Hockney Study day at Royal Academy
The much publicized Hockney exhibition: A Bigger Picture, has arrived and we couldn't let it go without having a study day. Since it will be so popular we have chosen to visit it during the week. The visit is planned for Tuesday 14 February, start
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Studying from a distance…in China
My students always find it strange, but amusing that their EFL teacher also studies, and have to 'take tests'. Of course, for the teenagers, it is always impossible to understand that their teacher 'wants to study'. Living, working and studying in Ch
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Rethinking the stock market
As you will probably know if you follow us on OCA-student forums, the OCA has become a partner in Alamy's new student initiative. The scheme allows OCA students at levels 2 & 3 to become contributors to Alamy's picture library and receive 100
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How to keep an exceptional learning blog
This is the second time we have highlighted Fran Clark's blog: its just too good to ignore. Fran is doing the level one Drawing Skills course but her reflections, and the way she goes about documenting them, are outstanding.
Just look at what sh
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A loss to painters in the making….
..... and a loss to art. Ian Simpson, born in 1933, has died.
Jim Cowan, long time OCA tutor, who knew and worked with Ian, writes:
Many OCA students will know Ian Simpson’s book ‘Drawing, Seeing and Observation’ which has become a st
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Open Eye Study Visit
Last month we had our first study visit to the newly re-opened Open Eye Gallery in Liverpool. The gallery is approximately twice the size of the previous site in Wood Street and we will certainly be going back. This time, 15 students joined mysel
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