Printing

Printing process:

 

• Coat roller in ink.
• Role ink onto glass panel.
• Engrave your design into the ink using various tools.
• Collect soaked paper from the water tray.
• Remove water by wiping down or blotting with dry paper.
• Then carefully line up everything in the Printing press and switch it on.
• Your Print is complete, leave to dry 48 hours.  

What it looks like straight after the press.

Black and white Final outcomes.

We then experimented with coloured ink.

Fine Art Lecture

Artist given during the Lecture.

DOUGAL MCKENZIE & BILL KERRY LECTURE

Fine art was never something i thought i would consider as i thought it was a very specific art form when in reality it is quite a broad subject.

I enjoyed seeing all the past students work from their final year exhibitions. The ones that i found most captivating i wrote their names down in my book in order to research a bit more about their work as Dougal only showcased one or two of their work.

I really enjoyed Bills part of the lecture as i never consider print making to be in the fine art category. Bill was very clear in saying that students need to be very dedicated and independant in this department. Also your hard work may not always turn out how you wish but there can be happy mistakes. Bill showcased some of his own work and discussed how he is still an active artist in the printmaking field and uses the workshop available to him to his advantage when he is free.

Lecture Chris Miller 28th September & Alison Gault 5th October

Chris Miller - Interaction design 

I thoroughly enjoyed Chris' lecture as he was quite witty and enthusiastic when presenting his presentation to the class. I found his lecture to be quite interesting as he explained in a bit more detail about the foundation course and all that it entails.
He then went onto to discuss how he was a foundation student himself and because of having that one year of experience helped "springboard" him into his careers. He reassured us throughout the talk that that if you know what you want to do in life this course may completely change your mind as your eyes are being opened to new art forms everyday.


Alison Gault - Placement and Employability.

Alison Gault presented us with a very informative lecture as she discussed our future careers, the different possibilities of employment available in the creative industry and the importance of keeping you C.V up to date and making it stand out from the crowd. Alison has been the joint course director of Textiles for over 30 years, therefore she was very experienced and knew what she was talking about. She went onto talk about the Art and Design course and the creative industry, stating statistics such as how "the creative industry is growing twice as fast of regular industries" I was thrilled to discover this as I hope to be apart of the creative industry some day. 

Life Drawing

2 Minute poses 

35-45 Minute poses

Colour Studies

Creating  collages with Pauline

First Image: 2 minute drawing - Second Image: 5 minute outline drawing - Third Image: 30 Minute drawing.

Original Image using view finder

Tonal colours, monochrome, complimentary colours and primary colours.

3D drawing

Drawing with materials 

 I created a paper tube and began stitching lines of threads throughout the tube - so that when I shone the light on it and it cast some interesting shadows. 

Umbrella Studies

Choose an object and recreate it using different mediums each time.