Outline welcomes the Lord-Lieutenant of Birmingham.

Programme manager Ian Andrews and Director of Schools and Corporate Events  Bridget Byrne were proud to welcome representatives of the Lord lieutenant's office.



Martin Tunstall and Denise Lewis reviewed the work produced as part of the live brief run with the Lord lieutenants office for the production of artwork to be displayed in the refurbished offices in Solihull.

Mandy purchase, Freya Rily, Catherine Suen, Suzie Bramich, Toni Simmons, Helen Johnson and Kelly Martin, students on the Foundation  Diploma in Art and Design, gave formal presentations e explaining the ideas behind their  constructed textile pieces.

The students are looking forward to a visit to the offices in Solihull to meet the Lord Lietenant himself and discuss the siting of the work and appropriate display methods.

Foundation Art and Design -drawing session.

In addition to the experimental drawing workshops all courses have timetabled drawing sessions. Here foundation students are experimenting with radically increasing the scale of an object.

Students are using a reductive tonal technique of working into a dark ground with an eraser.



Welcome to the Foundation Blog

Hi all and welcome to the blog. I hope to be contributing on a regular basis from here on in, finally communicating in a 21st century format. As we approach a well deserved half term break there's a couple of important things I would like to remind you of that will be coming up after the break.

FOUNDATION. The four weeks between half term and the Easter break are crucial. Your Pathway assessments are w/c 4th March and you will need to check with staff what day your assessment is on. Don't forget that this will be a normal teaching week; Monday, Thursday, and Friday. You will need to bring your Pathway specialist work and your FAD2B Statement of Intent. Remember; you canot proceed to the Cofirmatory FMP stage if you haven't passed the Pathway Stage. Your seminars will also start that week and continue until Easter. Check in my room fo your dates. Don't forget that the examiner will be looking at Unit 4 and your seminar is an important part of that.

Hopefully future blogging will be more entertaining, but this could be a useful medium for reminding you of key points in your courses.

Have a good half term.

Graham