Exhibition opportunities from a-n magazine

http://www.society-women-artists.org.uk/Annual_exhibition.html

http://www.charlatanink.com/artprize/about.html

Adding digital media

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/
Audio editing software free to download. BTEC First Dips you will have access to this at college and we will provide microphones (although they are quite cheap to buy if you want a go at home).

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx
Easy to use software to make a movie from still images. We also have the option to use this at college and I hope you all take the opportunity to have a go. It is simple and produces a great outcome.

http://www.jakesonline.org/photostory.pdf
A simple guide to using photostory

https://kastanet.kingston-college.ac.uk/user_guides/audacity_guide.pdf
A guide to audacity

Powerpoint presentation for BTEC First Dips: Unit 7: Working with graphic design briefs: Drawing

Click title of this post and then download to open or save powerpoint.
Examples of different drawing styles and explanation and examples of technical terminology

Creating blogs

My participants have now created their blogs and started to insert images. Well done guys and thank you Alan

Feedback questionnaire

The questionnaires have now been distributed between selected learners and I am awaiting their return to collate provided data.

Thank you to everyone who agreed to take part.

BTEC First Extended Diploma in Fine Art

I will conduct my study as an optional section of a graphics design module on the BTEC Fisrt Extended Diploma. Participants will be guided in the creation of an online art journal, in place of sketchbooks or design sheets, using http://www.blogger.com/.

The use of blogger supports industry based skills in the graphics sector, encouraging use of relevant IT equipment such as digital cameras, scanners and micro-phones, as well as applications/ programmes such as Audacity, Photostory and Adobe Photoshop e.t.c

Participants will be encouraged to adopt a multi-media approach incorporating audio and visual media in support of, or replacing text based analysis of artist research, samples and the production of a final outcome. This approach will facilitate learning particularly well for those who struggle with the more traditional text based method, but may also stimulate deeper learning for high achieving learners by encouraging ongoing reflective thinking as well as catering to a variety of learning styles.

Security setting can be utilised allowing limited access to create a closed group, allowing only group members to view and comment on the participants blogs. However, the potential to allow open access means that participants can experiment with ways of publishing and sharing their artwork with a wider community or potential market.