Welcome to Worksheet Hell

Yesterday evening I finished clearing the work surface, and laid my heap of blank worksheets on it, ready for the morning. Gosh it felt good to have that clear space!"It's important that you make the work your own," they say. I'm trying to. After seeing other people's worksheets recently, I know that I couldn't do what they did. The best thing is just to get on with it and see what happens. (And it's kinda silly to have to do these retrospectively - but everyone does...)

This one was almost ready (in fact it was in a previous post; repeated here for completeness of my own documentation) - I'd actually drawn out some ideas in class, one of which was so irrelevant that I covered it up with a page photocopied from a sketchbook. This sheet shows research and development of ideas.
Looking at these in photos helps you see what more can or should be done - little labels for the pix - not too many words though, we were told.

Some practical research in this next one - finding the best kind of paper, the best kind of ladder - and how to stop the structure from wobbling -
Along with a photo of the finished project on a separate sheet (all sheets labelled to show what they are), that takes care of the outdoor project. Next comes the sculpture "work in progress", which is all research and development of ideas.

This visual mutterings about doors, too, was almost ready -
Inside/outside relates to houses and cities in terms of house plans and city plans (eg roads...but let's not go there), and in terms of what houses look like. Now we're getting into the "little houses" and models, and it starts to relate to the ceramics work.
The ceramics worksheets will come next in the portfolio - hopefully this time tomorrow they'll be coming along nicely.

And finally, the personal work - a photo of the Breakthrough quilt, and a fabric sample -
Getting it all together at "the end" does help you see how you can do it better next time. Note to self: do lots of worksheets, all the time - one a week wouln't be too many. And work in the sketchbook a lot, at the same time, the more the better - fortunately my sketchbook is nearly full (all those museums in Berlin were a godsend), and I bought a nice fat spiral-bound one for next term - hope springs eternal...