SusuanaLove: ps i love you xxxo

I have less than a week in London, before I go off and be a country bumpkin.

I still have lots of things to do, but more over lots of people to see.

Lots of people that im going to miss :( ok my campus is a 45 mins train journey but STILL! blue tooth hugs from the bf arnt the same :P

There's one photography project I really want to work on before I leave.

One thing this Summer has helped with, is improving my skills :)

Turn the page :)

The next project I want to do is called : XXXO.

Named after the M.I.A song, I think the idea behind the song was really interesting. The online sexed up false Identity. And being some body who your really not. Normally associated with young girls, lying about their age and posing ridiculously :P

MIA - XXXO by tomsimmons

It would be really ice to use my Polaroid for this idea. I was thinking of getting a small group of young girls around 10-14. And taking head shots, of them in badly applied make up a and "decorated" in thing that should make them look older but just look ridiculous in. With sort of a sad clown look. 

Im not a feminist although some people say i can be at times, I just don't like female oppression. Certain artist in the media are described as assertive powerful symbols, but really their just Eyes candy for men. My Emancipation Shoot some people might find a little revealing, but I mas aiming to portray the emancipation of women from any culture, being what they want to be, no man pleasing involved. For more information google Laura Mulvey and "the male gaze"

PS good blog to follow if your interested in art. my friend who's just started studying at St Martins in London :) http://hugbenny.blogspot.com/

SusuanaLove xx

SusuanaLove turns Art Tutor

Hi everyone, hope you having a nice week ^ ^
I've become the busiest bee now since the run up to moving out has come.

Anyway I gave my first private art lesson on Tuesday. Helped a potential GCSE Art Student and earnt a little money. It was a favour for a young friend really, and the only qualification  have towards it is my A in Art GCSE and B in Graphics Alevel.

First I made her draw mind map with all the things she like and she drew little thumbnail sketches of them. I thought it was good to mop out all the things she was passionate about, to work out what things she would like t draw the most and what sort of style she would like to draw in.

She really wanted to draw people and also like anime so I firt made her draw Drake. I taught her the rules about proportions of a face and so on and about shading.

Next we looks at anime features, we only had girls on to look at so I made her draw some male versions. Then we used them to draw an anime verison of drake.

All right for the first lesson I think, since at the beginning she didn't know how to draw lol
Homework: fill A3 with sketches of anime features :P

Fun Times :) Im going to leave you with Britain's most loved artist at the moment If you haven't heard already. Shes going to be huge! - Cher Lloyd and shes only 16!

Imagination relies on seeing what is not there but what could be :)

SusuanaLove xx

SusuanaLove Photography: Emancipation (extras) and Ed Morris

Happy Sunday!

I just thought to post the black and white extras and share some sweet music with you all

The tattoo btw says : Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika, Which Means God Bless Africa.

This is my friend Ed, whos lovely :) and his friend TayTay doing a beautiful cover of Katy Perry's Califoina girls



You're thoughts on this would be really appreciated, he doesn't know Ive posted it yet lol :P

SusuanaLove xx

SusuanaLove Photography: Dustland Fairytale

Out where the dreams all hide

Out where the wind don't blow

Out here, the good girls die

And the sky won't snow

Out here, the bird don't sing

Out here, the field don't grow

Out here, the bell don't ring

Out here, the bell don't ring

Out here, the good girls die

Photography: SusuanaLove

Model: Emma Larid

One day I found a little den :) I climbed in through the broken brickwork and found this amazing place. I had do a shoot in it. Imagined a princess who's prince never came. It reminded me of the song Dustland fairytale by the Killers. My first go at black and white film :) Do ya like the hair cut i gave her lol :/

You can see these and more of the shoot at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/susuanalove/

SusuanaLove xx