Following the email submission of my second assignment ‘Collection’, I received my feedback and some files to look at to reflect the comments made by my tutor.

Here is a summary of my strengths, weaknesses and areas to improve on in future pieces of work:

Strengths:

– Appropriate assignment that shows a familiarity with still life informing conventions (vanitas) and a typology strategy.
– Hierarchy of needs well informed by reference to other art forms.
– Choice of influences drawn from coursework and research.
– Write up well researched.

Weaknesses:

– Be more concise, focus on the subject and how I approached it.
– Meandering when explaining my process, so summarise.
– Summarise and refer to blog posts to show process etc.
– Clearly show test shoots and technical details.

Areas for development:

– Tell assessor what I’ve found and summarise, be more concise.
– Clarify my intent with references and research on technical choices to back it.
– Structure and outline in any written work.

Reflection:

While my practical work is strong and shows my understanding of the brief, technical elements I’m exploring and clear research, I need to be more concise with what I’m writing. Blog posts are ideal for explaining my process in more detail, but for an assignment with a restricted word count it is better to be short and sweet with descriptions, backing it with references and knowledge.

Rather than allowing the assessor to read and come to their own conclusions about my work, I need to be clear and straightforward by telling them what I did, what I discovered during the process and how I would improve.

Glad to know that I have succeeded in most areas so early on however.