Full circle

After a few lessons about colour, composition and techniques, I am back where I started.
My good friend Daniel, God bless his soul told me to go to TAFE to learn.
And this is what I've done today in class.
Sounds a bit familiar, doesn't it?

Objectives

My good friend Daniel Hutchings once suggested that I should, for a while, stop using colour and do some training in drawing.

At my drawing class, I was told to loosen-up and draw like I used to paint.

I don't mind either way, it is fun and as long as I can forget about my daily struggles, it is good enough for me.

My little war against the backwaterish attitude has suffered a small defeat.

Although in the end it has been agreed that I was entitled to apply for a grant to print a catalogue of the Outsiders Festival with the Helpmann Academy, being a student of an associated school (in the program or not), the admission came a few days after the deadline has passed.

More an more I have to admit that Adelaide is aiming for the title.

Speaking of which, the SALA Festival is on in Adelaide and surrounds.

As expected, the government, instead of using the event to promote the Festival and Artistic State, is ignoring the festival, the same as it does with all correspondence regarding the Outsiders Festival.

The battle continues.

Meet Fred - NFS

Fred has been busting his ass off all his life to provide for the family and to fill the pockets of his employers.
Fred is now unemployed and when he doesn't hang by his corporate tie that he loves so much, he is organising an Outsiders Festival in Adelaide 1-30 November 2009.
He cannot get grants, he has little support, being an outsider, but he has a lot of friends willing to be part of the festival.
So, all in all, Fred is a happy person.
Say hello to Fred, and if you can, please put your spare change in his bucket.
Thank you.

Drawing class - NFS

A terrible day today.

Today I was told that being enrolled in the BVAD course - single-subjects does not mean that I am enrolled in the BVAD program.

I am not an expert and I may be slightly annoyed by this, but to me, if you enroll in a BVAD (Bachelor of Visual Arts and Design for the uninitiated!) course single subject, it means that you are in the program and are studying single subjects.
The difference is that you pay 3 times more than people enrolled through SATAC, as the fees are not subsidised.

Well, today I was told that what I believed is wrong and if you enroll to do single subjects you pay three times more for the privilege of filling vacant places in the program, but you are not actually enrolled in the program.

Then I went to my drawing class. And because I finished early with the things on the table, my teacher asked me to fill in the blanks. And here you are: the classroom with some objects in the middle.

Study 1 - NFS

This is part of a study on colour schemes with simple spherical objects.
Hue contrast - opposites on colour wheel:
Blue - Orange.