untold story: end of module evaluation

Which practical skills and methodologies have you developed within this module and how effectively do you think you are employing them within your own practice?

I think within this project I have really embraced blogging the most, as I have found it really fun and interesting. Researching more into my project and testing things out with different materials is another thing that I think I have really challenged myself with in this project, and if something happened to go wrong, I wouldn’t scrap it like I used to do but instead use that to my advantage.

Which approaches to research have you found most valuable during this module. How have you interrogated your research to identify appropriate ideas?

I think the most valuable research that I have found this module would have been on the internet, purely for the fact that I could get the information that I wanted quickly and easily, and when the library didn’t have the source material that I needed I could turn to the internet. I also think artist research has helped me a lot in this project as I think I have been influenced to try different styles and push my boundaries a bit more.

I also think talking to people has helped me with this project, as a source of research. Finding out the background behind some of the dogs in Dogs Trust really helped inspire me and motivate me, knowing that this was definitely the project that I wanted to do.

What strengths can you identify within your submission and how have you capitalised on these? What aspects of your submission are you satisfied with?

I think the strengths of my submission are the initial development stages that I went through. My ideas went through a lot of different changes, and I think all of them were vital to the development of my final outcome. I am really happy with my final piece, as I think that trying to challenge myself and do something different has really helped to push and motivate me and produce a better outcome than I could’ve hoped for.

I feel like another of my strengths within this brief has been the blogging and research, I think using these has really helped to shape my brief into what it finally became. As without the research behind it, I wouldn’t have been able to come up with the ideas.

What areas for further development can you identify within your submission and how will you address these in the future?

I think one of the things I could further develop in the future would be to focus on experimentation. I think although I did more experimentation than my previous projects, towards the end it felt a little bit like I wanted to experiment more but didn’t have the time, so if I had started a little bit earlier I would’ve had the time. Therefore time management would also be something that I should improve on. Making sure that I have enough time to develop my project and still have enough time for the final piece.

How effectively are you making decisions about the development of your work?

What strategies informs this decision making?

I think I was effectively making decisions on the development of my work in the fact that I was trying to push myself to try new things. Landscape and coloured pencil were new things for me, so I tried them both out in different ways before coming to a conclusion on what I was happy with the most. I think my researching also helped in my decision making, as I found out things that really interested me and then that helped to create more ideas for my project.

I also think that peer and tutor crits helped me to make decisions about my  work, as they helped me to realise which ideas had potential and which I should not run with.

How effectively have you managed this project and organised yourself during this module?

I think to an extent I have managed myself very well within this project. It was a bumpy start with some ideas and visits falling through and not completely understanding the project at first, but as I got with it and got more interested in my project, I think that motivated me to work more and have fun with it, rather than think of it as a chore. So this helped me in the long run, as I didn’t leave things to the last minute and I paced myself, also having fun at the same time.

7.How would you grade yourself on the following areas: (please indicate using an ‘x’)  5= excellent, 4 = very good, 3 = good, 2 = average, 1 = poor
	1	2	3	4	5
Attendance				x
Punctuality					x
Motivation					x
Commitment					x
Quantity of work produced					x
Quality of work produced					x
Contribution to the group				x