Its kind of been scary, just this time last year I got the news that I was accepted and I had an end of year exhibition coming up at college to worry about, but this year sooo calm. WHAT!?
I'm currently in the process of making an actual website I have no idea why..... I GOT BORED okay.
I have to say I've missed college only because in the final year we got to decide our specialism and create our own brief and here I've been taken back a step, but I don't fear that it done me any harm. In many ways it's challenged me and my perception of my work. I've doubted myself, I've gone through endless days, I've hated making work, I've loved making work. Moments of tears and joy and relief have I think everyones has experienced in our first year. I dont know where the saying "Art is easy"... bloody far from it. But I've came to realise that first year isnt a walk in the park as everyone says its here to test the students willpower and dedication and their sense of adventure in making art. Its been a great first year I have to say being around this many arty people, seriously is artinfectious. The space in the studios is great yeah I got to make a mess Borders College. But yeah I don't think I was aloud to make as much of a mess as I did. Painting on the actual wall to see how big my final for Autobiographical would be, apparently might piss some people off for when they redecorate the whole of Grays for the Degree show. Woooops , sorry, not sorry. But I'm missing this years End of year show back in the Borders, really quite gutted as I always had in mind that I would go, but I'm still in Aber'dream' - thats Aberdeens amazing nickname. Well thats what I get for being a poor art student. Fitting in the art student stereotype a wee bit there!
MY GRAYS JOURNEY
Starting off making a gigantic pair of scissors. Getting sick to death of drawing chairs for weeks on end. FIRST CRIT. New drawing methods. Wandering around aberdeen. Sense of Place. Creating a book of Aberdeen. Doubt. no CRIT - too scared. Body Project. Back to my comfort zone. Okay maybe not my comfort zone. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. NO PAINTING only DRAWING. Twisting meanings. Digging. Tutorial. CRIT. Christmas Holiday working. Hand in. Little London Holiday. 1st painting outside university work. Results. GOT A 'B'. Pictorial Space. B&Q days. Studies, studies and more studies. Colour. Tone. Composition. Days and Nights. 13 weird ass hours on a bus. 4 angry and pissed off hours in London. Paris finally. Culture. Experience. Art. My love affair with FRANCE. 13 sleepy hours on a bus. Critical and Contextual Studies lectures (NOT ART HISTORY). Forum and Seminar debates. Autobiographical project. Research. Studies. Lost. Making own canvas frame and stretching canvas. Collaging. Something new for me. Lunch hour-s chatting. Coffee. Worrying. Wrong outcome. Learning from mistakes. Finishing up. correcting. Waiting. Hand In....... now for my final results... FRIDAY.
OH and here is my final for the Autobiographical project.
OH and here is my final for the Autobiographical project.
Sorry you can't make it Annie BUT HEY your an real Art student now!!
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