Visual Forms: Sketchbook #2 (Madness)

Rethink.

I have been thinking a lot my subject, as I am not really interested in war at all. It was suggested to me that I could study Romans which is a great idea being as I am currently in Cardiff. They also had a lot of culture and art themselves which would be good to replicate and again there is a lot of Roman history in my hometown so I am never too far way from it.
One thing that really interested me with Romans was mosaics, I remember when I first learnt about them in primary school and I thought it was that best thing ever and had a go at making a few out of cut up bits of paper, I really wish I had taken it further in secondary school when I did pottery. Nevermind. Also my Nan really likes Roman history so I have a beacon of knowledge too.

Roman Mosaic

Alas, although Romans are awesome, they don't really interest me as much as .. pirates. (I, given this gift of knowledge and practically instead choose pirates.. I am a child).

I have a back up of Romans but in fairness my head is all over the place for this project. I have always been bad at sketchbooks I don't know if they should be presentable or just like I usually do them "everything everywhere all in one maybe a napkin or two, oh I drew on this receipt and half  my work is in my note book and there is a bit in another sketchbook -somewhere-" my sketchbooks are currently a mess and I hate ripping pages out to scan them in. I just can help thinking something and putting it in... maybe I can do Roman pirates ? Help.

I am going home soon and I will be going to Liverpool to have a look at the Maritime Museum and a few others in the area as well as aquariums for underwater references. I will be looking at Roman things in my town (they are pretty hard to miss anyway). On my return I will be looking in Museums in Cardiff and Newport which i know have some nautical/pirate-y things and perhaps some roman stuff too. I will look at both and see which I take too better.