30 Apr Do you need to get a grade A in art?
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Author: Portfolio Oomph
25 Apr Not got a creative bone in my body!
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08 Apr Do you know about UCAS extra?
More choices if you're not holding an offer.
If you've used all five choices for art college/uni on your UCAS application, and you haven't received any offers, you could still find a place using UCAS Extra – it's free!
Some of you will however still be waiting to hear if you've applied to Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design and other colleges. Let's hope this is good news.
08 Apr Procrastination – the devil!
Stops you in your tracks and kills creativity.
I did a poll in the Facebook Group and by email last week - did you take part?
There were a number of replies and one of the main issues I've discovered that holds you and others back with art portfolio for college application is procrastination. So as promised, I will use these topics to assist you.
It's useful if you can try to get a sense of what it is that's making you delay, procrastinate and take action.
18 Feb What do artists do all day?
Considering the top universities for Fine Art? - get clued up! It can be difficult to imagine what you might end up doing if you study Fine Art at Art College / University.And there is always the concern from others that there are no jobs in the arts. There will always be people who don't pursue a career in the arts having studied for 3 or 4 years, but that really is your choice.
06 Apr Advanced higher art or further education?
So, you've just finished 5th year at school (here in Scotland) and you've achieved your Highers. So that means that you're possibly qualified for entry for art college in Scotland. Each year, when I have students visit for their mentoring sessions, more often than not they are at school in the 6th year studying for their Advanced Highers. I wanted to write this blog post for those of you who aren't quite at that stage yet, maybe you're in 4th or 5th year.advanced higher art or further education16 Mar Art and design employability skills
Art and design employability skills
Art and design. We've been thinking a lot of about art and design and how it sits in the school curriculum. We hear from some students telling us that art and design is always the subject that suffers if a student has to catch up time with another subject, time is usually asked to be taken from the art studies first. Now why is this? Are the skills learnt in art and design not seen to hold as much value as those in other subjects? Hold on....what skills do art and design teach you anyway?
29 Dec Royal Conservatoire of Scotland: Production Art and Design – Set and costume design
I received a really insightful email recently from a parent of one of my students from last year, who is now studying on the Production Art and Design – Set and costume design course at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.05 Oct Making your own drawing charcoal
We had a fabulous day last week in the beautiful autumn sun, in the woods MAKING OUR OWN DRAWING CHARCOAL can you believe! Why don't you have a go too?Making your own drawing charcoal
05 Oct Are you still working from photos?
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