heard a bit of it,it sounds pretty amazing.

Artists Expenses Claim

Paperchase

Whiteline Saddlestich A5 book £2.50 (to develop my typography)

Sub total (x2) = £5

Fred Aldus

Winsor & Newton Artist board 12ins x 12ins £2.49   ( For the 100 SQFT exhibition)

Sub total (x2) = £4.98

Blyth’s Artshop

Fabriano Paper 0.50 (x4) = £2

(for the final cutout “Fleur final piece and “about letters”

Joseph Gillott Reversible Mapping Pen  £2.04  (x2) = £4.08

To draw and explore my typography ideas with

Sub total=£6.08 

Whsmith

Pilot fineliner Drawing Pens (0.1,0.3,0.5mm)  (x2) = £6.99

Original used 0.1 mm for the first sketch of “about letters’ and liked the quality of the line best,tried the other drawing pens and a black ball point pen but its just note the same.

Cadbury crème egg (x2)= £1

Snack

Sub total £14.98

Travel

Train ticket (Cheap day return)

Rochdale to Manchester =£3.30

Travelling expense

Sub total =£3.30

Total = £34.34

http://www.whitelines.se/

Found this book of white squares ,was looking for a book of dots, but this might work too.

Excellent for developing my typography,without having to draw a grid.

Whitelines® there is no visual interference between the lines and the pen colour. Makes your writing and sketches stand out and doesn’t appear when you photocopy.

Re-draw “About letters” piece

After reflecting on the “About letters” piece and finishing watching the rest of the Typographic Principles with Don Barnett videos.

Don’t get me wrong about , the “about letter” piece – I ‘m really feelin’ it , but it isn’t finished -some of the letters are more developed than others .

I really think I need to re-design the letter forms,so there is consistency between each letter.

I’ve really excited about the possibilities ,space ,form, narrative and emotions ,which are  simplified with typography,a background, mid ground and foreground can be created ,in the same way sounds can be layered.

it is about pushing ideas  exploring ideas and expectations of letters,rather than accepting what a A looks like

(I also write  my own notes to them).

Bring on the x-heights, baseline, kerning, leading-I’m not scared .(LOL).

Well maybe just a little