Summer Adventures!

Ffrifth Beach

On the 8th August my family and I went on an adventure trip to Ffrifth beach during the Summer holidays, it was an amazing day making sand castles with my dad and two brothers, collecting shells for my art as I thought these would be good for my mythical creatures project, paddling in the sea with my little sister and sunbathing with my mum. Just having a Fantastic time chilling with my family. We also took some pictures!

Here are a few that I took, which I thought would look good for the location for my mythical creatures!

A Boat made in the sand during the day!

The sea front later on in the evening!

Blackpool

On the 10th August my family and I went on another adventure to Blackpool with my Nana and Granddad and uncle Tony to see the Air show, it was quite spectacular as we weren't expecting people to parachute from some of the planes which I've never seen before it was amazing!

Here is a picture of the Typhoon flying around the Ferris wheel!

Here is a picture of five pits specials, there was also a Spitfire flying around however I missed to take a picture of that one.

Crystal also had a go on the Donkeys! I love seeing her smile when she's having fun.

My adorable sister Crystal with my uncle Tony!

Hollingworth Lake

We also went to Hollingworth lake in Rochdale for another adventure we had never been before and my dads mate suggested it was an amazing place and how right he was. The lake was beautiful such a lovely sight and peaceful the atmosphere there was incredible I could of just sat on a bench all day and lost myself in the florescent nature around me with the inspirational view in front. 

Here are some wonderful pics of my family and I at this wonderful lake!

Me and my Awesome sister Crystal!

Me, my Mum, my Dad, my brother Harry and little sister Crystal!

I love this picture of Crystal she looks so cute looking through the big telescope, with my two brothers standing either side of her.

This image makes me laugh its so unique! My brothers and I found this random sculpture completely created out of wood I thought it looked beautiful even though its a little crazy!

How lovely does this place look I cant wait to go there again!

Such a happy place with lots of fun memories!

   

I've really enjoyed all the little adventures I've been on with my family, I have so many fantastic memories with them, they are my world and I couldn't be happier.

Stockport Art Gallery!

I also went to see what was on at Stockport art gallery and found an intriguing artist called Ian McKay. His work is based on the sea and beaches as his theme of work is called 'Seaside Town'. I thought it would be interesting to see what his compositions look like as his theme relates to my artwork. His work is so different to how I expected it to be when I first heard the title, however I was surprised when I saw his work, as I thought it was inspirational in the way he produced his compositions shedding a different light on the view of the sea front and beaches. I really liked the different techniques Ian McKay uses when creating his paintings using different Acrylics and stencils.

On one of the leaflets that I collected from the art gallery this explains what his work is about.
Emptiness, isolation, separation, seclusion, space, opening, volume and quantity are all words that can be used to express the feeling of standing on a British beach, gazing across the sea as an inner city urban visitor.

In the mid-19th century the introduction of the railways brought people from British industrial cities to our seaside towns. Now our airports take them away.

This on-going mission to visit British seaside towns during 2011 and 2012 has produced a wealth of observational documentation. In the form of paint and print, the work aims to explore the increased emptiness and isolation during these rival times of overseas package holidays. The British coastal resort is for many presently simply a day trip.

The objective is to observe the demise of an annual exodus of the population seeking a pleasurable experience and produce a body of work using colour studies and text developed from existing location signage. Where else would you see signs reading Promenade, Kiss me quick, Rock and Pier the unique language of the seaside town.


Here are some of his compositions!

Here are a couple of compositions I created trying to use the same sort of style Ian McKay did using paint and typography!













This is a phrase to do with the Olympics that I have linked to my work because over the summer my family and I watched a lot of the Olympics and the running of the flaming torch!