End of Year I

I expect that some of the insights from this term will evolve and expand as I reached the end of the first year of studies.

Speaking professionally – the process of reflection has heightened my awareness of the skills I am currently obtaining from the degree program and has highlighted ways in which these can be transferred to future.

I haven’t been reflecting anything for past few weeks as being busy working up to the deadline, to finish all my assignments.

VISUAL STUDIES

We live in an increasingly visual culture. New technologies and philosophies of vision influence how we see ourselves and our world, and how we think about seeing itself. The Visual Studies allow students to directly engage these developments through a multi-disciplinary course of study, connecting the theory, practice, and culture of seeing.

I really enjoyed the first part of the course where we been exploring different types of media and was doing more practical stuff. As for this year’s part, it was more challenging and not so exciting. We had a tutor change also, in the middle of all this process, so as initial assignment changes made me lose interest in this subject.

I did finish my Time Line. I did my best! Perhaps could do better if not the strict time frame. In the process of research, I find out lots of interesting things and certainty fallowed true abstract art development throughout the years.

Twice I had my work returned back to me by a new tutor. As I mentioned in previous blogs, once because it was too busy with pictures and quotes, other time because of content. Following his advice, I think I improved my report, however, I never shoved it him again.

I finished just a few days ago and there wasn’t any time. My friend is a solicitor and not with any particular art background. I ask her to go through and proofread and possibly correct some spelling mistakes.

I was thrilled when she gave me a positive feedback, finding my work quite interesting.

So, at this point, I just hope I get a reasonable mark from university side.

I do hope we are having Visual Studies next year. I did enjoy a mixture of qualitative and quantitative research, discovering different perceptions of the role of visual arts itself. I think it is is one of the elective subject of the Arts education at the moment, becoming an important part of every business. 

STUDY SKILS 

Study skills – course where I was exploring study strategies and approaches applied to learning.

As we know such skills are generally critical to success in future so as considered essential for acquiring good grades, and useful for learning throughout one's life.

This year it was more based of creating parallel blog which explored variety of legislation requirements and guidelines – you can fallow this link here: https://ligfineart.blogspot.co.uk/

...and success story’s presentation in the end.

For my presentation I choose Leonardo da Vinci - as in my opinion there is no one more successful in the field of art and I think there will never be another.

He was one of the greatest minds of the Italian Renaissance, and his influence on the painting of the following generations was enormous.

There are so many successful people – but he still stands out with his incredible mind. I think no matter how many years will past he will remain on top of our mankind.

I think my presentation in the end was well formed, but maybe not so well presented – for very simple reason, lack of audience.

At the time there was only two other students in the class, which was disappointing. I had lots more to say, but there was no one to lessen and somehow in my brains it was hard just to talk to camera and grafick students. So, I think I fail in this part, didn’t feel the confidence and confusion of situation get me.

Oh well, I’m sure there will be other presentations, which I do enjoy, and do hope to do better next time.

FINE ART  

I submitted my sketchbook to my tutor last week. In my surprise I didn’t use all pages. It contained all evidence of setting up pop up shop, developing ideas, creative process and research along the side.

I really hope I achieved high mark in this assignment as it was the one I spend most of my time and effort.

Pop Up Shop assignment in general was a good, worthwhile experience and certainly a learning curve. Not having much success of selling our art it opened our minds and views from different perspective.

ILLUSTRATION

It’s not happening next year, unless I choose to do it :) – and I don’t.

As Fine Art students, we each have different approaches and interests which has enabled me to focus on my own particular aspect and perspective. Whilst I can draw and paint people, I wholly respect that there are others who are better than me and it is for this simple reason that I don’t want an illustration as my subject.