For
my final project I created a tutorial on how to draw a head in
profile. I asked a few people of varying ages and artistic abilities
if they would work through my tutorial and fill out a questionnaire.
I then sent out a questionnaire for them all to fill in and send
back. This gave me an idea about what was made clear and what should
have been changed in the tutorial. The end result of my project was
that I had created a tutorial on how to draw a head in profile and
that I had gathered feedback. I enjoyed receiving the completed
questionnaires and drawings that the volunteers had filled in and
returned. I loved reading the feedback and seeing what people found
easy to understand and what they thought I should have changed.
The
thing that I found the hardest to do was to motivate the participants
of my tutorial. The
feedback was almost totally positive. Only 20% of the people who
took part in my tutorial did not realise that the eleven steps were
to create only one face. Instead they thought they had to draw out
every step separately. Apart from that the feedback was positive and
people enjoyed the tutorial. I
thought that the feedback was very helpful. I agreed that I could
have made it clearer that they were only meant to draw one face
rather than all eleven steps. I also found it interesting that some
people need the illustrations not the words in order to understand
the process whereas others require just the words not the
illustrations and some need both words and illustrations.
I
have learnt that leadership can be hard and that motivating people
over the internet is not easy and not something I think I will ever
try to do again because I had to spend a lot of time chasing people
up to submit their questionnaires. Communicating can be difficult.
When I demonstrated something that seemed clear and easy to
understand to me it was wrong of me to assume that someone would
understand all of the instructions.
While
doing the Silver Arts Award I have also learnt that if you plan
something perfectly it could still go wrong or it might not be
possible to do. I have learnt that it is a very good idea to keep a
backup plan so that if I can not complete my original plan I have
something else to work on. Another thing that I have learnt is that
even though I find it easy to do illustration some people do not and
need a little help. I learnt this by looking through all of the
feedback that I was given. If I was going to do this project again
I would make sure that it was very clear that the participants are
only meant to draw one face and not eleven.
I
would like to thank everyone who helped me complete the Silver Arts
Award including my advisers Russell and Martin and also all the
people who took the time to participate in my tutorial and send me
feedback.
