Art Foundation Burnout

I'm three weeks into my course and I'm already intensely burnt out. I love art, but it's not something that I can do constantly or on a set timetable which I have no control over.

I'm chronically stressed and frankly working full time at mcdonalds would be less stressful, although I don't know if it's only the first unit that's like this.

I achieved an A and two Bs from my a levels so I'll be able to get a placement at uni without the foundation degree.

Early days ATM.The point of the FAD is really to improve your portfolio so you can get into top Art Schools.They care more about portfolio than grades.Just try your best with the FAD and use it
refine your knowledge about art and concepts.Merits are fine so no need to kill yourself trying to get distinctions.If you go to do Art at uni you will also have to produce work to order.

I'm three weeks into my course and I'm already intensely burnt out. I love art, but it's not something that I can do constantly or on a set timetable which I have no control over.

I'm chronically stressed and frankly working full time at mcdonalds would be less stressful, although I don't know if it's only the first unit that's like this.

I achieved an A and two Bs from my a levels so I'll be able to get a placement at uni without the foundation degree.

That's fair, I don't really mind the work but I don't think I'll apply to an arts university next year (I applied to the foundation year to see hoe I would cope with art without other subjects) anyway.

My issue is with the college, I hate travelling/being there.

Hey there,

I did an art foundation too! Mine was admittedly more relaxed but I found myself scheduling in a lot of time to do well in the units. Keep going with the course. I was convinced I wasn't able to manage the work load but I changed my attitude and I finished the course with much better work than I could have ever conceived myself making. Instead of turning up expecting to complete an x amount of work for a week I told myself I was going to do as much as I can day by day. Sometimes this was lots and other times not so much. I struggled with low mood and your intense burn out might be similar to what I was coping with. What does this burn out look like? Have you ever experienced anything similar in the past? Be kind to yourself. Whatever happens you have lots of options. I would urge you not to make a rushed decision though - a foundation course is a brilliant opportunity in terms of skills and idea development.

Are you finding the course interesting? Something which really helped me was to ensure, where possible, I was taking the set tasks into areas I was more interested in and researching artists who I was genuinely curious to know more about.

Thanks for the advice, burnout for me is when I become stubborn, procastinate, and the quality of my work declines. Overall it just ruins my mood and I don't feel like doing anything. I've had it before, it never really goes.