Today’s tutorial couldn’t have gone any better! Since my last tutorial two weeks ago with Lisa, I’ve been making lots more drawings and collages, and also started some new paintings. She encouraged me to be more open to new influences and source material, and I’ve been feeling a lot more positive about where my work is going. I was quite nervous this morning though, worried that she wouldn’t be as enthusiastic about the new work as I was.
However, when she came in she was really pleasantly surprised by my new big painting. It’s twice the size of my previous largest painting, and also a lot more colourful. She said it gave her goosebumps, which I was very pleased about! My dissertation tutor was also very happy with my first draft and said she thought nothing else needed doing to it. I’m so glad I’ve finished the term on a positive note.
Over Christmas I’m planning to get some more drawings and collages done, but ones that are a bit more considered/worked on than my current ones. I think the drawings have a nice quality to them that’s sometimes lost when they’re transferred to painting. I’d like to start thinking of them as finished pieces in their own right as well as a preparation for paintings.
