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To help you through the lockdown, we have developed a series of inventive, family friendly workshops to reignite your creative passion – developed with distance learning in mind!
Stay connected with your fellow students, share your creations with us on social media using #StayInsideStayInspired and learn something new.
Our workshop packs will be published right here on our #WeAreOCA blog every Monday and will include everything you need to get creative at home.
And if you want to carry on your creative education through this period, take a look at our online creative arts courses, helping you to Stay Inside and Stay Inspired.
Short Courses Personal Development Courses Foundation Courses
Watch this space for more fun activities!
We’re into week 3 of our creative challenges campaign. So far we’ve introduced you to basic stop motion techniques and visual storytelling. This week our introduction to stop motion papercraft will allow you to combine both those challenges and develop your skills.
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For this week’s Throwback Thursday we’re revisiting OCA’s first Big Draw online only event, which took place during the festival in October 2019.
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This time we’re going to explore visual storytelling. Visual storytelling is a story or narrative told mainly through visual media. This could be video, animation, or illustration, and it’s usually accompanied with music, a narrator or graphics.
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Throughout 2013, I made a drawing for everyday of the year. Since then a lot has happened, but I can trace a lot of my practice back to that extended piece of work. I can also see how it influenced the way I approach tutoring.
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This is the first weekly workshop as part of OCA Creative Challenges campaign. Work your way through the slideshow below or download the PDF for later. This is a basic introduction suitable those looking for a new challenge or something to keep the kids entertained.
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