Critical Thinking

'Think critically about what you are doing well and what needs to be changed as a result of the experience. Talk about the skills, responses and actions that have been strengthened by the experiences this year, and then move into a discussion about areas that need work. What would you have done differently given the chance, and what factors influenced the decisions you made this year? What would you have done differently given the chance? Why? How would you have done it? What factors influenced the decisions you made this year Have these changed since then? What were the most successful moments in your year? Why?' 

When it comes to my work, I believe I am good at analysing my work and picking out the good and bad within it. I think I have a good balance for being critical with my work as some people can be over critical and some can believe their work is the best. I would say my work last year was pretty average due to many things and I could have done better in some aspects. One thing that took me a while to get into, was the blogging side of the course. Now, I love it, but at first, I just couldn't get used to it as I've never done it before. I was completely new to it all. I found it alot easier to do work on blogs as it's informative yet informal, so I feel like I have a stronger connection to whoever reads it. I also like the fact that there's an app for Blogger, so I could do my work on my phone wherever and whenever. 

I believe I need to book and attend more 1-1 meetings with my tutors this year to help me with more feedback. They aren't afraid to tell it how it is, and sometimes I really need that honesty to improve my work. With their opinion on my work, I can further my skills and really push that boundaries of what I want to do and create. Sometimes I would take an easy option because I knew I could do it, but it wouldn't always push me as far as it could have. I think this year, I need to be more creative and take in what people are saying about my work more. Timing is also a big part of this year for me, I need to do the work as and when I get it, not leave it all to the last minute. I really regret doing that last year because I didn't always get the grade I think I could of actually achieved. I'm excited to do this year because I'm looking forward to it more than last because I already know people in my class, I've been back in the education system for a year now and I also know what to expect along with getting to chose one of my own subjects. 

One of my main achievements from last year was that I was able to recreate someones face chart and idea for them, as the make-up artist. I really liked doing this as I've never done it before. Learning to be a make-up artist means that you need to realise that you wouldn't always chose what work you do. Majority of the time, you're going to have a make-up artist and a make-up designer. I'm not sure which role I prefer right now because they're both something I like doing, obviously. But to actually recreate someone elses idea onto the face with make-up is rather remarkable because sometimes it can look to same but at the same time, will look so different purely down to the personality of the make-up artist.