Today (Mon 24th Jan) the second part of my interview will be broadcast on Gateway 97.8. If you are near a radio or computer, tune in http://gateway978.com/ The 30 min interview will be broadcast sometime between 1pm - 4pm.

If you would like to find out more about what I was talking about please follow the links below.


Art

Long gone are the days of thinking of a painting as acrylic or oil on canvas.

Today I thought Id share another tutorial site with you. The guys name is Matt Busch, who is based in the US. Like Matt, I'm a huge Star Wars fan. His tutorials cover different aspects of drawing, painting, blocking in etc.

A good friend, Sue Barnfield, recommended this website to me.

Tonight on Sky Arts 1 at 10pm is the documentary, The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters. The programme celebrates the work of Reynold Brown, one of the most acclaimed movie poster artists of the Fifties and early Sixties, whose work colorfully encapsulated the nation's postwar social climate.

Let me start by wishing you all a happy 2011. I hope you had a great time over the festive period. Apologies for the lack of blogs towards the end of 2010. Things got a bit hectic with work, family etc. Anyway, I wont bore you with all that.

Its been a bit of a busy day today. Ive been busy working on the Basildon District Art Trail map. Its suprising just how much there is to do even on a simple map. That was followed by the New Zealand World Cup football match. Luckily I was listening to the alternative commentary, which made the match a bit more bearable. It was good to see the Kiwis equalise right at the last minute.
This afternoon I recieved a lovly card from one of the classes I helped teach yesterday. It was so good to have such positive feedback from the class. It was good to pass some artistic knowledge back to the youngsters. The teacher had a few of the students come in this morning proudly showing her the drawings they had done at home. They had remembered everything we had said.

Today I had a great day helping Steve Hearn (a talented caricature artist) teach 3 classes of school kids how to draw a face. It was so rewarding seeing the children, when they were able to draw a face using simple numbers and letters. All the classes were well behaved and really enjoyed the lessons.

Tomorrow I will be working alongside the talented caricature artist Steve Hearn. He will be helping teach art at a local school in Basildon. This will be the first time Ive worked along side Steve and Im really looking forward to it.

Yesterday I handed in my application for the Basildon Arts Trail. I will hear in a few weeks as to whether Ive been selected. Now to get around to actually starting the pieces I want to produce, just incase I am selected. Im thinking about doing some illustrations fused with photos. Now heres where you can help me. Im after some ideas as to what celebs/icons/bands you would like to see. If you can email me or message me via my Facebook - Carl Brind Graphic Artist.
Thank you in advance for all your help and support.
If I do get selected, the Arts Trail will be running in Basildon for a week in Sept (dates to follow) PLUS I may also be showing work at this years Basfest.
Hope you all have a great weekend :)