Watercolour. Tate britain

I woke up yesterday to a beautiful sun and decided I won't spend another day glued into my desk working on 100th version of my project. No, I need to smell the Spring (well the London version at least). With a rough idea of a few exhibitions in town I've decided the Watercolour at Tate Britain will be nice and useful in context of my final uni project - Graphic Novel.

It's an extensive presentation, telling the story of watercolour throughout the ages. When did it start, how it developed, what are the basic materials and tools, and what is the modern take on it? The little booklet which comes with the ticket have a useful glossary where you can encrypt the watercolour medium yourself.
I always liked using this medium but after this show I've got better recognition that I do need a course which would let me take the whole advantage of it. Such a workshops are provided by Chelsea College of Art during summer period, but it comes with a cost around £400/4days.

Watercolour is simple to apply if you need fast colouring, shadow or 3D effect. It's easy to handle even ifyou haven't done it before.
Here are some of the artworks on the display in Tate: 

John Frederic Lewis ' Hhareem Life, Constantinople 1857'

Anish Kapoor 'Untitled 1990'

Plus some of mine own watercolours.

Walk in my mind - Hayward Gallery

It won't be an exaggeration to say Walk in my mind is an exceptionally good exhibition. 10 Artists were asked to share they anticipation of creativity and its process. This is a very intimate and personal journey. From the list of well known names I picked up my favourites, though it wasn't an easy choice.


The first impressiv outlook is Keith Tyson's Wall Drawings - art journal. Turner Prize winner has a skilful way of mixing various media to give away his line of thinking. Some of his paintings have the 'pre-raphaelite' quality others recall the news paper layout with a sculpture that translates 2D posters to a 3D reality. Who haven't seen the Thinker(After Rodin) will get the chance to relate to the epic and complex system of Tyson's motivations. Every experience is interconnected, the information travels beyond the speed of light and the whole universe appears instantly. Those are the objectives the Geneva's CERN collider share with Tyson and it seems they get on pretty well.

Supercollider Keith Tyson








My second choice is Bo Christian Larsson. The exhibition was my first meeting with this Swedish artist. In his work the process of drawing is the initial step Larsson takes to create a misterious and arcane world of beauty. Bo Christian Larsson

"I believe that strong feelings as a result of aesthetic experience form a very important part of my creative process. The accent on feelings like fear and anxiety – these are feelings you can experience when being confronted with the direct meaning of my work."

Bo Christian Larsson

This is exactly an experience I had when I was exploring his dark but somehow familiar representations on the wall, hanging on the staircase, creeping behind your back or expanding over 2 floors. Simply Fantastic!



The Hayward Gallery:
http://www.haywardgallery.org.uk/

Keith Tyson's website:
http://www.keithtyson.com/

Larsson's website:
http://www.bochristianlarsson.com/