Art and Pedagogy

When I started my Foundation teaching there were three life models, all on full-time contracts. Anne, Mavis and Rosie. They were...

My first experience of teaching colour theory was done alongside Gavin Stuart. He had a set of colour notebooks, full of complicated formul...

This week is assessment week for first years. I have to fill in feedback sheets and mark them according to learning outcomes. This is whe...

Sometimes on Foundation we had life drawing on an evening. One particular session involved drawing the model as if she was sitting under a ...

One of the first sessions I taught on Foundation was with Gavin Stuart. Gavin had been there a long time and had worked under Harry Thubron...

The invisible elastic membrane. carving a line on both sides Derek’s comments on ‘carving a line’ reminded me of another approach to this...

There was a course trip for first year’s this week, we spent Monday to Wednesday at Featherstone Castle, which is in the middle ...