HOW I GOT INTO ART SCHOOL // PORTFOLIO // accepted GSA & ECA

[@frankiecowling]

this has been so helpful and so interesting to watch. looking at a lot of controversial, political and psychological subject matters and how you have decided to illustrate these ideas and themes.really inspirational! thank you

[@ajayjackson7727]

You are very inspiring, i think you're going to have a great career ahead 👌 you already sound really professional

[@grashanon]

Your work is incredibly rich in theory and concepts in modern society. The way you manipulate the materials and connect them to political issues is amazing! I'm glad that you commented on the fb group. I am currently preparing for a MA application/portfolio. My work is different from you as I draw from fantasy, psychology and narrative making. But I love seeing other artists work too. Thank you so much for sharing this video! Also if I may ask do you have a scholarship?

[@Tiachops]

Thank you so so so much for this!! I'm applying from Ireland and that's really helped me out as the application system in the UK is so different to ours, and it's hard to know what colleges are looking for. Do you think you'll make a video showing the physical portfolio you brought to your interview? I love + am so impressed by your work too, truly amazing.

[@channwaugh542]

Tiachops I’m so happy this helped! Yes of course, I’ve just finished my first semester so I’ve time to film it, hopefully upload that soon! Thank you so much for your lovely comment!x

[@Tiachops]

@@channwaugh542 So excited to see the video! quick question - when you get into GSA, do you have to choose between sculpture and environmental art, or does the degree combine both? thank you ! x

[@channwaugh542]

Tiachops good question, they work along side each other! The work you produce determine where you end up, for example in 3rd year you chose between exhibiting in an environment or a gallery!x

[@viesia8]

Really helpful, thank you! And your portfolio and you as an artist are super interesting. Im not surprised you got to year 3 GSA. :)

[@heartbreakerink8696]

THANK YOU! I’m applying to ECA for illustration this year

[@no1goodshoesfan]

heartbreakerink omg hiii me too

[@robynboyleart8889]

Loads of work! All amazing 😊 great hearing about your process x

[@channwaugh542]

Robyn Boyle thanks gal x

[@OoOCatdoOoO]

This is one of the best portfolio videos! Honestly all of the other ones are horribly boring and your work has some twist. Hyperrealism is really starting to annoy me but your work is really creative and delivers

[@reemmaghribi]

Thank you for this Chann, it's very helpful and kind of you to share. My daughter is now applying to art school and needed some guidance, so I'm very grateful. One thing I notice is that you only have annotation on two or three slides and even then only through photographed scrapbooks. Are there perhaps slides or notes that accompanied your portfolio that aren't included in this video? many thanks.

[@channwaugh542]

Hi, they prefer no text on the slides from what I learnt. The only annotation you see here is pictures from sketchbooks, the tutor looking at your work should be able to have their own connection to your work before you would then illustrate how you got there etc. There is a portfolio written statement along side the 25 slides which you should describe your practice or what your interests etc are, this will then help the tutors understand your portfolio more. I hope this helps!

[@quogrim]

Thank you! I'm hoping to apply for Illustration at ECA when i leave school. This was very useful!

[@princessaputeri]

love your vids.i've just graduated from art school and majoring in sculpture 😊😊

[@lousmall8643]

I’ve just had an interview for 2nd year SEA; I don’t feel it went as well as I’d wanted. Do you think there are any clues or hints from the interviewers about whether they’re keen?

[@katieh400]

oooh bleach. you have inspired me. (also your work is so cool wow) I'm applying for painting and printmaking at GSA this year (ik so is everyone lol) but I'm applying for first year- my work is quite varied, I have a lot of various subjects and there isn't really a through conceptual theme- a lot of your work seems political or statement related- you say they're really interested in things with meaning and background- I have some stuff that is more personal to me but there is also quite a lot of unrelated things- would you suggest focusing on art with conceptual prescedence? also, I know the deadlines super soon but you seem like such a helpful person- would I be able to send you my working e-portfolio (its not entierly finalised) for a wee bit of feedback? Dont mind if not just thought it was worth an ask.

[@channwaugh542]

Katie H hey! I’m glad you enjoyed the video. I’d say your portfolio sounds on the right tracks, as a first or second year applicant. My folio is a bit different as I was applying for direct entry to third year so that’s why a lot of my work is resolved pieces! Yes of course feel free to send me a dm on insta @fem_arts and I can give you some feedback! Also if you watch my how to make a portfolio video it may give you some extra tips!x

[@katieh400]

Chandelle Waugh Thankyou!!! I will do that:):)

[@katieh400]

Chandelle Waugh Hey, I watched your other video and it was also supee helpful- It'd good to hear advice about physical folio prep too as a lot is on the e-portfolio I've found. I sent you a dm on insta so if you were able to have a look at some of my stuff it would be supercool. x Thanks again.

