Evaluation

Reaching the end of my project I feel relief and a sense of achievement! It has been alot more positive than the first project, as the two workshops I have incorporated within my work I have really enjoyed. I feel I have developed my work as the weeks have progressed and I have tried to be a lot more concise with my work trying to make it flow and link. Enjoying colour has been key to my project, I have realised that I need good  broad colour references to really develop my theme and ensure I do not get stuck and bored with my subject matter. I think I have struggled with the use of my sketchbook, I still am not comfortable with the way I present my work, something I need to work on.

Having the Second part of the project helped me to select the ideas I wanted to move forward and work on for my Embroidery Workshop. I realised I was too restricted within my colour palette for the first part and I feel I explored colour more effectively after writing my personal brief. There have been times when I have felt resticted within my subject matter where I seemed to find it hard to move forward my work, but I have learnt from the workshops that sometimes changing direction completly can be positive and a useful tool. 

As the two workshops I did were my own preference, I used my time so much more efficiently in the workshops compared to my first project. It really does affect my work if I am not enjoying a workshop, so I felt so much more positive and driven. Embroidery was my favourite workshop so far, I really like using the sewing machine as a drawing tool, I created quite a few samples and learnt the techniques well from practising lots.  I feel the main thing I lack within my work is confidence; I do not always work outside of my comfort zone and try something challenging, (ie larger drawings!). I will work on this for the next project. I am slowly getting into the habit of using my blog; I appreciate now using it as a photographic diary of my progress and keeping upto date with posts alot more effieciently than the first project.