Induction Week

i love getting acquainted with the college, the people, the machines and the processes .
And we've had the whole of this week especially to do that.
We've been split into 4 groups, but we're getting moved around next week and it was nice to get all mixed in with people I hadn't spoken to that much yet.
I started with print workshop on Wednesday morning, using my sketches from manorbier as inspiration for mono printing. They're still on the drying rack right now but I might load up some pictures once I've finished them off with maybe a little bit of colour and stitching. I'm also going to bind them all into a book. The teacher for that is called Marguerite, and I'm not very impressed with her so far... She makes things that could be really exciting seem a bit dull.

Then in the afternoon session I was working with Stuart, who's just great, on Photoshop, messing around with photos I had taken on the trip. It was pretty fun, they have all brand new apple macs which made me just about whimper inside, but he was mainly teaching people that have never been on one before so I didn't really learn all that much.

Today, I had life drawing class in the morning.
This was the one everyone was a little apprehensive about I think, but once you start, ti really doesn't matter that you're just studying someone that's completely naked. I'm not great at it, which made me feel a little down for a while but I know it really is just practice that gets you there with that one. Life drawing really is the basics to All drawing. Proportion, shape, shade, tone, line, texture. I learnt quite a bit about proportion that nobody had told me before, and I can't wait til the next session. It was Bob teaching, and he was quite encouraging, although critical at the same time.

"It's better to be approximately right, than definitely wrong."

We also started a little project with Pete today:
100 Possessions.
Think of 100 things that you Need in your life, not including consumables. It's really quite hard.
We have to draw them and bind them into a book as well, and it's just something to do in our own time that he thinks looks good in your interview portfolio.
So far I've only drawn my sketchbook and my phone. I might even upload all of that when it's done !
If I ever lose All of my work at least I'll have some on here right!