Priley Riley, Graduation, December 2017

Earlier this month I graduated from the Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton!

Priley Riley, MA degree show, 1st September 2017

Last night was the private view for the Winchester School of Art MA degree show. It went well; the atmosphere was great and the feedback was positive. I’ve attached some close-up photos of my drawings.

Priley Riley, Update on ink drawings, 19th August 2017

Yesterday I finished displaying my drawings ready for my final assessment on Wednesday 23rd, and the Winchester School of Art MA degree show which is open to the public from the 1^st to 6^th September.

I’m pleased with the result- I’m showing 40 out of the 62 ink drawings I’ve produced over the last couple of months. I’ll share some close-up photos of the drawings around the time of the exhibition.

Priley Riley, Ink drawings, July 2017

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been depicting what I see on my day-to-day journey around Winchester in a series of ink drawings. I’ve attached a few examples.

Priley Riley, Winchestival, June 2017

I went to Winchestival (a new festival in Winchester) yesterday, where the sculpture I made of King Alfred the Great was on stage in the disco area. I really enjoyed making the sculpture, seeing the sculpture at the festival, and the day out generally (the music, comedy, great atmosphere, etc). So thank you Winchestival!

Priley Riley, MA Exhibition, May 2017

I have artwork set up ready for an exhibition- details attached!

I'm also pleased to share that I got a distinction on a written assignment completed in March!

Priley Riley, Finished King Alfred sculpture, April 2017

I’ve finished my sculpture and internship- final photos are attached. I’m pleased with the outcome and, most importantly, so are Winchestival.

As requested by Winchestival, the sculpture was made to resemble the statue of King Alfred in Winchester.

On the day of the festival, the King Alfred sculpture will have a shield that I made, a cape, and headphones to give it a more personalised festival look.

I designed the shield to look like a vinyl (like the Winchestival logo) with a turquoise centre to match the colour of the headphones.

I really enjoyed the internship and look forward to visiting the festival on the 17^th of June.

Priley Riley, Sculpture update, 12th April 2017

I've been coating the sculpture in paint today, with an 'aged iron' affect spray paint. This sculpture internship continues again on the 20th (due to Easter) when I'll give the sculpture another coat of spray paint so it's slightly darker and more even. I'll then cover the paint in clear lacquer to seal it. The attached photos show the sculpture facing towards the setting sun.

Priley Riley, Sculpture update, 11th April 2017

The above photos show my progress with the King Alfred sculpture- he now has a sword, crown, face and belt.

Priley Riley, Internship sculpture, April 2017

I’m currently working as a Creative Intern, making a life size sculpture of King Alfred the Great. The finished work will be on display at Winchestival- a new family friendly festival in Winchester. So far I’ve constructed the armature, built the frame of the body around this using two layers of chicken wire, and covered this in a layer of Modroc (which is basically plaster coated bandages).

Priley Riley, Mothers Day (UK), 26th March 2017

As its Mothers Day in the UK, I wanted to share my life drawings from last Tuesday (21^st March) of a mother-to-be. I spent between 5 and 15 minutes on each of the A3 pencil drawings shown. I had 2 of my life drawings, depicting other female models, in a small exhibition at the Winchester School of Art from the 20^th to 22^nd March.

In addition, I went to the ‘Small Faces’ exhibition at Solent Showcase Gallery yesterday, where I have a pencil drawing of my mum on display. My work is in the centre of the first two photos. I really enjoyed seeing this exhibition and the diversity of the portraits on show.

Priley Riley, Update, 8th March 2017

A few updates on my work:

I’m pleased to share that I received a Merit on all three assessments last semester.

Last week I visited Modern Art Oxford, the Pitt Rivers Museum and the Ashmolean Museum with the Winchester School of Art.

I’m currently exhibiting a pencil portrait at Solent Showcase Gallery- nearly 600 people attended the exhibition’s opening on the 2nd of March! The exhibition is on until the 21st of April.

I’ve attached a few images of my current artwork. At the moment, I’m doing a lot of work on clothing; drawing clothing (top image), working into some of these drawings using Photoshop (2nd, 3rd and 4th images), knitting items of clothing, and (by contrast) doing life drawing. I’ve also been taking photographs, for example of my fiancé and his luminous clothing reflecting onto the window of a train.