Part 2 - Tutor Feedback

Overall Comments:

This second part of the course focused on key areas of experimental mark making, working with “mistakes” and develop a series of characters. Overall your response has been very good, and your willingness to try out different ways of working and media in the exercises is good . You are obviously keen to keep experimenting with your work. Worry less about producing ‘accurate’ images and enjoy the process and freedom of mark making. Try to expand more on thoughts and working process in your learning log, and be more thorough in your reflections.

I found this part of the course enjoyable and challenging at the same time. I discovered that I enjoyed using Micron pens for quick sketches, practiced timed drawings and contour drawings both blind and semi blind. This way of sketching freed up my process and taught me how to focus in a different way. I did find it hard to limit my lines and will practice this some more but overall the techniques were interesting and fun to do.

Visiting Henstead Gardens was a particularly positive experience and I am really pleased with how my drawings came out. This was my first experience sketching outside for the course which I didn't find too uncomfortable.

The Pareidolia exercise was a lot of fun, I enjoyed finding the faces in everyday things and this was an opportunity to be really creative and playful. 

Assignment 2 Feedback:

A very good response to the brief for your second assignment, you have channeled the work from the previous exercises into your images methodically and effectively. The extent of your character development and use of mock ups to visualise your ideas shows that you are approaching the briefs with a measured eye, which is great to see at this early point in the course. You clearly responded well to the brief, following the instructions given to produce successful images. Your learning log shows the process well and your reflective notes demonstrate that you can see scope for further investigation

I really enjoyed this assignment following on from the last exercise. Finding ways to use my marking making and sketches as backgrounds for my new characters was fun and allowed me to mix media by manipulating my work digitally to create new work. Overall I think my characters were successful and I can see that they could be developed further with additional time.