I enjoyed the part about art and identity, and as a woman I have found that the work of Frida Kahlo has given me the opportunity to explore my own identity as an aging South African woman, who started to explore her own identity and personal struggles through art. I...

.....and my critical evaluating views on my own learning "Just because you have a figure, that doesn’t mean you don’t realize it’s also an abstraction. It’s also a painting, it’s also a thing on a wall." marlene dumas I would like to give my tutor credit for this opportunity to...

This was my last formative feedback from my tutor, before I start to prepare for the Digital Assessment of June/July. I would like to reflect critical on this, as these are areas I need to develop as well as do some re work and look at my own development compared...

A SERIES OF PAINTINGS ON A THEME Subject matter, approach and techniques are entirely upon me and three to five paintings should be produced. The spread of the pandemic Covid19 virus changed the course of my choices. I am in South Africa till the lock down ends, and my husband...

Introduction It is suggested that I review my achievements so far and also reflect on which projects I've enjoyed. I feel I could have explored colour more - made more enquiries into how it applies in brush marking - oil painting. I found doing self portraits more challenging than still...

RESEARCH POINTS RESEARCH POINT 1 I have to look a a range of painting with particular attention to the way the paint has been applied - from Monet, Pissarro, Cèzanne, van Gogh and the Expressionist painters. I should also look at the work of some 20th century pastel paintings and...

WEDNESDAY 8 April 2020 The meeting of a mixed group of students was organised by student Emma Pigott and a Padlet was created with necessary instructions as to some reading beforehand and what to bring to the session. Hayley was very open in sharing her work process. The learning was...

Evaluating how I developed my painting work process in terms of the course aims I will refer to page 5 in the course, Practice of Painting, where this is discussed and gives me the framework to attempt to critically evaluate the following:Explore and employ key processes for drawing and painting;...