N E W S

To anyone who may have followed this blog (unlikely) or visited it every now and then, I have started a new, more art orientated blog (this is because I am now a first year Graphic Design student at Stellenbosch University) which you can visit here if that kind of thing interests you. I have high hopes for this new blog since I am more passionate about art that I was about stuff I posted on here. There might even be a bit of music thrown in on this new blog every now and then, cause anyone who knows me will know that I really, really love music.....really. The point of this new blog, which is very simply called "P I P" (art by pip), is really just to give my art an audience of sorts so that I can get my name out there. I would really appreciate it if you checked it out - in fact, I would love you forever.

And so, as weird as this is....this is my last post on Kaleidoscope Eyes.
Bye world.
- Pip xx

Home is whenever i'm with you.

So I thought I might post some art.
This was my 3rd term art prac, and we were given the theme of 'family'.
I used acrylic paint and incorporated embroidery.

This is my family crest. The latin phrase means 'with courage and faith'. This was a pencil sketch that I enlarged and printed onto canvas, thereafter painting the background and adding the embroidery detail.

All I want for Christmas is...a Diana Mini.

But seriously, I don't think I can wait that long.

I would like this white one, please.

That is all.

- Pips x

Doodles.

Just a couple of sketches I've done and photos I've taken (with my dad's new camera - drool).

Dad's new camera has a built in fish-eye lens effect. Love. Makes my room look prettier than it actually is.

Poppies. 

New clothes.

Its a hot air balloon. And it's made out of maps. And now it's mine.

Having fun with fine liners. 

Messing around with watercolours.

Pen and watercolours.

Fine liners and watercolours. Quite pleased with this one for some reason.

Pen and watercolours. (Messing around).

Pencil crayons.

Messing around with colours - pencil crayons.

Fine liners.

Fine liners. Copied this from one of my origami birds.

Oh hey there owl, you're made of butterflies. Pencil.

Watercolours and artists' pencil. Like this one.

Pen.

Watercolours.

Acrylics. This is quite small but I like it.

Happy 50th Dad :) Watercolour and fine liner.

Please please ask me if you want to use one of these pictures as these are all mine xx

- Pips x

MBFWCT 2012 - Part 2.

So this was the Gavin Rajah show.
Basically the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
I was in my heaven for that brief period of time - Gavino improves every year!
According to Rajah, the show was inspired by Boccaccio's love poems and the Victorian concept of 'The Language of Flowers'.
I was, however, most impressed and enchanted with his incredible choice of hair and make up - the flowers in the models' hair were so beautiful that I wanted to run backstage and demand my own flower-child look.

GAVIN RAJAH

The show began with a gorgeous little girl tiptoeing and twirling down the runway in a pretty little custom Rajah dress. She opened the show with an air of enchantment.

The screens opened to reveal a stunningly beautiful girl dressed in a beeautiful Rajah couture gown. She was standing inside one of those awesome hamster balls and she played the cello beautifully throughout the show. It was awesome.

Yeah...you kind of can't see anything in this photo but it's COOL.

So prettyyyy. Lace and florals.

This was also stunning.

This was actually really cute and was a bright Barbie pink.

This was actually one of my favourites because of the delicate, intricate detail on the front.

I cannot explain how beautiful this dress was. It looked like it had come straight out of an Elie Saab show. It was light and floaty, with bronze(ish) lace; it was also amazingly tailored. Good job Gavino.

This one and the one below were SO PRETTYY. Cream tulle skirts with elaborately beaded flowers on the tops. And of course the flowers in the hair.

That big red bird on the far side was the final dress; that big red tulle thing was worn as a cape over a really pretty long red dress (which I didn't get an acceptable photo of).

Of course...if you want to see decent photos, I recommend Elle SA - I saw the Elle team and their editor Jackie Burger at both shows I attended!