Peer critiques - some useful words

Saturday 30 November 2013

Week 8 Tuesday Group

Like the Monday group we started on our final family portraits project tonight. Over three weeks we will use our own research to create a personal narrative that is not too literal in terms of the visual and story. No images from tonight as we focused on the story processes and designs. Meanwhile here are some images from the previous project and work down at home:







Week 8 Monday Group

We started our final project of term. A complex yet exciting project exploring something about our family. We are looking at how artists create narratives using objects, symbolism, meaning. Well here goes anyway! Some early images at the ideas stage:













Monday 25 November 2013

Enrol for next term and beat the rush :-)

Existing learners can enrol and pay online from this Friday 29 November.
Courses will start Monday 6 January/Tuesday 7 January for the watercolours classes. You will need to use your class course code which is as follows:

Monday Class P13WZ0905 

Tuesday Class P13WZ0906

Click on this link to start your enrolment process:  http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/Education%20and%20Learning/Adult%20Learning/courses/courses.aspx


Sunday 24 November 2013

My Goals pilot form

We are trying to find new ways to make the paperwork required by the funders of our courses and OfSTED as useful as possible. One of these is the form where we set our own learning aims or goals on our courses as learners.

A big thanks to those who have already had a go using the pilot form. For those who have not yet tried it please do have a go and let your tutor see how you got on. Also if you can give your tutor some comments, positive and negative, about the new form that would be great.

Click on the picture below to download the form so you can either type in on your computer or print off and  complete by hand. Then bring it with you to your next class or email it to Bernard.

 My Goals Pilot Form

Week 7 Monday Group

Tonight everyone concentrated on their Other Cultures project. Stunning patterns and colours are on display in the work.

Marie
Marie
Jan
Maria
Connie
Barbara
Patricia
Melanie
Steve
Joan
Tom
Tom

Week 7 Tuesday Group

Most people were working on their Other Cultures project tonight. Excellent paintings being developed in the group.
Sandra
Mary
Fiona
Norrey

Joyce
Tom
James
Alan
Elizabeth
Margaret
Dorothy

Thursday 14 November 2013

Week 6 Tuesday Group

Our Tuesday group started their new Other Cultures project tonight. A good range in the choices of cultural references: medieval Islamic art, north American native art, ancient Celtic art, Indian sub continent festival (with elephant dressing). oh yes and a cat. Here are the first stages: