Good luck in your METROPOLIS assessments next week!

Don't forget you are being assessed for Unit 23 (photography) Units 41 (Mixed Media) and then 2 units you have selected.

Jack Fm asked us 'Is it a good idea for 2 strangers to get married?'

You answered:

The video will be on the (Jack Fm) 2strangers.co.uk website soon!

Oxford Metropolis!!

Monday afternoon in Oxford, bathing in the sun whilst drawing. We went to the top of Castle Mound, Bonn Square and Radcliffe Square to create layered experimental drawings in your moleskines. Thank you for  a lovely afternoon (those of you who were there!)

Project Tutorials

Some great project ideas are developing this week:

Sam - creating posters to advertise New York City
Jess - Creating her own fantasitical festival
Fran- An illustrated Day and Night in the City
Charlie - Morphed cities into humans, humans in to cities.
Jack - Graphic novel of a bizarre story set in Oxford in 2040
Tom VDB - Poor/rich city using a wall to the two.
Trisha - Social classes and ranks of of the city
Katie - Dream utopia illustration

Make sure you have a tutorial this week with any of your tutors. Create a timeplan this week too- you have 5 weesk until assessement...not long!

Your ideas in a nutshell

Monday 14th February - Tasks

WRITING & RESEARCHING YOUR BRIEF

1. Review the the blogs.
2. Research your idea
3. Write your own brief (using the template)
4. Review your brief
5. Blog a summary of your brief

Homework! ...for Monday 14th Feb...

1. Make sure your blog is connected to this blog.
2. Upload some of the photographs of your drawings in progress onto your blog
3. Edit, crop and upload an image of your drawing as a banner for your blog.
4. Print and mount a screen grab of your blog banner. A live 'Graphic Product!'