First Brief and Time Plan

 Click below for the documents:

Mini Briefs - 3 projects for week 1

 

Click below for the outline of each task: 



Road To Nowhere!

 

Foundation new students - Equipment list

Foundation new students

Hello all Foundation students and welcome to the Foundation Blog. The blog is a learning resource that provides guides, examples, homework assignments and equipment lists. Please ensure you check it regularly as it is essential for students studying on the course. Essentially its very similar to the A-Level blogs and just as useful. Maybe more. 

Equipment list Foundation:

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Due to recent events the sketchbook equipment listed below will be for personal use only. Please do not share your equipment with other students and make sure you keep them in a storage container such as a pencil case. Please ensure at the end of the lesson your equipment is taken home with your sketchbook or stored in your allocated storage tray/area that you will be given in the first week of study. 

Any issues with purchasing equipment are not a problem and can be discussed and resolved in the first week of study. 

Essential

Pocket sized hand sanitizer

3 Pencils ideally a 2H HB and 2B but 3 HB pencils are fine. 

0.1, 0.3, 0.5 Black fine liner pens. 

A black biro

30 Degree set square

30 Cm ruler 

Pair of small needle nosed pliers and cutters

Small pair of paper scissors (please do not purchase a craft knife as these are not allowed to be carried on campus. Paper scissors must be carried in pencil cases only and not on your person)

Pencil case large enough to accommodate equipment. 

2 Pritt sticks

2 Rolls of masking tape

USB SD CARD converter with (STANDARD) SD CARD (not micro sd) over 1 gigabyte

Desirable (but not essential for classroom activities)

Gloves and mask if required or preferred for classroom lesson

Wacom ONE drawing size small (brand new models available to use in college)

Coming in to collect your things!

 

Hi all

We have just received details from management about you all being able to come in to collect your things!

Here is what we know: College has health and safety measures in place for “bubbles” of student groups. As you have now graduated you are outside of these bubbles. So instead, we will need to make an appointment for you to come in and collect your things.

This will be a half hour slot and you will need to arrive promptly by the art block gates. You will meet either Dan or Carmela, as you need to be escorted as a “visitor”. You can then enter the Foundation room and wipe down your items and pack them to take away – bring a box/bag for life etc to put things in and organise transport if you know you will need it to get your things home.

Also, please bring any borrowed equipment with you (e.g. sewing machines) to return this as part of your appointment.

This is organised so you are making as little contact with others as possible (to prevent spread of the virus) so unfortunately you won’t be permitted to meet up with each other on site – it has to be a one in one out system. We still hope to organise a proper get together, such as a meal where we will all be able to catch up properly and have a proper celebration of the fantastic results you all achieved despite the circumstances. So you will at some point have chance to have that catch up with each other.

James and Erin will be calling you to organise your appointment – so keep an eye on your phones this afternoon!

Hope you are all safe and well.

Susanna, James and Erin

Hello!

It feels so long since we last saw you all and are really missing you guys!
Hope you are all well! What have you all been up to since you handed in?

All your work has been marked and the results will be sent off soon. Don't panic about this as working from home, has not impacted the grade you have been submitted as. I know some of you have been panicking about this, but don't we had enough evidence from all your fantastic work....working hard all year should really pay off!

Last night you should have gotten an email to your college account about your exhibition, due to the current circumstances we are going digital this year and need your help!
You all have some amazing work and it would be a real shame not to celebrate all your achievements this year.

 We will need 2-3 images of your favourite pieces of work either from your final major project or any earlier if you feel these show your strengths.
Do you fancy a virtual catch up with everyone? Susanna can arrange that for next week if you let her know by email when you are available. Staff are still teaching digitally and doing digital meetings and video taster sessions but there are times when all staff could be available for a digital meeting with you.

We don't have any dates yet of when we can go back and collect your work or possessions left in the studio, as soon as we do, I will email and put on the blog.
So keep checking both.

If you send Carmela your best pieces of work, you'd like to be exhibited, all the details are in the email she sent you yesterday.

Stay safe, speak soon and be happy cat!

****photo of staff after working from home in lockdown*****

Final submissions.

Hi cool cats,

Hope you are all well and coping at home and managing to complete work.
I know a few of you have not been in touch with your tutors recently, please can you email them and let them know how you are getting on.
I am missing teaching so much, I have been training up my cat Lexie to paint.....you can take the teacher out of school but you can't take school out of the teacher!

So far she's finished 3 paintings and has 4 more on the way!

We have been getting lots of work from most of you which is fantastic. James, Erin and myself are really impressed with what you have been producing at home and very excited about your ideas and how you have taken on board our advice and shown real independence, which will put you in good stead for University and working life.

Whilst we are still waiting for clarification from the exam board about your work and marking, we feel that you need to submit everything to your mock piece, so we can mark it up to this point. Everything you have produced, will be marked!

The plan for your Art Foundation work over the next 2 weeks is as follows;-

This week you will need to focus a mock piece (some of you are working on your final, will continue to do so, as you have already done a mock). You will have until Monday am to do this.

If you are unable (for example 3d design) to actually produce a mock piece as you don't have the equipment/facilities to do so you will not be penalised. You will produce a thorough design sheet with a detail drawing from front and above elevations, scale measurements, materials list (hand or digital) and an explanation.

You will then need to evaluate and explain what you would intent to change and produce for your final. A drawing of this will help too.

*This will then also be copied into your last box on your exam board statement of intent form....Which will then be completed.*

 I don't think you will need to produce a final piece for this unit, but you can still do this if you are able, for professional development. It will also be good to carry your project through to completion, if you are able too.

By Tuesday 28/4/2020 1pm you will need to send your tutor the following by One drive or Wetransfer to mark,

1-Photographs of all your previous sketchbook and sheet work.

2-Any design sheets/journal/electronic work since remote learning up to mock piece and evaluation.

3-Exam board paperwork statement of intention completed.

****This is really important as it will form the basis of your Art Foundation grade this year***

If we hear anything new/different from the exam board, we will let you know asap.

Looking forward to marking your work.

If you have any questions or queries, please contact myself, James or Erin and we will give you any further guidance or help.