My colleague Alison Churchill and I went to see this year’s Creative Spark degree show at Sheffield Hallam University last week. What struck us was that overall the quality of the work was higher than the previous year, mainly because,…
Doug Burton reports on two new works at the Serpentine in Kensington Gardens and finds an interesting conceptual linking between this years startling new pavilion and last year’s sculpted memory. An interesting visit to London last week saw me stumble…
Eleven OCA students explored the Edinburgh College of Art Degree Shows last week, led by tutors Jane Mitchell and Olivia Irvine. All were keen to see the work of BA degree students in the flesh. There was a lot to…
OCA tutor and assessor Emma Drye takes a close look at a single painting by level one student Rachel Ashby. Don’t miss what Emma has to say. She gets under the skin of the painting and why it works, and…
Here is Jim Unsworth, assessor and tutor, talking about moving from drawing to painting by looking a a couple of OCA students’ work.
OCA tutor India Ritchie reports: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has chosen to remove the category of ‘crafts’ as a recognised creative industry as part of a paper for classifying and measuring the creative industries due to…
Pottering about on the internet, I found this lovely little video of an artist being interviewed by a group of schoolboys. Although the tone of the video is quite basic (it was made for the now completed Great Art Debate…
Putting a pencil to paper and making a line is unexpectedly, and thankfully, life affirming. My dad died last year, followed by my friend Joanna and our family dog, all within weeks of each other. This is an exhibition of…
Here is OCA tutor and assessor Jim Unsworth looking at some excellent figure drawings by OCA student Sue Elliott. Well done Susan!
OCA tutor and assessor Richard Liley examines Margaret O’Brien’s work, and picks out her sketchbooks for special attention.
From Death to Death and Other Small Tales brings together works from the private D.Daskalopoulos Collection with works from the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in an exhibition which explores the significance of the body as a theme in 20th…
It’s sometimes almost overwhelming when seeking advice on techniques, or inspiration from other artists on the internet. There are, though, some ways you can short circuit your searches, and here are some suggestions on where to start. It would be…
