- I want passionately to see, interpret and transform my visual ideas & experiences into paint, with a reasonable degree of satisfaction and hopefully, over some years, some creativity.
- I would love this course to improve my skills so that I have some compositional strengths, improved fluidity with a brush and the ability to mix and use tonal nuances well.
- Overall, I hope to incorporate other relevant media inc digital to engage the eye and speak out to the viewer
- I will aim towards attaining degree level because I need the scaffolding to propel me forward and challenge my mindset!
My evaluation of my starting points:
- reasonably decent at figure drawing in pen and charcoal
- better at figurative drawing than that for landscape
- not good at composition nor mixing range of tones
- frustrated by skill level with brush and paint including the handling of paint
- love visiting galleries
- confused at times but hugely excited by range of contemporary painting
