End of Module Student Evaluation BA (Hons) Illustration Module Code: OUIL501 Context of Practice Name: Bronte Hall Student ID: 259958 Please identify where the evidence for each of the learning outcomes is within your submission and how well you feel you have met the learning outcomes. Please also grade yourself in relation to the learning outcomes using terms: poor, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent (Note - This is so that the team have an understanding of how well you feel you have done. It is not an indication of the actual grade you may receive.) Learning Outcome
Evidenced where? Blog, Visual Journal, Roughs, Final Illustrations, Storyboards, Development Sheets etc. (No more than 75 words)
5A1 Demonstrate a critical understanding of the aesthetic, cultural, historical, technological, social, political or other contexts relevant to individual subject disciplines. (Knowledge and understanding) (Research / critical awareness)
Research has been evidenced on my blog, as well as carried out by visiting the library, reading books and magazines, and using the internet and online resources.
5A2 Demonstrate an awareness of the relationship between the theoretical and practical contexts of their own creative concerns. (Knowledge and understanding) (problem analysis/definition)
This can be found in my visual journal; turning theories and written work/analysis into a body of practical work and explorations.
5B1 Evidence the ability to use logic, reasoning and critical judgement to analyse ideas from a range of primary and secondary sources. (Cognitive skills) (Critical awareness)
Evidenced within my written essay, and my written analysis on my blog. The blog shows where I have extracted relevant pieces of information from various sources, evaluated it, and used it where necessary.
5C1 Evidence the capacity for undertaking practical and theoretical research that demonstrates an informed application of critical, effective and testable processes. (Practical and professional
Shown through where I have evaluated and commented on my findings and the work I’ve produced on blog posts.
Your grade Using words: > poor, satisfactory, good, very good, excellent
Very Good I have gained an understanding of my subject matter through this research which has ran throughout the module.
Sketchbook contains a mixture of image and analysis, as well as where I have analysed the sketchbook content on my blog.
Good
Very good
Good
skills) (research)
5D1 Organise and carry out selfdirected projects and communicate outcomes through written and other appropriate forms. (Key transferable skills) (professionalism / technical competence / visual quality)
Consistent blogging, recording peer reviews and sessions, feedback sheets and other relevant study tasks. Timetabling and using my diary have also helped with this.
Good
Summative Evaluation (See Evaluation Guidance on next page for more information) You are required to write a 750 word Summative Evaluation of this module. Please type up your Summative Evaluation in the box below. Make a PDF of the document and post the PDF as your final post on your OUIL501 blog. This module began with compiling subjects and themes that reflected a personal interest, and seeing what I could take from them. I really enjoyed the initial research element; finding books, articles, and other sources that would expand on my understanding of folk art and the similar topics I looked at. I found the self-directed nature of the module to be both beneficial and challenging – it really requires you to find your footing early on, and I think that using a theme that I had an interest in helped me to engage more with the project. However, there were times that I was a little lost with my ideas; reviewing all of the notes and materials I had collected on my blog helped me to regain focus in my work. The study tasks were useful in helping me to apply different skills to my own work. For instance, comparing writing from different authors, contrasting various information, as well as analyzing your work more thoroughly were involved in these exercises. I felt that the different study tasks provided frame work to the wobbly beginning of my project, which I sometimes need. A success of this module for me was the research I carried out as well as recording and documenting my learning on my blog. I think I definitely utilized my blog as a tool for keeping track of information, thoughts, and the development of my project; from more in-depth posts, to bullet points and notes from seminars or texts I’ve read. Because I engaged with using the blog for this module, I feel that it has built up into a considerable body of notes and thought processes. Despite not being overly happy with my practical work, I did enjoy making the images at the time. I like making images that are intuitive and immediate, and not too over-worked. I learned that I have fun at the time of making, but when I review work later on I get conscious about the naïve aesthetic. I suppose my practical work for this module was just a continuation of the art I researched and enjoy anyway (naïve, lo-fi, non-representational drawings) and researching practitioners that have done the same makes me feel surer of what I’m doing and why. A problem I faced during the module was getting to grips with the sketchbook as it took me a while to get started. I usually work in my sketchbooks very freely, using them to jot down notes and produce lots of sketches and grapple with an idea. This sketchbook seemed very definite and formal, and the concertina format meant I couldn’t rip anything out which did put me off. However, a positive of the sketchbook is that it made my practical work flow from page to page, showing more of a natural progression. You don’t turn the
page and move on to something different, instead the pages are more of a continuation of what came before. I also struggled with was narrowing down my theme. Because I had an interest in such a wide range of themes and subjects (folk art, art brut, high and low culture, craft, vernacular art, etc), I think this let my overall project down because there may not have been a clearly defined focus. I also think this is why I struggled with the academic writing, which is ordinarily easy for me. Sometimes I try to fit together too many ideas as I don’t want to leave something out, which can make a project seem muddled or disparate. For COP next year I have to make sure that I define my question properly so that it is easier to understand and produce work for. As well as that, the research proposal and preparation for next year’s COP module will mean I can get to grips with my subject matter ahead of time, and allow time for thinking of how I can expand those ideas into practical work. It also means I can continue to look for texts, theory, links, and resources well before the new term begins. In order to have a more focused project in Level 6 I think writing myself a rationale or a proposal of work would be beneficial, that way I will know what I’m aiming to find out, and what outcomes I’m thinking of creating. Another thing I will take forward next year is to be more confident with what I’m doing so my progress in the module isn’t hindered by uncertainty. I’ve learned that sometimes you just have to give work a go and learn from anything that goes wrong instead of putting off to avoid mistakes.