[@yordandambulev7997]

Hi out there, I saw your video a while ago and thought it was very insightful. I am a student to-be next year, and I'll be applying to ECA. However, I'm a little confused about their portfolio system. It was great hearing and seeing your process while you were talking, but how did you structure those slides? I just want to include process of my resolved pieces but don't know whether I should do that in the resolved work category or in the development category. It seems a bit strange to me that the two should be separated. However, I get equivocal messages from different threads in the Internet and ECA's admission guide. Thanks in advance if you manage to read this. Wish you all the best.

[@channwaugh542]

For me personally, I decided to chose a few “projects” which I showed some development in the development section and the final piece in the other section, I feel if your work is strong enough they should be able to create the connections but it also opens your work up for a wider view and see connections in works you may not have seen yourself! In your final pieces section be sure to include only good documentation/ photographs of the final piece - it shows what you consider to be resolved. I hope that makes sense? I know if a difficult process but just be confident in your choices!

[@yordandambulev7997]

@@channwaugh542 Thank youu! Really, can't fully express how much this helps me! ^^

[@jennamoss966]

This is so helpful, I’m applying for painting and printmaking but I’m not sure exactly how to go about it, I want to perhaps create different themes for around two pieces per page for the e-folio and make some Lino prints and screen prints as well, I’m not sure how to go about it because I haven’t been given much information from any of my art teachers on what they’re looking for at GSA aha

[@rainbowrianne4354]

You are a saint! Applying this year getting started now 😅

[@channwaugh542]

Rainbow Rianne aw great, good luck! I’m in the middle of making an art school series so you should check that out once they’re uploaded!

[@shuyunliu3356]

I am going to apply GSA Design Innovation & Interaction Design recently. I have a question. Your portfolio does not have many text descriptions. If I put many pictures just like your portfolio. Will the portfolio be accept by school?

[@feixal.404]

Hi! Hope you're doing fine. I seriously want to know, for the Edinburgh portfolio, how many pages are required? I tried to check everywhere on their website, but I couldn't find it.

[@vanessaa5106]

I'm applying to art school this year, i got the impression from my tutors that every piece in your portfolio had to be linked by a common theme? yours are all very political but not completely linked. Also love your work!

[@channwaugh542]

Vanessa A hey, first and foremost good luck! No you don’t need to have everything linked, depending on what year you’re applying for. First year portfolios should showcase exploration in my opinion, you shouldn’t have any idea what you want to do at this stage it’s all about exploring possibilities! I applied for third year so my practice was pretty refined at that point, so my pieces are very similar in concept, aesthetic and medium. This is because at this stage I’m close to graduation where I should have a more professional coherent portfolio of work. I hope this makes sense, and remember do you! That’s what makes you unique and stand out from the other applicants!

[@vanessaa5106]

Chandelle Waugh thanks! Honestly starting to get my stuff together now, figure out what courses I even want to apply to and it’s tough! No clue what I want to do, i just love art. This was a very helpful vid to make xx

[@tatianaaranzazu2887]

Hey! I’m an international student that would like to apply to interior design, also part of the college of art... so I would like to know (in your opinion), do you think the application for an international student (South America) would be very hard? Thank you, amazing video

[@jxxxxxz]

Thank you so much for this! I was wondering if the Glasgow School of Art accepts transfers students from the United States? If they do, would you recommend applying as a second year transfer student or third year transfer student? Thank you so much in advance!

[@fattymilku]

Jessica Zhu they do! i don’t know much about the international info but the website provides a lot of information. fun fact: most of the funds are from international students which allows the scottish population to get it free heh

[@mrFredmaestro]

Hi, great video! I've got my interview tomorrow and was wondering how yours went?

[@lucyquirk7629]

this was really helpful thanks so much!

[@deadflowerzzz]

Your work is so inspiring. I really like your first piece :)

[@channwaugh542]

deadflowerzzz thank you! I’m glad it inspired you, that’s what I want this video to achieve :) x

[@didakusyova]

Thank you so much for this video! I appreciate it, bcs it´s hard to find something similar to this (as you know).. I am from abroad so I can´t really go to the preparation courses in Glasgow, but I wanted to ask if you by any chance know.. do all people have to present their portfolios irl after your efolio gets accepted ? even the people from other countries? The applications to schools in Scotland are quite different than here, so I don´t really understand it yet

[@channwaugh542]

Diana K hello, no worries I am glad it helped!!! I’d assume not, probably just a digital folio would be what you would present. But I can always find out for you!

[@didakusyova]

@@channwaugh542 you are so nice, but it´s fine, dw :)) thank you so much for answering these

[@didakusyova]

@@channwaugh542 Can I ask one more thing? In my country all the universities, even the art ones, have a practical part (where u do design and do sculptures or whatever your major is) ,but also the theoretical part, where you learn through lectures about history of art and design, technology and stuff like that. Do you also have this theoretical part? Bcs there is nothing about it on the website, so It made me wonder if that´s a thing there...

