To continue my reports on portfolio's an art student from my college showed my class her portfolio. Charlotte Miller is in her last year at borders college and is going to university in Aberdeen to study painting. Charlotte showed us her portfolio, starting with her recent pieces, these were some big and some huge paintings on stretched canvass.
Now i have actually seen a paper based portfolio, i can see the mood is completely different, listening to what the paintings were about and actually seeing them, in fount of me, i felt so much more connected to the artwork, the texture in these pieces of art, i cannot see as well in a photograph. The size you would never guess if it was a photograph of these and i think, the size has a lot of impact on the energy and emotion behind these paintings that i would not feel if i was just the image of the painting itself.
Because Charlotte is an art student her portfolio is different from the other artists i have seen in ways, firstly because it is a portfolio made up for applying for university, so although it has a lot of paintings in it, obviously because she is going to do painting, it also has a lot of other work like still life's, photography and observational drawing ect. To show off skill and problem solving abilities.
Her portfolio also contains sketch books, and this shows off her creative process and train of thought. This is important in an art students portfolio. Charlottes portfolio also showed off a lot of experimentation and reflecting.
Now i have actually seen a paper based portfolio, i can see the mood is completely different, listening to what the paintings were about and actually seeing them, in fount of me, i felt so much more connected to the artwork, the texture in these pieces of art, i cannot see as well in a photograph. The size you would never guess if it was a photograph of these and i think, the size has a lot of impact on the energy and emotion behind these paintings that i would not feel if i was just the image of the painting itself.
Because Charlotte is an art student her portfolio is different from the other artists i have seen in ways, firstly because it is a portfolio made up for applying for university, so although it has a lot of paintings in it, obviously because she is going to do painting, it also has a lot of other work like still life's, photography and observational drawing ect. To show off skill and problem solving abilities.
Her portfolio also contains sketch books, and this shows off her creative process and train of thought. This is important in an art students portfolio. Charlottes portfolio also showed off a lot of experimentation and reflecting.
One thing about having a paper based portfolio is, in a students case, it shows commitment to the course, if you are willing to bring all your work with you no matter how big, it shows you are taking your artwork seriously.
I think these are very strong benefits to having a paper based portfolio, especially for art students like me. I think being able to see the creative process in a portfolio is very important. After seeing Charlotte's portfolio i felt very excited to see how i will progress as an artist and i wonder where this course will lead me.
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