Eileen Adams is a fervent believer in the value of sketchbooks. We were delighted when this sketchbook guru (known for her contribution to Campaign for Drawing) agreed to be filmed talking about sketchbooks and the role of learning logs. I approached her after hearing her keynote speech at a conference all about...
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Posts Tagged ‘ painting ’
Making the most of sketchbooks and learning logs
Drawn on a bus ticket ….
OCA painting and printmaking tutor James Willis on his new exhibition and experience of India....
My trip to India was made several years ago. During a hectic tour of Agra, Jaipur and Delhi I managed to sketch all the time and even make a few
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An extraordinary event
Art in Action is an extraordinary event. It’s a 4-day celebration of the arts and crafts held every July in the grounds of Waterperry House, somewhere near Oxford, and attracts some 25,000 visitors. Marquees house displays of paintings, sculptu
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A Seated Figure
OCA's Curriculum Director Jane Horton looks at one of Rebecca Moore's paintings of a Seated Figure and the profusion of preparatory work that went into it.
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Blog of the week: Sheila Raven’s Art Place
Sheila Raven's Art Place documents her study came to our attention as a student log which combines demonstrating the progress towards a finished piece with the reading around the subject. Here recent posts on an informal portrait show clearly how
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The Series
As a charity one of the underpinning principles for the OCA is widening access to arts education to those who might otherwise be unable to benefit from it. In this slideshow Jane Horton talks about Kenneth Brown, OCA painting student whose work f
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The WhistleBinkies
Background Information
The WhistleBinkies are a Scottish folk music group that have been performing since the early 70's . Over the years the members of the group have changed and there are two paintings of the group already in existence. One is
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