[@channwaugh542]

Diana K yes, we have our studio and facs part of the course - FACS is the lectures and essay writing side of the course. And Studio is the practical side of the course!

[@didakusyova]

@@channwaugh542 great!! thank you so much rlly

[@zacklauriston6905]

life saver, thank you 🙏🏼

[@paigewood2064]

Could you do a video of the sketchbooks that went along side this work because that the part I struggle with

[@teganeva]

what website did you actually use to create the portfolio?

[@lukiz767]

This video was super helpful. I’m applying for painting and printmaking this year and I was a little confused by the image count they had. Does it mean you can have 25 slides but as many images on those slide or is it just 25 images in total you have to have because you had a few per slide

[@channwaugh542]

Lukiz ! I’m glad this gave you a little insight - remember this is a 3rd year portfolio so may be more refined you might find yours more experimental if applying for 1st/2nd year. As for your question, it’s 25 slides so use them to your advantage get photos that compliment each other together on slides and any important pieces dedicate a whole slide to it! Hope this helps :)

[@lukiz767]

Chandelle Waugh thank you so much there been so much information thrown at me I didn’t know which lines to follow. But yeah my folio is mainly focused on experimental pieces that was a main through line for my work, I’m glad that others are reinforcing that idea for me.

[@channwaugh542]

Lukiz ! It is a very stressful process but totally worth it, good luck! Let me know if there would be anything else worth making a video on to help others applying!

[@lukiz767]

Chandelle Waugh definitely will if I can think of anything, probably wait until all this is done with 😂 But thank you again means a lot to hear from those who are now apart of the school ❤️

[@yvonneetienne871]

thank you☺️

[@lomouche]

Im from the EU and I'm currently doing the IB, why are the academic requirements for all these schools so high? Or can you still apply even if you havent fulfilled all the requirements?

[@laurenmclachlan]

You can apply for a foundation year for art courses if you don't meet the requirements

[@sumayyahjaved]

Thank you for making this video it was very helpfull x

[@channwaugh542]

Sumayyah Javed I’m glad it helped you ☺️

[@esme1121]

thank you so much for this video!! i am going to be applying to gsa next year (comdes) but u talking about what kind of ideas they are looking for has instilled some confidence in me bc i was feeling a bit lost lol thank you!!

[@channwaugh542]

Esme Alexandra I’m glad I could help!! Good luck 🤞🏻🤞🏻

[@dalalalobaidi9801]

Hello! I’m planning on applying to gsa and I have created an online portfolio website, to submit my portfolio does it have to be like the way you showed it? In slides? With my work layed out? , thank you! Ps beautiful work

[@channwaugh542]

Dalal Alobaidi hello, what course are you applying to? If you’re asked to upload an online e-folio the preferred way is to use slides - treat it like a physical folio and have important pictures on their own and pictures that need support complimented by other pictures. Good luck!

[@dalalalobaidi9801]

Chandelle Waugh I am planning on applying to masters in fine arts, I think I have an idea now of what I should do , thank you so much for you help!! ❤️

[@Portfoliooomphfolioadvice]

@@dalalalobaidi9801 I'd take a good look at the guidelines for the Masters Programmes as all colleges and courses ask for different things set out in different ways. They ask for 25 images or dropbox/website - if you're unsure, always contact the dept. directly and ask. Please give me a shout if you've any questions I can help you with or if you'd like me to take a look at your work prior to your application, like I did with Chandelle. :-) www.portfolio-oomph.com

[@psychicsaiki1212]

What qualifications do you need for art schools and collages?

[@cimbalom999999999]

Hello! Im just wondering, when did you get a reply asking you to come in for an interview? Thanks!

[@channwaugh542]

Dóri Kapus 4th of February I think :)

[@cimbalom999999999]

Chandelle Waugh thank you:)

[@allex7235]

i know this was ages ago but i’m applying for fashion design, does anyone know if you can use your advanced higher art folio as part of your application folio?

[@channwaugh542]

allex if you feel it represents your best work then yes it could be used as part of your application folio!

[@eleanorchristie8727]

do u know roughly how many people that are interviewed actually get a place? i’ve got an interview for gsa but i don’t know what the means in terms of the likelihood of me getting a place.

[@channwaugh542]

Eleanor Christie it depends on what year you’re applying for, first and second year theres around 25 spaces each roughly! Third year there’s maybe 4/5 spaces :)

[@eleanorchristie8727]

Chandelle Waugh ah thanks i’m applying for first year p&p im currently just making as much as possible and praying i’ve not heard back from eca yet so i’m incredibly nervous

[@channwaugh542]

Eleanor Christie good luck 🤞🏻🤞🏻