Blog | scarletmayerpayne

It’s been a while...

Hi, it’s been a while! I feel like the past year of my creative career and professional practice has been on pause. I spent it living and...

Degree Show

Tomorrow marks the end of my time as a student at Aberystwyth University. With all my assignments submitted I will be free of any student...

Fictitious Spaces

I find myself in the final few weeks of my degree and I don’t think its quite sunken in yet. With my graduation ceremony cancelled and my...

On the cusp...

As I didn’t get round to posting a blog last week, I’m hoping this one will make up for it. I’ve begun working on my large canvases over...

Careers

Last week I had a careers meeting, having never attending anything like this for myself, I found it immensely useful. In my earlier blog...

Resolving a painting

This week I have resolved my first painting…I think. I’ve been building it up slowly and have now reached a point where I don’t feel...

Past, Present and Future

Time, place, thoughts and feelings. Past, Present and Future. This week I’ve had these words spinning round inside my head both...

Sketchbook Work

This week I’ve been focussing on my drawing skills and working on adding drawing into my current process; creating a sense of depth...

I Think I Get It

These past few weeks I’ve been prompted by my painting tutor to really think about my work and what it’s about. I began this semester...

What?

It's been a while; it seems that no matter how many times I say I’m going to post regularly I always end up going back on my word. So...

A New Medium?

I began this week feeling a bit lost in regard to my painting, I found myself painting for paint’s sake. I don’t think this is...

Subject Matter

Subject matter, what is my current starting point and how am I using it to inform my practice? Patterns found within the landscape, I...