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  • OCA Foundations Drawing – Drawing from Memory and Drawing ‘Blind’

    Look closely at an object for one minute then remove the object from sight and spend 5 minutes drawing the object from memory. (5 mins) I didn’t find this difficult too tricky, easier than I’d anticipated. The biggest problem I had was not remembering the handle correctly and I hadn’t taken enough notice of light… Read more

  • OCA Foundations Drawing – Contour Drawing

    Contour of a simple object. Using a fine pen draw the outer contour of the object in a single line then add other outlines within the shape when you feel you’ve achieved a believable shape. I can see that my observational skills have been developed during this exercise in the improvement of shape of the… Read more

  • OCA Foundations – Drawing, Project 1: Fractured and Dramatic Marks

    Exercise: Fractured Marks a Using charcoal to create different surface marks. In the first image I held willow charcoal at about 45 degrees to the paper and pushed firmly using the whole weight of my arm from the shoulder in short 1 inch bursts. It reminds me of woven fabric. In the second image I… Read more

  • OCA Drawing 1 – Gallery Visit, Lines of Thought at Poole Museum

    OCA Drawing 1 – Gallery Visit, Lines of Thought at Poole Museum

    I felt like a child in sweet shop at this exhibition, it was truly awesome. Drawings by a huge range of incredible artists, taken from the British Museum’s collection. The purpose of the exhibition was to ‘highlight the significant role drawing has played in artistic practice.’ Below are the artworks I found most exciting and… Read more

  • OCA Drawing 1, Assignment 2

    OCA Drawing 1, Assignment 2

    Put together a still life. Demonstrate a growing understanding of: use of colour in drawing the most appropriate medium for the subject composition and context mark making and contrasts of line and tone accurate and expressive depiction of form experimentation with idea, material and method. Throughout this critical blog of my second assignment I will… Read more

  • OCA Drawing 1 – Project 2, Still Life, Exercise 4 – Monochrome

    I wasn’t sure how to approach this drawing, so spent a while researching monochrome drawings completed by other OCA students as well as practising artists. Not wanting to go for the obvious blacks and whites, it took me a while to get my head round how to achieve monochrome effect with colours while effectively depicting different… Read more