Cynthia Kingsley-Smith
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//YEAR3COURSEWORK WEEKLY BLOG//


//SEMESTER ONE - PROJECT DEV//
STATEMENT OF INTENT
    → Skills Development Brief
        →  Prelude: Summer Project
       →  WEEKLY 1: PEACHES.
       →  WEEKLY 2: TYPESETTING
       →  WEEKLY 3+4: RESEARCH
       →  WEEKLY 5+6: WOODCUT
       →  Bonus: Digital Thumbnailing Technique.
       →  Development Reflections
    → Creative Conscience Brief
        → Hope is an Act of Resistance: Overview
       → Research
       → Developments
       → Outcome  
COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EVALUATION

//SEMESTER TWO - CMRC REALISATION//
   → Responsive Printmaking
        → Commercial Realisation Begins
       → Research
       → Week 1: Silkscreen Planning
       → Week 2: Initial Silkscreen Results
       → Timeplan!
       → Weeks 6+7: Lino Designs
       → Week 8: Review, Plan, Further Prints
       → Week 9: Newspaper Task
       → Week 10: Final Developments / Outcomes  
   → Cheltenham Illustration Awards
        → My Aims
       → Week 3: Gelli Printing
        → Week 4+5: Lino and Digital, Outcomes!
→ COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EVALUATION - 2


→ Reflective Practice Academic Writing
        →  RP1 _ Learning Plan
       →  RP2 _ Reflective Diagrams
       →  RP3 _ Inputs and Outputs
       →  RP4 _ Rich Pictures
       →  RP5 _ Design Philosophies
       →  RP6 _ Thematic Essay
       →  RP7 _ AOI Masterclass
       →  RP8 _ Getting Started as an Illustrator
       →  RP9 _ Specialism Review
       →  RP10 _ Journal / Magazine Review
       →  FINAL SHOW PREP & REVIEW

Comprehensive Final Evaluation - Semester 2


Experiences
Talk about what you did and the things you have been making or doing. 
Breakdown stages of experimentation or realisation. 
Describe processes you have undertook and the materials/resources you have used. 
Explain you approach to creating art like a set of instructions or stages. Refer to your workflows -
Thematic research > idea generation > visual research > initial visualisation/concepts > media testing > colour palettes >layouts/composition > clean up/refinement > linework >lighting/colour/texture > proofing > tweaking > final output > reflection> SWOT > evaluation > SMART 



Experimentation
Have you tried a new approach? 
Talk about what you did differently? 
How successful are the results? 
What could you do to improve the success of your experiments? 
What do other people think? 
Have you seen similar approaches from artists/illustrators? 



Reflective Observations
What has went well?  
What do you need to focus on? 
What improvements can you make? 
How have you solved problems you have encountered? 
How do you feel about your experience? 



Action Plans
If you did things again what would you do differently? 
What improvements could you make? 
What would you like to do next? 
What new things would you like to do? 


 

NEXT STEPS:
Personal Module 2: Responsive Printmaking

Commerical Module 2: Cheltenham Illustration Award

Personal Project: Portfolio Challenges. 

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