Success!

So I have been doing a little bit more with this stencil art and it's actually turning out ok! I'm so very proud of myself! Iv'e made up a basic stencil of an old school microphone and painted it onto some art paper. Just one layer, quite basic, but very effective. :)

And excuse the poor photo quality, but my memory card is ruined!!! which means i need a new one which also means I can't upload new pictures onto my computer (I have lost the usb cable for my camera as well so UGH.). So I have taken this photo with Photobooth and cropped it! Hahaha talk about improvisation.

But I digress. Heres the beginnings of my stencil art.

I am also going in a few minutes to get my hair cut, so I'll put up photos of my new cut later on. :D

Experimenting

So, I've had this intrigue with graffiti and stencil art for some time now, and today I have had a little play with a couple of stencils I've made and some spray paint which I just bought.

At the moment, it's probably not great quality (in fact, I'm sure it's not), but it's the first time I've actually used spray paint and stencils before, so I guess the only thing to do is practise and hopefully get better.

The stencil I made was of Kurt Cobain holding his arms in the air wearing a baggy black and white jumper. It looks really cool, but i have to keep practicing and hopefully I'll get it right soon.

"Pale Sunshine" Centre Place, Melbourne

I just thought I'd write a little blurb on the Photo that is currently on my blog.

It was taken last year in October when Richard and I went to Melbourne for a week. The alley way is just off of Centre Place, and it's perfectly gritty and grimy. Graffiti everywhere (as you expect in Melbourne alleyways) old milk crates scattered all over the place and used as seats for the baristas and chefs to sit and smoke on, a collection of sneakers hang from the top of the alleyway. The first time i saw this alleyway was when I took this photo, the girl standing and choosing music on her ipod seems so out of place and incongruous to her surroundings. And at the same time, she fits so nicely. I like how she looks in the photo, like nothing phases her. I was also surprised by the fact she didn't seem to mind, or even notice me taking the picture. I am quite proud of this photo, I also edited it a little (just changed the temperature and faded the colour) in iPhoto to give it a bit more of an edge. The editing has also brought out a bit of the graffiti art in the background and makes the girl look like Pale Sunshine I think.

This is one of my favourite places in Melbourne, it has a very magical feeling about it, almost a bit Harry Potter in Diagon Alley, it's a crazy blink-and-you-miss-it place. Flinders Ln is full of these rustic hidden alleys.