Study a Drawing for Textile Art, Design and Fashion Foundation course with OCA

This course is designed as an introduction to drawing for textiles and contemporary drawing practice more broadly.

You will be introduced to expressive, gestural methods alongside more traditional, representational approaches, in order to provide you with a broad visual vocabulary of techniques.

The course authors hope to encourage an experimental curiosity and an open-minded playfulness in your approach to drawing, grounded by a solid base of skills and theoretical knowledge.

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OCA’s foundation-level drawing for textile art courses online are open access

Set new trends and enrol onto one of OCA’s online UK textile design courses for fashion drawing. Fashion foundation courses like these can be a fantastic way to begin a career in fashion or simply expand your skills and knowledge of drawing for textiles.

With OCA’s online drawing for textile design courses, distance learning gives you the chance to study in a way that suits you. Our drawing for textile design online degree at foundation level is an open access course, meaning you don’t need to have completed any prior textile art courses in order to apply.

Course Aims

The course aims to:

  • Introduce a range of media, techniques and approaches relevant to drawing practice.
  • Develop the required observational and motor skills used in drawing.
  • Encourage an experimental approach in order to develop your own creative path.
  • See your work in the broader context of contemporary practice.

Course Outcomes

Through the course, you will:

  • Demonstrate a greater understanding of the possibilities of drawing, be able to demonstrate more mastery of drawing media and materials and show an improved ability in looking at and interpreting what you see.
  • Gain an understanding of where drawing sits in the wider creative process, and display an awareness of contemporary approaches to drawing.
  • Have more confidence in your potential as an artist, designer or maker by showing inventiveness and creativity.
  • Be in a better position to decide on the nature and direction of your future studies.
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Foundations

£1025

Per course

Level 1 (HE4)

£4,950

For the level

Level 2 (HE5)

£4,950

For the level

Level 3 (HE6)

£4,950

For the level

Total approximate undergraduate fees

Breakdown of costs...

Foundations

£1,175

Per course

Level 1 (HE4)

£5,670

For the level

Level 2 (HE5)

£5,670

For the level

Level 3 (HE6)

£5,670

For the level

Total approximate undergraduate fees

Breakdown of costs...

Fees, Funding and other costs

Foundation courses are ineligible for Student Finance funding, but we have deposit and instalment options available to help spread the costs. 

There are also bursaries available for students on low incomes. See our fees and funding page for more info.

Other costs you may find on your degree include purchasing materials/books/texts to assist in your practice and research. These can be around £500–700 for a foundation course.

Fees, Funding and other costs

Textiles Foundation

Seeking a more practical approach? Have a look at our Open Foundation in Textiles.

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BA Textiles

Looking for degree-level study? Explore our BA Textiles qualification.

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