Katie chapel ( https://www.katiechappell.com/ ) … Here’s Bristol. Women in Science - Newcastle University More work on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katiedraws/ 1. Have you always been interested in Illustration or did you start somewhere else ? i know you said you did animation is that what you originally wanted to do? Yes I have always been interested in illustration. As a child I would sit and draw for hours on end. I studied animation by accident! After i'd signed up to do the course they renamed from 'illustration and animation' to just 'animation'. By that point it was too late to switch courses but I learned a lot and would not change a thing. 2. how do yo find the balance of tutoring, running workshops and making work? apart from Black coffee, power naps and a hate of offices where do you find the balance and how does being a tutor effect your work? does being around students inspire you or do you prefer to work alone?
Alayne Spafford https://www.alaynespafford.com/ Insta: @alayne_spafford Working in different mediums and work in series, Spafford's large canvases begin with collage. She adds the collage elements with historical, personal or things that exist or are used or enjoyed for only a short time.She sometimes uses things like old newspaper, vintage wall paper, old crochet work done by her mother and other collected items. After the collage she adds a quick wash of random colors, with layers built up in oil, using a balance of colour that forms organically.My favorite of her works is her sketchbook work as well as her smaller raw edged canvases.These are looser and incorporate more mixed media like pen, spray paint and pencil. Her in sketch books start with things that inspire her. She sketches and removes things stuck down in old sketch books. These leave fragments of where the glue once was, she then uses These fragments as a starting point for new studies.