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Here are a couple of examples of good work that came in at assessment this time round. One is a set of learning logs, the other a sketchbook. Thanks to Emily Hinshelwood and Charlotte La Touche.They provide evidence of the grand variety of work that confronts assessors and how much delight the variety can supply…
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We know that you like them and we know we have kept you waiting, but the videos from the March Assessment event are coming. Here OCA tutor Alexis Stevens looks at the sketchbook of Stephen Powell who studied the Painting 2 – Exploring Concepts course.
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Art of Photography student Chris Woolgar raised a smile with a comment he made whilst reflecting on his progress through the module: “I am an engineer: I can take a car apart but not a photograph”. In my experience with working with OCA students, Chris’ position is not uncommon; possessing a genuine desire to make […]
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Two OCA MA Fine Art students talk about the reasons they opted for the MA, the practical considerations of studying art from home, and a bit about their art work too! Thanks to Joanne Keeley and Jennifer Mawby (Jennifer came all the way from Vancouver to take part in this year’s MA workshop). Introducing Joanne: […]
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Dewald Botha will be a student who is familiar many readers of WeAreOCA since his interview by Michael Freeman a year ago. Since then he has completed the People and Place course and sent us this video of his scrap book for the course. Of course, scrappy is the one thing it isn’t and we […]
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When tutor James Willis drew my attention to some exceptional portraits by Sarah Youseman from her Practice of Painting course, I wanted to know more. What she told me struck me as something many OCA students would identify with and so worth sharing here: ‘Having become an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in […]
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I’d like to share with everyone the work of one of my drawing 1 students – Joe Clark. He is a capable student and very motivated. We are having some interesting discussions because when he first came onto the course his work seemed to have an aesthetic which was born out of advertising or graphic […]
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OCA Illustration student Kasia Lovick has been thoughtful and thorough in the way she has approached assignment three of her course. Take a look at what she has done, and the images she looked at. Its interesting to note that one of the first things she looked at ended up giving her the inspiration she […]
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The latest blog of the week is Simon Lawrence’s blog to support his study of Digital Photographic Practice. Simon’s blog is an excellent example of an online learning log, with some very structured and detailed notes of his work on the course exercises, notes on his wider research and glimpses at his wider creative experiments […]
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Here is the blog of OCA Drawing student, Kim Appleton, aka Kappleto. I think looking at this blog may help other Drawing students understand how to put a blog together. It shows how useful it is to see the thinking and process that students go through. This blogger works in a nice transparent way, showing […]
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