I used today to go into London and visit the other exhibitions I did not get time to see when I last went. Firstly I visited the Saatchi gallery as I had gone on the website to look up the work of Paula Rego, and wanted to go and see this painting in real life as you can not get the whole experience just viewing it online. However, when I got to the gallery they informed me the painting was no longer at the gallery, it is just on their website. I took a quick look round the gallery but didn't spend too much time as I wanted to get on to the other places I had planned to visit which I knew would benefit my project.
Next I went to the St. Bride Library for printing, publishing and the graphic arts. I wanted to go to take a look at the books on typography and calligraphy. The library was a lot smaller than I had thought, however I did find one or two good books explaining some techniques. The first book is 'Lettercraft' by John R. Briggs and the second is 'The Encyclopedia of Calligrapgt Techniques' by Diana Hardy Wilson. I will go on to research these online or maybe even buy them in order to get a closer look. The library was useful but I thought maybe I'd get a bit more out of it, I was looking for some unusual font faces but they all seemed to be quite plain.
I then went on to Kensington Palace, to the Enchanted Palace exhibition. I have visited before and the exhibition is one of my personal favourites, they create such an eery atmosphere with beautiful props and costumes. I did a few sketches in my book which I will develop and incorporate into some experimental Snow White sketches.
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