Drawing 1: Assignment 2: Formal typed feedback from Tutor – notes thereon

Formal typed feedback from my tutor was only received on 27th October 2019, so these notes need to be read alongside those I made in August about our Meet talk on 23.8.19. I will only comment on remarks which are different from/additional to those already discussed.

• Feedback on Assignment: I have indeed reworked my original in a different medium, making it larger and looser – more expressive I hope. The only suggestion I didn’t completely take up was to take part of the composition off the page; rather, I decided to take it right to the edge of the page, which I felt injected some energy.
• Drawing down the stairs defeated me last time, but now that I have gained a more confidence from working through Part 3, Project 4 on Perspective, I am thinking in terms of a landscape composition looking down from the attic window of my house.
• I have experimented throughout Part 3 with different backgrounds and supports – with various degrees of success – see e.g. blog notes on Part 3, Project 5, Ex 1.

• Sketchbooks: I have read about the “Mirrors: Prison Portraits” mentioned online at www.pressreader.com>the-herald-1130 and https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk › News › Local News  for 24th Nov 2010.

• Research: I must continue to include more of my reflections and analysis.

• Learning log: Maintain balance between thoughts leading to a work, and reflection thereon.

• Suggested reading: I’ve just managed to obtain a copy of Turkle, S. (2011) Evocative Objects: Things We Think With. London. MIT Press – just need to make time to read it now….

Reflections specifically on points for next assignment (tutor’s comments in italics):

Pointers for the next assignment

●      Reflect on this feedback in your learning log – herewith.

●    Keep developing how you are using your sketchbook and learning log – it is lovely that these are starting to link together well but this can always we stronger. Have tried throughout Part 3 to specify these links – guess this is the slight downside of an online log rather than a written one – you need a whole different piece of kit to write this, rather than a scribble in a book, so it’s not always automatic.

●      Trust your judgement – don’ let yourself fall back to things you feel safe doing, if you have a bold idea go for it. Well, in my head I’ve tried to go for things a bit more in Part 3 – will be interested to see what my tutor thinks!