Photography

A few things to help you on your journey into arts education at university or foundation studies in art and design.

The best advice for a practical route is to keep working: drawing, painting, taking photographs and videos. Travel: see galleries, cities, train stations, building sites, rivers, etc, etc - find out what it is that interests you and get stuck in. There are two mini projects below to help you on your way. Once you have completed one of these, set yourself your own project focusing on an area of investigation that you feel suits your way of working more accurately.

Take a free course

www.coursera.org/browse/arts-and-humanities/music-and-art

Summer courses

Leeds

www.leeds-art.ac.uk/study/short-courses-update/

London

www.arts.ac.uk/colleges/central-saint-martins/courses/short-courses/available-courses-starting-soon/summer-school

www.royaldrawingschool.org/courses/young-artists/

Watch Tate shots and introduce yourself to new artists

www.youtube.com/user/tate

Try your hand at digital art on photoshop

theblog.adobe.com/your-tutorial-resource-guide-to-digital-art-design/?red=a

theblog.adobe.com/your-tutorial-resource-guide-to-photography-editing/?red=a

Documentaries on Sky Arts, BBC Iplayer, 4OD, Netflix.

Podcasts such as Talkart with Russell Tovey are rich sources of knowledge.

ESSENTIAL! Get out to galleries and museums - comprehensive list below.