On Monday I got my Open University Degree certificate through the post and wanted to include this event in my journal, as the qualification was hard fought for, as my depression meant that I had concentration problems throughout my studies. So this is a photocopy that I doodled on as it wasn't as colourful as I would have liked. I used watercolour pencils to colour the journalling, which says "Last year I finished [an] art history course and that conferred enough study points to earn a degree. The ceremony is in June this year :)" I nearly give up at the beginning of last year as I was finding the studying difficult and seemingly still had a long way to go. But I sat down and worked that with my previous professional studies (I'm a part qualified accountant - hated it) I could get some extra studies points, so only needed to do one final course to get an BA Open degree, rather than study for at least another 2 years to get a BA Humanities. I re-framed my view and am now a BA Open (Open) :). I'm trying to lose some weight ready for my degree ceremony photos.Credits:
Photocopy of part of my degree certificate
Pencils - Derwent Inktense watercolour pencils
Black pen - Kuretake
