My studies (1.) Week One

First week of introduction of what university is all about leave me a bit sad and disappointed.

My course basically will consist of two full days a week, where rest of the time is self studies at home or using facilities provided on site. The amount of learning, we briefly get introduced, left everyone, not only me, in shock state. Like I already mention in Intro, this is complete different level and even pass rate will be difficult task. As a person who always had a distinctions I doubt my ability this time.

Also we are let down by facilities - as specializing in fine art we were meant to get studio space, but instead we are down to dark college classroom.There is no much practical stuff yet but when it comes to it the space provided is very poor. I am not sure if there is anything we can do, but I feel very let down as this wasn't what I expected going on higher education level course.

So far I enjoyed Visual Studies workshop where we get to mono print again. Visual studies will consist of several workshops and experimentations, where in the end we will need to produce our own work based of what we enjoyed the most.

There are some of my mono printing examples, produced during a session. I found that ghost prints worked much better.

I think its been while since I done any mono printing at all and I just pressed too hard against the surface, making ink at first very bold and smudged all over the paper, where ghost prints was labour of luck and come out really nicely. 

The theme was food, so we all produce some good work.

At home I did some extra research and annotation making my new sketchbook presentable and ready for more.

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After Visual studies, we all went to meet our course leader Lance and there everything went downhill. I am not sure how to call subject we will on with him, bet it will take the most of our time and effort.

As I understand there will be lots of writing, researching and talking about art industry itself etc. Lots of my course mates are very down and want to drop out, to be honest one already did. We where seven all together specializing in Fine art. Now we are six. 

We are in mixed groups with graphic designers, textiles and also other level students. I am not complaining about amount of work we will have to do, I just wasn't  expecting it - that's all. I am thinking, if I will get trough this ~ after first year I am booking myself on creative writing course. English not being my first language will make me struggle and I want to avoid that in years to come. So if you notice my sentences being out of order or do not make sense, be gentle of judging please.

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Specializing on art course we only getting three hours of Fine art a week, it is shocking - instead other three is Illustration, which I am not keen on and would never choose as my subject whatsoever.

So Fine Art came with more research, theme focusing of American painters mostly after 1930s -
 

I got some books from library and I need to do some reading. I went for mainly abstract art, so I will see where that will lead me.

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All my respect to Paul Eaton - probably most organized tutor there is, but I don't like Illustration. I am not good of drawing, sketching, or any other way producing work which involves people :( .... and guess what our first task is- produce weeks’ worth of sketches of people in public places, movements, emotions - basically life.

There is some of my examples of disaster, I wish I could sketch, I really do. I know that practise makes perfect, but still.


So there, that was my first week with all its ups and downs. I am still exited and still up for it, I just hope once I settle in everything will be all right.