Dan Woodward
Visual Exploration - Module Reflections
It's been some weeks now since I completed my Critical Review assignment. I'm in the early stages of my next module, and the different...
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Dan Woodward
Feb 8, 20234 min read
Visual Exploration - Assignment 5: Rethinking and Realising (Part 4)
For my third and final image, I wanted to take a more traditional approach, and really latch on to my feedback to create a separation...
Dan Woodward
Feb 8, 20239 min read
Visual Exploration - Assignment 5: Rethinking and Realising (Part 3)
For this second image, I decided to delve into the realm of 3D. I studied closely two books by James Gurney [2,3] to explore not just the...
Dan Woodward
Feb 8, 20234 min read
Visual Exploration - Assignment 5: Rethinking and Realising (Part 2)
This post will cover my work for the first image of the assignment. For this image, I decided to start by reviewing an approach I had...
Dan Woodward
Feb 8, 20235 min read
Visual Exploration - Assignment 5: Rethinking and Realising (Part 1)
It wasn't easy to know how to approach this final assignment. When I had originally read through the coursebook, I had a rough map of the...
Dan Woodward
Jan 11, 20232 min read
Visual Exploration - Exercise 5.3: Creating Connections
Reading through this exercise I noticed that my 10 selected images did not fit well with the exercise brief. Indeed, one of my chosen...
Dan Woodward
Dec 19, 20222 min read
Visual Exploration - Exercise 5.2: Creative Audit
The main reflection I have as I complete this exercise is just how 'bitty' this module seems to have been. Looking back it feels...
Dan Woodward
Dec 19, 20226 min read
Visual Exploration - Exercise 5.1: Reflection on Part Four
Usually, I do a separate reflection post after I have received formative feedback from my tutor. This, time - it's actually the first...
Dan Woodward
Oct 31, 202214 min read
Visual Exploration - Assignment 4: Themed Project (Part Three)
So after all my exploratory work, I felt I had a good bearing on what I wanted to produce, and how I might create it. I looked back over...
Dan Woodward
Oct 18, 20228 min read
Visual Exploration - Assignment 4: Themed Project (Part Two)
To start with, I needed a pseudonym. I had been mulling over different options in the weeks running up to the assignment. I liked a lot...
Dan Woodward
Oct 18, 20225 min read
Visual Exploration - Assignment 4: Themed Project (Part One)
Assignment Four is a new experience for me. For all of my other coursework, there has always been a series of exercises to introduce...
Dan Woodward
Sep 8, 20224 min read
Reflections - Visual Exploration Section Three
Section Three confuses me. When I first read the course book I was convinced I would finish in a matter of weeks. I'm now writing this...
Dan Woodward
Aug 31, 202211 min read
Visual Exploration - Assignment 3: Movement
I almost thought that I would never finish this assignment. There have been a number of times when I felt that this section might make me...
Dan Woodward
Jul 5, 20225 min read
Visual Exploration - Exercise 3.4: Small
For this exercise, I again altered my approach in order to make progress. Initially, I wanted to explore the idea of small through option...
Dan Woodward
Jul 5, 20225 min read
Visual Exploration - Exercise 3.2: Slow
For this exercise, I had to change direction due to the destruction of my studio space. Originally, I had decided to choose Option 1 -...
Dan Woodward
Jun 16, 20229 min read
Visual Exploration - Research 3.4: Paper Toys
For this research task, I was asked to find examples of artists that use 'paper models' in their work, document examples and think about...
Dan Woodward
Jun 15, 20227 min read
Visual Exploration - Research 3.3: Large Scale Image-Making
This research task first started by asking me to view this overview of the Embodied Experience of Drawing conference of 2018: Love how...
Dan Woodward
Jun 7, 20223 min read
Visual Exploration - Exercise 3.3: Big
I really wanted to choose option three for this exercise: a large-scale landscape painting. However, I still experienced massive...
Dan Woodward
Jun 1, 20227 min read
Visual Exploration - Research 3.2: Slow TV / Fast & Slow Art
Slow TV The first research task was to search for and document examples of "Slow TV". The notion of Slow TV was a little confusing to me....
Dan Woodward
Mar 6, 20222 min read
Visual Explortion - Exercise 3.1: Fast
For this exercise, the section gets going by throwing you into trying to create quickly and instinctively. I was pleased that the...
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