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A characteristic of art practice is the possibility that the unexpected will be incorporated into it. Artists make connections and use their work to explore the world and not to just display it or their skill in representing it. In this way what we’re all doing is researching.
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“I am fascinated by the skill we call drawing. I have drawn and been encouraged to draw since early childhood and I have come to realise that I was also encouraged to look.”
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A student’s Learning Log, in whatever form, is an important feature of the OCA learning experience but can be a tricky thing to get right. Over the past few years I’ve had several conversations with students about the best way to approach it.This article has been written to start a conversation about how you might get the most from writing the log while bearing in mind the work it has to do within the context of a course.
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Several of my OCA students have asked me what should be in their sketchbook and so this blog post is a summary of my personal views on student sketchbooks. Please feel free to leave feedback and turn this into a live debate!
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Jim on why you should read this enjoyable book
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In a nutshell research is
Look. Think. Write.
Look. Think. Draw.
Think about your thinking.
Keen followers of the WeAreOCA blog may remember a post about Drawing 2 student Sarah Youseman’s Parallel Project. When that was posted, Sarah was beginning her Drawing 2 course. She has now finished and the Parallel Project culminated not in a traditional painting or static image, but in a film of her making a painting.
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In today’s blog, I would like to take the opportunity to showcase a drawing by a drawing 1 student, Melinda Winter, submitted as part of her first assignment.
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Seeing works of art close-up can be overwhelming and disorientating…
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