Alright, hi you lot welcome back!
So today's speed-painting is gonna be a little bit different from the usual.
I'm not gonna be using gouache or watercolour, I'm actually gonna be using these pigment
markers from Winsor and Newton.
So a lovely lady called Georgina from ColArts contacted me and asked if I would like to
try the markers and also if I'd like to take part in Winsor and Newton's 'Colour Your City'
campaign where an artist is invited to create a piece using these markers that they feel
best represents the character of the city that they live in.
So I was very eager to take part in that and also once I started seeing some of my favourite
YouTube artists also taking part and using these markers, I was even more excited to
just jump right in with it.
So I started to think about my city, I started to think about what it meant to me, and my
mind was blank.
Well it was kind of the opposite!
I live in London, I've liver here my whole entire life, I love it here.
And when it came to trying to pin one thing down that I loved about it the most or that
I felt represented it the most, it was hard to sort of pick one thing.
So earlier today I went out, I was actually on my way to the dentist, I started filming
a few shots, to see if I could get a snapshot of the city around me, pick up on some ideas,
some themes.
Trying to pin-point and capture the highlights of this city.
But there's just so much to focus on; the architecture, the history, the hustle and
bustle, all the sights and landmarks that even though I might see some of them everyday
and they sort of become just a backdrop to my life, they never really become just 'everyday',
there's always still something, a sense of something special about them.
And then there's all the little pockets of green space, the towering skyscrapers, the
Thames that kind of stinks and the big red buses that definitely stink.
All that stuff and then so much more in each individuals experiences.
Now when I was at uni, I actually got to learn a little bit more about London, one of my
English modules was 'reading London', so the literature of the city, and what I realised
through that is that everyone has their own version of London, shaped by their own unique
experiences of the city and even just the particular area that they choose to visit.
So I wanted to reflect the always-different, always-unique, always-changing, view of London.
London through the eyes of the individual rather than the London seen by the majority.
We're all so surrounded here by constant noise and activity, and movement and people all
the time.
And in a way I think we adjust to learn how to quiet it all, and exist within our own
little bubbles of reality and even shut ourselves off a bit, just so we can regulate and control
how much of the city actually makes it into the forefront of our attention.
And living in that bubble, it can be isolating at times.
But it can also be quite liberating.
And I know, for me personally, whenever I am away from it all, I do start to miss that
white noise of the city.
So I hope you enjoyed this video.
It was such a fun project and such an enlightening theme to explore.
And a really fun medium to explore it with; these markers that are unlike anything I've
ever used that give your work a really unique finish.
Now, if you wanna take part in colouring your city, all you have to do is use the hashtag
#colouryourcity on your artwork.
And if you want a more in-depth review of these markers, a couple of videos that I would
recommend; the YouTube channel Tillith did a really in-depth one, she did swatches of
all the different colours, and did some stuff with blending and she ended up doing this
really lovely representation of street art in Berlin.
Also, Adam and Steph from Doodle Date did a really informative, really genuine first
impressions video and they finished that off with some really cute doodles as well.
So I will leave those two videos linked below.
Also, I'm sure if you just search on YouTube 'Winsor and Newton Pigment Markers' you'll
be able to find some good information, the Winsor and Newton website has some good information
on there and a couple more videos.
But before I bombard you with any more information, I'll jjust leave it there, I'll say thanks
so much for watching, it's such a lovely sunny day outside, I can't get over it.
Have a lovely weekend and I will see you next time, bye!