Back to class after a week’s holiday: it’s amazing how tiring your first day back is, even after such a short break!  It was great to be back though.  I had my ILP (Individual Learning Plan) interview today.  It’s just to see how you’re getting on with the course, what you’re getting from it, and to discuss any problems you have.  I told my tutor how much I was loving it and what aspects I enjoyed the most.  She said she was really pleased that I now believed I’d made the correct decision in moving up to Portfolio B class.  I also said that rather than going on to do an HND at college, which is 2 years long, I’d decided that I would just do the HNC, which is only 1 year, and then apply to university.  I am starting to feel confident that I will be ready by August 2011.  At this rate I think I may even be ready by August next year, but I would have to apply by next month.  I think that’s too much pressure for me, so I’m happy with my decision.  All-in-all, it was a really good meeting.

I managed to get 2 of my final prints done today: the linocut and collograph (the one with calico and hubby’s boxer shorts).  I painted over the collograph and pressed it onto white card.  Next,  I laid the collograph onto a long sheet of calico and pressed it, then rotated the collograph and pressed it again so that I had one long print. I created wave like effects by gluing parts of the calico onto the card.  The image below doesn’t really do it justice, but it came out really well and  I like that you can see the marks of the cloth from the collograph on the prints.

I can’t show my lino print because I’ve painted right up to the edges and have to wait until it’s dry before putting it up on the wall.  Hopefully it will be dry by tomorrow and I can get a shot of it.

Collograph on A2 card

Collograph on calico mounted on A2 card