7th - 13th Oct

For PDP we talked about CREAM as a way to be a dedicated student and went over some things they want and look for in our work to get us the better grades. After we were given a hand out on which we were to write about our short, medium and long term goals to do with art and the course mostly. All I could really come up with was passing the modules and passing the course in the long term and eventually ending up with a fabulous degree which would help me get a job that would interest me. To be honest, I did find it quite difficult to do but that is mainly because with this course I never doubted my only real long term goal as achieving the degree, it was the medium goals that were hardest. Even with those I just commented on how I want to get good grades on my sketchbooks for my modules. However, I did work out with my short term goals I wanted to try and "broaden my horizons" to create even better sketchbooks and even to blog more often, cause, well... I know how riveted you are reading of my college antics... But, yeah, that was it really, trying to get us to think more about were we want to end up and how we can get there, I think it was good for us.

Drawing seemed like a better class that week cause I left the class to go and draw out of a window in negative and positive space, which still confuses me as I don't fully know how to draw without drawing what is there in detail rather than in blocks and no real variation of colour... I guess it is a new way to draw and a different technique we should all be trying, but I don't really like it, and doubt I will use of my own free will. Also, it's making me hate the use of charcoal and chalk... It might become a long 3 years if I am always made to use charcoal.

3D was exciting, we got to use a Vacuum machine that melts plastic sheeting and you put a combination of objects underneath it, you then flick a switch, the vacuum comes on and the plastic almost magically contours around the objects to create a shape that can then be used as a plaster cast mold. I had a little too much fun with it... Even the lecturer commented on my reaction that I seemed so amused by how this worked but I swear it seemed like literal magic... I can tell that and the band-saw will become my new favourite machines in that Studio. Also, the work turned out pretty good, I can't wait till me make plaster casts using them. This paragraph isn't fully conveying the excitement I feel for those machines, scary at first, but they will become my best friends.

Creative concepts was definitely more productive on Tuesday. I mean, I don't know if it was because Dot (the lecturer) wasn't there and I didn't need to worry about how productive I seemed or how much I talked, it was much more laidback and it went well. After we had Catherine and I got some more done, even techniques I had never tried before like, my classmate Zoe, used my paints, and left a lot of water in them, when I went to wash them out and when I saw all the colours fall I decided I could shake the actual paint tray over the page and have multi-colour droplets all over it. I know it doesn't seem like a major astonishing thing, but I have a very... sleek style so to create mess and seemingly chaos with colour, it was interesting for me. I also attempted more research to possibly name my imaginary fruits. Researching the dead sea, leading me to the dead sea scrolls and how they were written in Greek, so I then looked up the Greek name for fruit which it said was Karpos, leading me to the combination of Dead Sea and Karpos which, rather unimaginatively became Karposea. So, that is my Dead Sea inspired fruit concept. I definitely felt better using other mediums in that class and feeling MUCH more productive

Oh, on a side note for that class, I have been creating a "Fruit Diary" of my adoptive fruit who was Pippa the Pineapple. That will definitely be a blog in future days and will hopefully have some of the pictures that I took and drew with it... Yes, I took selfies with a pineapple, I'm an art student, I'm crazy like that!

Unfortunately, I missed Friday's classes due to illness but I have been told that in Contextual Studies we went over taste, and things we view in society that are worn but a certain type of people that put you right off them, like Paul's Boutique and Burberry caps and so on.. Also for Fridays 2D lesson they apparently continued on with research for the transformation brief.

Finally, I would like to say that EVENTUALLY on this blog there will be pictures of my work and research and stuff but I am very technologically challenged so, bear with me. I also hope to get more professional names for the equipment I use so as I can comment on it properly and maybe recommend it.

This blog is going to be fun creating, I hope yous like it..