The densest things we ever see…
Posted: 17/06/14 03:02 | 3 Comments
Seeing works of art close-up can be overwhelming and disorientating…
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Psycho: Hitchcock and Hopper
Posted: 30/05/14 08:04 | 2 Comments
Alfred Hitchcock’s use of Edward Hopper’s House By The Railroad (1927) as the specific visual precursor for Norman Bates’ home in Psycho (1960) might be the most celebrated crossover from painting to cinema, but I think the artist’s influence goes much further than that.
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Surface Tension – Restoring Rothko
Posted: 14/05/14 06:50 | 7 Comments
Tate Modern has recently completed the work needed to restore Mark Rothko’s 1958 painting Maroon and Black after it was vandalised in October 2012. This fascinating video from the Tate website documents the task’s process and complexity and the care with which it was undertaken. While I wouldn’t argue for any other course of action, it does […]
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Vivienne Bolton in Bath Society of Artists Show
Posted: 09/05/14 09:04 | 6 Comments
Bryan talks to drawing student Vivienne Bolton
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The Pansy Project
Posted: 29/04/14 10:12 | 6 Comments
In 2005 Paul Harfleet planted a pansy on a street in Manchester…
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Statements of the obvious?
Posted: 03/04/14 12:53 | 15 Comments
Tutor Bryan Eccleshall tackles a tricky subject…
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John Virtue
Posted: 10/03/14 02:42 | 9 Comments
John Virtue, in this short video that was shown on the BBC’s Culture Show, gives us an insight into what it’s like to make an extended body of work centred on a location and in relation to works of art. He moves easily from talking about the iconography with which he’s working, the surface […]
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Using an Eraser
Posted: 24/02/14 12:45 | 4 Comments
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Artists don’t make mistakes…
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Drawing 2: Parallel Project
Posted: 10/02/14 01:53 | 11 Comments
Bryan Eccleshall talks to student Sarah Youseman
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Grids, Scaling Up, Tracing: Cheating?
Posted: 19/01/14 01:46 | 8 Comments
There’s an exercise in a few OCA art courses that holds within it all sorts of possibilities, but is often treated in a cursory manner. Students are asked to transfer a simple line drawing to a larger sheet using a grid. You know the drill, I’m sure. A grid is laid over a source drawing […]
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