Costing and Budgeting.
An important part of this project and the first time I have
had to consider it is working to a set budget.
We were given £200 to work with depending on what we had
chosen – I have chosen the library wall and the two display boards.
I have realised in my research on costings and sticking to a
budget I need to be realistic and think about little things such as paint
brushes, preparation materials and time constraints.
I had to split the budgets between 3100 for the wall and
£100 for the boards but I think I would be better trying to spend less on the
display boards and more on the wall.
I did some draft templates I can use dependant on which
board ideas are selected.
I looked at some of the popular art websites and decided if
I bought brand new I would blow my budget before I had even started drawing the
basics.
What I decided is there are some areas I need to consider:
What have I already got? (brushes, cleaning material, could
the school let me use any of their materials?).
What could I recycle. An example would be recycling scraps
of card and tissue paper or a board such as the hungry caterpillar.
Where could I buy material/art equipment cheaply?
This would be looking at Auction sites such as eBay and
perhaps looking in charity shops. Another option would be recycling or asking
market stall and material shops for end pieces of material etc.
This can only be planned when I know which project I am
working on and then I can see what material I want and where I can source it
from for as cheap as possible.
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Georgie Lee
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