Reflection on Progress

Time management:

10 things I have learned / recognized about my time management:

1. I can get a lot done if I focus

2. Planning my day can help me organise my workload

3. If I enjoy my work, I end up spending more time on it

4. I need breaks

5. It is essential to socialise 

6. Getting up earlier helps - provides more time 

7. I need to balance academic/ social/ domestic commitments

8. Prioritise important & more imminent things

9. Be realistic about timescales

10. Allow time to think, evaluate and improve

5 things to improve my time management:

1. Make sure I am enjoying my work so that I don't put it off.

2. Plan my processes

3. Plan my days to include a good amount of work

4. Make lists of things that need doing

5. Allow appropriate time to complete work

10 things I learned about myself over the Christmas holidays:

1. Portraits are definitely my 'comfort zone' 

2. I'm good at using an iPad to help create images

3. I need to improve figurative drawings

4. I need to improve composition 

5. I'm opinionated when it comes to essay writing

6. I want to study figurative art more

7. If I put my mind to it I can complete more work than I think I can

8. Bad ideas can be developed to good ones

9. It's ok to change the direction of a project if it isn't working

10. Doing work I feel comfortable with and expanding on it is better than starting over

5 Successes in visual narratives:

1. Portraits are what I enjoy doing

2. Using digital software to create images

3. Planning work (thumbnails, drafts, finals)

4. Managing workload

5. Gaining confidence in my abilities 

5 things that didn't work out: 

1. My spy book

2. Trying to br funny

3. Composition of a scene - as opposed to a single image/ subject

4. Research for essay - books I needed were not in the library - need to plan properly

5. Research for book could have came from more sources & documented better 

5 things I'd like to re visit: 

1. Learn how to use photoshop more efficiently 

2. Figurative drawing - perhaps go to life drawing

3. Illustrating in my own way

4. Using different media 

5. More use of colour