Emma Drye, Author at The Open College of the Arts

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Emma Drye

It smells as sweet….

Posted: 18/03/14 04:49 | 3 Comments

I have had cause recently to reflect on the cross disciplinary nature of the creative arts degree, and as if by magic a small exhibition was laid on outside my studio door to help me think through some of the issues. The images here are from a pop up show of third year students at […]

Spoiler Alert

Posted: 04/02/14 08:43 | 8 Comments

I thought I might try a wee experimental blog this month to launch myself back into the swing of blogging. I’ve been making a few odd things in the studio recently. I am not exactly sure what they are yet or how I might make use of them. They are basically replicas of things I […]

Model Student

Posted: 03/12/13 11:33 | 2 Comments

I would like to draw students’ attention to the many and various ways artists use models in their practice, with a view to perhaps encouraging students to develop some model ideas of their own. I have a several level three students at present who are working using models or maquettes. One is setting up small conceptually […]

Peter Doig Study Day

Posted: 31/10/13 11:55 | 3 Comments

I have long been an admirer of Peter Doig as a painter and having seen him discussing his work recently I was very pleased to be able to visit his Edinburgh show with a group of OCA students. The premise of the show is to reinforce the conceptual and art historical influences on his work, […]

terribly modern mini

Posted: 01/10/13 11:45 | 1 Comments

The Modern Institute in Glasgow has three cracking mini shows on at the moment. It is a commercial gallery that is the royal seat of the artists basking in the warm waters of the Glasgow Miracle, and the gallery stable list reads like a who’s who of contemporary art. The current shows are a Simon […]

Artist Talking

Posted: 12/09/13 01:08 | 8 Comments

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date. We have an exhibition of Peter Doig paintings in Edinburgh just now as part of the Edinburgh Arts Festival. Considering the status of Doig I was surprised and exited to see that he was giving an […]

Joe Clark – Man of Action

Posted: 03/08/13 02:23 | 3 Comments

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date. I was entranced recently by a little book that came through as part of a final assignment for drawing. I‘ve blogged about Joe’s work before as we have had an interesting discussion over the course of […]

A conversation about the Drawing 2 course

Posted: 31/07/13 03:54 | 15 Comments

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date. Emma Drye (course author of drawing 2) in conversation with student Alison Churchill: E:As the author of drawing two it’s great to be able to speak to one of the first students to go through the […]

All is Vanity – Ken Currie at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery

Posted: 25/07/13 11:54 | 1 Comments

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date. Conscious of the fact that my recent David Batchelor blog was about a show that had just closed, I would like to blog now about a show which has just opened! I went earlier this week […]

David Batchelor – Flatlands

Posted: 23/07/13 11:40 | 0 Comments

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date. Last week I popped in for a last look at the David Batchelor show that has been running at the Fruitmarket in Edinburgh for the last few weeks. I had also attended the artists talk in […]