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Another assessment is over at OCA, and we are pleased to say the standard of work overall at this assessment was high. Here is the first of a few reviews by assessors on some work submitted. Jim Unsworth and Michelle Whiting discuss the work of OCA student Dhama Thanigasapapathy, whose drawings show great potential.
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OCA student Alexandra Gallagher, working towards a degree with us, has just won a prestigious prize with the Saatchi Gallery. Runner up in the Saatchi Showdown Competition online with the theme Surrealism, Alex produced a stunning photo collage using one of her daughters as a model. Alex laughed as she told me […]
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Assessor Jim Unsworth pages through James Murch’s sketchbook to find a consistent and determined focus of enquiry into the human body. There is nothing pretentious about James’ work: he works at observation like a dog with a bone…. and this observation is likely to pay off.
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Another great example of a drawing student who knows what she’s doing and makes me itch to pick up a pencil. Richard Liley selects Emily Fowke’s work for special attention from assessment.
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In this final video from the March photography assessment exercise, Jose talks about subject matter.
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Clive on how assignments can be used to develop your own photographic interests.
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You have already heard Maggy Milner talking about Tanya Ahmed’s work. At the start of her exhibition in Sheffield Mark and Elizabeth got Tanya to talk about her work.The exhibition closes this Saturday, but there are still two places available on the study visit this Friday. Personally, it was a pleasure to meet Tanya and […]
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Following on from the questions that were raised about contextual study in my last blog, I’d like to take the opportunity to share the work of my new mixed media student, Jereme Crow, who is in the middle of his level 2 studies. Jereme’s studentship is exemplary, in particular his attitude to contextual studies which […]
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Another OCA printmaking student, Averil Wooton, produces confident work that glistens with technical spark and imaginative solutions and demonstrates what hard work can yield. Assessor David Winning talks us through a small selection of the work Averil submitted for assessment in March this year, for Printmaking at level one. There are lessons here for research, doing studies, preparation and technique. […]
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Assessor and tutor Maggy Milner talks about Tanya’s level 3 work. There are still places available for the study visit led by Maggy to the exhibition of Tanya’s work in Sheffield. This is highly recommended – definitely worth the day off work.
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