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Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 1:47PM My little brother, Oliver, and his mates have had a big week, between breaking Australian skydiving records and grappling with uncaged tigers. It's been a pleasure to meet these Ayr Monkeys and Monkettes of whom I've heard so much about. Thanks for sharing your passion and your all round crazy, Brus!
Check out their record breaking jump here.
Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 12:50PM Urban Art Binge has had the privilege to be filmed by Stephen Schmidtke, an up and coming film maker in Brisbane's music video scene. We'd like to thank him for all is effort and time in getting to know our program and sharing the joy of his craft. A special thanks also goes out to Jodie Cowie, local musician and artist who's original song titled Kinda Happy Song is featured in the clip. We hope you enjoy this taste of the magic and look forward to seeing you at the next binge sesh starting on the 30th of April. Cheers, Jo + Emily.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 11:27AM Yes the time has come to welcome the next round of participants for the Urban Art Binge Block 2! We will begin the next workshop series from Monday the 30th of April until Saturday the 9th of June. Bookings are now open and as places are limited to 20 people, pre-booking is essential.
The Urban Art Binge is proud to announce that our first Block of workshops has been AWESOME. As we move into our last week of bingeing we would like to congratulate all involved to date. This beautiful and generous network of people has formed a solid base for our creative platform, and we are looking forward to watching it grow throughout the year.
We are also very excited and super proud to announce that Eckersley's Art & Craft have come on board as our official sponsor for art supplies and materials. They have generously supplied us with our binge bags for the remainder of the year which are packed to the brim with all sorts of drawing equipment and goodies for our UAB participants.
Whilst here let's take a moment to also say thank you to our continuing sponsors, Jugglers Art Space and GSPS Gabba Screen Printing Supplies, for their continuing vital support for the UAB program. You guys are awesome.
For any queries regarding the program or if you would like further details, please don't hesitate to contact either of us - Joannah (0468967820) or Emily (0478 033 662).
See you at the Binge Fest!
Sunday, April 8, 2012 at 4:20PM The one beach drawn 3 afternoons in a row.
Friday, March 23, 2012 at 5:17PM 
This painting is 900x900mm in oil paint and polychromos crayon on canvas. The figure is the trace of a former piece that just didn't like the idea of being painted over.. no matter how many times I tried. I like to think that this has some special and related significance with the way that bodies, however made up or disguised, hold traces of our past. Marks that we learn to treasure/and or loath as yet another layer of this thing called life. The former piece was called "The body weeps, but we'll be ok," This piece is untitled, but it can be thought of as depicting a wild and passionate state of empowerment after the body. just. let's. go.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 11:12AM Do you have an interesting face? Want to sit for me? Contact me at emilyfongstudio@gmail.com.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 8:38AM I've just discovered this very cool new feature on my website. These photos taken of delicious sundays with The Cake Girl. For more of my happy snappy photography go here.
Monday, March 19, 2012 at 11:33AM This Saturday, The Urban Art Binge hit Latrobe Terrace, Paddington focusing on suburban objects to street/ cityscapes. We warmed up using the technique of drawing using positive and negitive space. In this image I have rendered the background (context) such that the subject is now the negitive space. This is a powerful tool for expressing dramatic contrast between light and dark. By priveliging the void we begin to contextualise the subject. Ps: I love the void. I love white space.
Suburban objects - positive + negative space rendering
Monday, March 19, 2012 at 10:14AM 
We're heading into the 4th week of the QUT teaching semester for 2012 and I am just loving the amout of energy and creativity that is coming back at me from my students. I put down this portrait in pencil and oil last Thursday after a very large week. I found I was filled with creative energy that just needed to be expended. Ironically, my body itself was shattered.. so I painted this portrait of Ochre whilst sitting on the floor, in order to conserve what juice was left.
The mediums I used here are colored pencil (faber castel polychromos), in red, blue and yellow. Then Black, white and blue oils on primed craft paper... very cheap, yet I think pretty groovy.
This was a quick study finished in 2.5 hours. And although it is rough, it has a certain charm. I'm happy, and it makes me smile.
Friday, March 16, 2012 at 9:15PM At Fort Lytton, near the Port of Brisbane, there are these beautiful old bunkers which are a treat to explore and draw. The week past, I went on a field trip to check out it's suitability for an Urban Art Binge adventure. Stuart Bull captured this bizzare photo which I believe communicates the sence of play and excitement that we were both overcome with at this stunning location. Brisbane, I love that you continue to surprise and mesmerise me when I take the time to really look.
Photo By Stuart Bull - Urban Art Binge - Fort Lytton, Brisbane