[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]Here's what my clients have said...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]As the school exam results were out here in Scotland last week I wanted to talk about the subject of engaging with support in the form of an art tutor. We all like to think that our young people are receiving everything that they need from school. However, our personal experience this year has...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Art colleges UK...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="Knowledge is key and this student case study demonstrates to you how to get into art school relies on making a well-informed application with strong guidance and support." font_container="tag:h3|font_size:18|text_align:left|line_height:2" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text]“I'm very glad I contacted Julie, without her I wouldn't be preparing to go to Uni this year!" In September Kirsty contacted me...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]When the best schools in UK are announced every year and the school league tables are published my heart sinks. 🧡 For the schools. 🧡 For the kids. 🧡 For the parents. 🧡 For the teachers. The Scottish school league table 2023. Full list of the "best-performing" high schools in Scotland (google search for best schools in UK). The...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Yesterday I finally made it to see Grayson Perry's exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh, 'Smash Hits'. Perry is an artist that I've admired for years - his work and approach to art is very much celebrated in my portfolio preparation course and my own ethos around creativity. The project that students study...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="Banksy art at Gallery of Modern Art" font_container="tag:h1|font_size:20|text_align:left" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal"][vc_column_text]The Banksy art exhibition "Cut and Run" was a real feast of delights. If you're in school there's no doubt that you will have studied the work of Banksy at some point. This is usually in National 5 art and design or GCSE art and design. And...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]It's assumed that if you're planning to apply to art college / Uni that you'll be considering careers in the arts. But it's a little unknown, myself included when I was 18, what you might end up doing if you go on to study in the Fine Arts particularly. So that's Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking, Intermedia...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]This is a case study of a student who studied on the PLAN CREATE SUCCEED portfolio preparation for art college course to go on to receive 3 offers on animation courses university. I wanted to highlight this student and her experience because it was one of the more unusual applicants that I've worked with. Occasionally...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="Art courses in college." font_container="tag:h1|font_size:20|text_align:left" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal"][vc_column_text]Now that most, but not all, applications are in, how do you feel? Are you confident? Nervous? Do you feel deep down you'll possibly not get a place? I think most of you have probably read my story of rejection - but I honestly never saw it coming. I had done well...