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My name is Lorna and I am just about to begin the last unit of a textiles BA Hons) degree. As a child, I always found comfort in repeated surface patterns, and since I can remember, I have enjoyed experimenting with cloth as well as drawing. I went to art college when I was young […]
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My name is Felicity Talman, and I recently completed a BA (Hons) Fine Art degree with the OCA. I started studying with the OCA in 2019 after moving to Wales and deciding to pursue a creative education—something I had always put to one side. At the time, I had two young children aged four and […]
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I’m Alix Brown, and I’m currently studying Creative Arts at OCA. At the time of writing, I am partway through Unit 3.2, and working on external projects related to Photography and Illustration. Originally, my plans were to write for children as well as illustrate, but during Unit 3.1, I fell in love with the visual […]
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I’m retired from a mixed career in teaching, youth work and textile design. I always intended to do more drawing but, without some sort of structure and deadlines, I never got round to it. In my mid 70s, I decided that a course would provide those incentives so I searched and found the OCA Foundation […]
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My name is Helen, and I’m a 34 year old mother of three (eldest is 11 and youngest is 4). My son has ADHD and my husband has severe epilepsy so I care for him. As you can imagine, life at home is very hectic. Yet still, you’d find that most people would say I […]
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I was 49 when I enrolled in OCA’s Foundation Painting course. People were dubious. Why a foundation course? Why not just take a class? You have an established career. Why would you do this now? You can’t become an artist at nearly 50. It was the same reasonable advice I’d been hearing for decades. At […]
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