Reflection on Tutorial
I had given some thought as to what I wanted from this tutorial. This was the first time my tutor had seen my work in real life rather than just via my blog, so I really wanted to hear what she had to say, but other than that I was mostly concerned with how I needed to approach assignment 5.
On the day of my tutorial I was not feeling too well, so not sure I was very enthusiastic and I kind of felt lost as to how to critique myself although have been reassured this will come over time.
In terms of feedback I felt the same things came back up, about being more explorative as well as thinking about what to do with a piece when I feel its wrong – again consider cropping or presentation; is it about the context rather than just thinking about what to do in a drawing sense?
With regards to part 4 specifically my tutor had the same preferences I did, i.e. she really liked the portrait, but felt the lounging figure seemed awkward and could be re-done. She suggested however that the portrait would benefit from another alongside, and that my line figure could do with some further work to vary the thickness of lines.
I didnt really explore her suggestions further and we talked more about part 5, which I had most anxiety about at the time. She reassured me that I was on the right track in terms of reflecting over the whole course so far, checking I have done all the course work as well as additional work suggested by her through feedback, and then to let that take me forward for a final piece. I briefly talked about how I had been struck by an interior view in my home, which made me think about line and tone and in her written feedback she suggested that if I was to explore that further I may wish to look at Edward Hopper. I looked him up briefly and liked the alternate view to everyday scenes in his work, I found them a bit voyeuristic, though not uncomfortably so, but also interesting in the way that he blended structures with people and light.
This prompted me to look again at negative space as a search term, which in turn led me to lots of images of items simplified against negative space and then to a flood of ideas as to how I may explore my interior view further.
To conclude part 4, I have to complete the following:
1 – return to line drawing of seated figure and look at adding varying lines to develop further.
2 – re-do drawing of lounging figure in tone.
3 – complete additional portrait to compliment original piece.
Deborah McAulay 