I have played Americans before both on English and American stages (no sadly not Broadway or the West End yet(!) but I got booked yesterday to play my first ever on film American character \ud83d\ude09 I can’t tell you how super excited I was! And that was after getting to go to the audition at the Royal Academy of Art in Burlington Gardens.
\nYou walk into through the back entrance of the RA and there is a long corridor full of the most fantastic sculptures. I then got to turn a too soon left in the Life Drawing Room where apparently Turner himself had sat and drawn. ( I had to touch the wooden bench for some divine inspiration<\/em>). One wall was just huge shelves of amazing sculpture and a slightly smaller than life sized horse stood at the entrance. With artistic vibes like that how could I not book the job? \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Just being surrounded by artists who are being trained to open their eyes and look at the world differently has made me want to be more open to possibility. The web series I am putting off writing, recording, marketing and all the work ahead, well Maria made me realise I just need to ‘decide and do’<\/strong>. Yes I know this lesson, it is one of my points in my Guide to Get Your Art In Gear<\/a> but I, like every creative need to be reminded of it. Collaborating with other artists allow inspiration, motivation and I think allows us sometimes to give ourselves permission to make the art, film, song or novel that we are scared of tackling. Your fellow creatives, teachers and heroines will inspire you to see the world differently\u00a0 and make the art you want to make.<\/p>\n

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So what project are you putting off that you keep thinking about? That keeps popping up in your head late at night. That ‘I could’ ‘If only I had time\/money\/technique\/talent I would….’, that project, you know what it is \ud83d\ude09 Let me know in the comments what you want to make but can’t quite get off the ground!
\nThis was my first time in an artist’s short film. The project was a part of Maria De Lima<\/a>‘s MA. The MA in Fine Art at the Royal Academy takes three years, and if only I could draw, paint, sculpt and be very talented at it, well it would be a dream come true to spend such time in these hallowed and blessed surroundings. Sadly I am not blessed with the Blue Peter gene.<\/p>\n

My route to the warehouse this morning for the first scene. Of course we were filming in a warehouse full of amazing huge machinery that another artist, Francis Thorburn has made, designed to be pushed by half naked men in Y-fronts. (No I am not kidding about that either). Francis<\/a> has declared himself the Minister Of Alternative Transport <\/em><\/p>\n

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