Play Time

Does this count as a landscape? I suspect it falls more into the category of illustrative art rather than fine art. I had fun creating this. The colours and composition used are from a long lost picture I did for my niece on her 7th birthday. Now my niece is in her 30s and has reached the age where nostalgia creeps in. Hence I spent today recreating that long lost gift as near as I could remember.

I was having a conversation recently about my general attitude to coursework and realised that there is a gulf between my approach to personal projects , such as the above, and that towards coursework. I would very much like to bridge that gap.

In order that I can achieve this, a new attitude needs to come into play. “Play” being the operative word. My tutor keeps reminding me of this. Hopefully I’m not so rusted into my current approach that I cannot loosen up a little.

Tomorrow I shall pick one of the coursework exercises and see if I can “make it my own” somehow. I need to ask myself relevant questions, such as:

What is there in this exercise that I can turn on its head?

Can I use interesting colour/media combinations to achieve a fun process as well as a satisfying outcome?

Am I able to adapt the exercise in some way to use a method I have used successfully in the past?

What limitations are there in the Exercise that may spark off interesting effects through compromise?