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Student work uncovered: Carole Yerbury thumb

Student work uncovered: Carole Yerbury

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date.   Jim Unsworth, art tutor and assessor, gives us an insight into some preliminary sketches in black and white and colour.  

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Creating atmosphere

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date.   We have featured the work of student Emil Nemecek before – back in 2011 his blog caught the eye of his Graphic Design tutor. Now Emil is tackling Digital Film Production. Assignment 2 is about creating […]

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Blog of the week: Simon Lewis

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date.   I’m grateful to photography tutor Andrea Norrington for pointing out our latest Blog of the Week. Simon Lewis’ learning blog for his People and Place course stands out because of the way you can see clearly […]

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"Get on with it before you blow it"!

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date.   Even with all the will in the world, getting started on anything major is easy to put off. No more clearly has this been illustrated than by Oswald “Ozzie” Henderson, who this week, submitted his first […]

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'…a trace of what was real' thumb

'…a trace of what was real'

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date.   Here is Sharon Broothroyd talking about the work of student Geoffrey Bradford.    

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A lovely sketchbook assessed

This is a post from the weareoca.com archive. Information contained within it may now be out of date.   Reiterating the words of the assessors, I reviewed OCA student David Hazlett’s work. A short video, a beautiful sketchbook, well worth taking the time to view.  

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Photofusion Annual Members Show

Two OCA students have work selected for the Photofusion Annual Members’ Show (AMPS). Now in its fourth year, the South London gallery’s annual members’ show will be a salon-style exhibition this year, reflecting increased interest and enabling the gallery to show a greater range of members’ work. The exhibition starts on the 7th of December […]

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Inspiration from Level 1

Every now and again I come across work at Level 1 that denotes skills and photographic maturity well beyond that level. John Chapman’s compelling and thought-provoking final assignment for Art of Photography, which focuses on one of the Emmaus villages, is one such body of work. “I chose the subject, Emmaus, because I was interested in what […]

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Award for Norma: OCA was my prescription

OCA is proud of its ability to reach out and offer creative study to those who for one reason or other would find it impossible to study in a traditional college/university environment. Occasionally a student comes to our attention because of their remarkable attitude to study, and then turns our heads when we realise that […]

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Blog of the week: Jenna's drawings thumb

Blog of the week: Jenna's drawings

Sarah West, reports on one of her students, Jenna. When assessing Jenna’s works what first struck me was her consistency across all of the exercises, her learning log and the assignment pieces. She has thoughtfully worked through the whole of Assignment one with precision and enthusiasm. She has produced a lot of works to a […]

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