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OCA level one painting student, Paul Yelland, has developed a consistent range of evocative images that carry the viewer into the space he has painted in a very particular way. Have a look at this:
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This month’s blog is an update on my studio practice. Whatever I am making art about, to some extent I am always asking myself and the work: ‘why it is necessary that it is made?’ Some ideas are better written down, or danced, or written off. I am looking to make visual art, and I […]
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Walking into the Elizabeth Blackadder exhibition at the Edinburgh National Gallery I had the feeling that I had walked into the ultimate level 1 drawing submission. For those of you who know the courses, there was a view from one space to another, view through a window, landscape, still life with natural and man-made objects, […]
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For this blog I wanted to share with you the first assignment I received recently from my student Milena Blaziak. On opening the folder my first impression was that Milena had been working with enthusiasm, energy and focus. Her initial exploratory drawings were done on newsprint which reminded me of the incredibly intense experience of […]
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I thought that for this blog entry I might talk a little about my own life as an artist. Students often struggle with motivation and time management and I wanted to talk a little about my own experiences as these two issues will follow you throughout your artistic career. I am an artist living and […]
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I am pleased to begin my tenure as a Fine Art blogger for OCA. I have spoken to my students in advance and we have agreed three areas of possible interest to the OCA readership. The first is reviews of exhibitions or places of interest and I will begin with a review of the new […]
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