Half term holiday.

Well done for meeting deadline this week.

Hopefully, your Final Major Project ideas are flourishing.

You need to be finding a focus piece starting point to photograph, draw from and study.

See what is in the Manchester galleries.

Whittworth have some photography, pattern, wallpaper, textile work and painting. They are also running free print workshops next week.

http://www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/

There are other galleries to check out,

Manchester art gallery, good range including furniture and ceramic design.

http://manchesterartgallery.org/exhibitions-and-events/

Platt Hall gallery if Costume,

http://manchesterartgallery.org/visit/gallery-of-costume/

Home art gallery Manchester, showing designs for living exhibition and light exhibition.

http://homemcr.org/exhibitions/

The Lowry Salford, contemporary digital arts exhibition. You could study the architecture of this building.

http://www.thelowry.com/exhibitions/whats-on/

Ashton art gallery,

Oldham art gallery,

Tate Liverpool 

http://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-liverpool

and Leeds art gallery all close by.

You need to come back with information about your art piece, studies and an idea for your theme. A starting point can be as simple or complexed as you want it to be.

It could be a continuation or development of your last project or something completely new.

Find a topic which interests or inspires you. It could be a theme, question, hobby, interest, or something that you want to explore further.

Try these for inspiration,

Final Major Project Themes

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Foundation Art Final Major Project Ideas on ...

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Final Major Project - Most appreciated projects on Behance

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If you are not sure, you can get hold of me via email, sp@asfc.ac.uk

See you all soon.

Specialist brief going well.

Art foundation students are doing well during week 2 of their specialist brief. We have some photography combined with stitch techniques.

Some exciting 3d mixed media and fine art installation.

Peer reviews have produced some interesting ideas for next weeks final development stage and final pieces.

Self initiated project.

After a great Christmas break, it's inspirational to see the range of ideas and work emerging for Foundation students first taste of independence....the self initiated brief.

Alex choose structure as his theme and has chosen to look at linear structures using line, stitch and 3d design.....

Whilst Aimee is using scanography and multi media photography to experiment and develop.....

And Joe develops the idea of underwater life to look at pattern and installation art.

Students are settling well into their new workspaces and producing a wide variety of fantastic work.

This weeks update!

This week foundation students get more of a taste of independence with their development pieces from Blackpool. 

Using the primary sources gathered we have a variety or illustration, printing and digital photography/drawing techniques emerging into final pieces.

Looking forward to seeing the final pieces at tomorrow's deadline.

Graphic artist research.

Those of you completing research at home, please see the sheet below to annotate.

Also, consider colour swatches and sketches of how this relates to the environmental and man made structures researched during the Blackpool trip.

Blackpool trip continued...

Day 2/2 and the weather may have been cold and wet but nothing dampened our spirits.

We began with a spot of drawing of central pier.

A 40 minute study to start the day.

Then onto a spot of photography under the pier, recording the natural structures-looking at the barnacles and rust,

And sketching the man made structure of the pier itself.

Then after a walk on the beach, followed by lunch we headed to our next stop, Illuminasia.

This was by far the most inspirational part of the trip today.

The indoor illuminations were breath taking and the scale of the light sculptures were enormous, I can feel a light sculpture brief coming.

 Each room had a different theme and students were able to walk amongst the sculptures.

This sculpture was all made in situ over a six week period and the dog alone used over 650 metres of silk in top if a wire frame.

Just enough time to grab a quick bit of Blackpool rock, before we headed back home. 

Over 2 days we have collected enough primary research for the next 2 units and have had an amazing time. 

The weather was good to us and the rain stayed away until we got onto the train back to Manchester.

Blackpool trip time-man made structures.

We were all up bright, early and bushy tailed to meet at Piccadily train station.

After an hour trip we arrived safe and sound in Blackpool.

We explored the sights, looking for some iconic spots which we had been printing and drawing during the week so far.

After lunch we checked into our quaint bed and breakfast The Gramsford Lodge and started some drawing tasks before the illuminations began.

We all had fun with the light drawings on the beach.

And around South Pier

We especially liked the light trails of the illuminations and Ferris wheel.

We even managed to squeeze in a trip to the light exhibition at Grundy art gallery before fish and chips on the seafront.

It's been a great trip so far and looking forward to seeing Illuminasia tomorrow at the Winter Gardens.