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October 2015 – Andrea's OCA study blog
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Andrea's OCA study blog. OCA study diary log experience drawing painting. Part 4, project 4, research point: The underlying structure of the human body in historic and contemporary art. All websites mentioned in this post were accessed on 24 and 25 October 2015. All images shown are in the public domain. Dancing Skeletons Woodcut by Michael Wolgemut in “Hartmann Schedel’s Weltchronik”, 1493. Study of a Skull. Http:/ www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/anat/hd anat.htm. Http:/ www.leonardo-da-vinci-biography...
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May 2015 – Andrea's OCA study blog
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Andrea's OCA study blog. OCA study diary log experience drawing painting. Part 2, project 6, exercise 3: At home – tonal study. 28 May, 2015. Yesterday I started planning this exercise with an idea of trying to use marks as in Henry Moore’s impressive elephant’s skulls (e.g. http:/ www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/moore-elephant-skull-plate-xxv-p02126. Office – scanner and desk, coloured tonal study, pastels and charcoal on A1 sketch paper. Office – tonal study, detail. Office from top of stairs, charcoal.
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December 2015 – Andrea's OCA study blog
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Andrea's OCA study blog. OCA study diary log experience drawing painting. Formal assessment: Preparing drawings for submission. All websites mentioned in this post were accessed on 30 December 2015. So they became part of the design. The band-like appearance also blends in with the layout I chose for my Assignment 5 animation. Series of six nail and magnet drawings studying balance in human movement. Part 5: Personal project – self-evaluation. 1 Demonstration of technical and visual skills. 27 December, ...
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September 2015 – Andrea's OCA study blog
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Andrea's OCA study blog. OCA study diary log experience drawing painting. Part 4, project 3, exercise 2: Form – essential elements. In answer to the questions on p. 126 of the study guide:. I am not sure which of the drawings gives the best sense of the pose. I think that I am not too far out regarding the correct distribution of body weight. The worst sketch in this respect is probably the second one. There should be more weight on the left foot. Part 4, project 3, exercise 1: Form – basic shapes. Id=Ug...
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January 2016 – Andrea's OCA study blog
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Andrea's OCA study blog. OCA study diary log experience drawing painting. About hope, revisited. 11 January, 2016. Today, after weeks of sorting, mounting, labelling and putting between sheets of paper my selection of drawings for assessment two parcels went into the post. Or rather, not the post, because there is a regulation prohibiting (! Formal assessment: Reworking Assignment 3. All websites mentioned in this post were accessed on 6 January 2016. So I had a search on the web to get some inspiration ...
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August 2015 – Andrea's OCA study blog
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Andrea's OCA study blog. OCA study diary log experience drawing painting. All websites mentioned in this post were accessed on 29 August 2015. 29 August, 2015. After talking to my tutor I started the suggested research looking up Rachael Whiteread. I knew her name had sounded familiar and now I know why. She had created the Holocaust Monument (aka the Nameless Library) in Vienna in the year 2000 (e.g. http:/ www.war-memorial.net/Holocaust-Monument-aka-Nameless-Library-1.222. It has always difficult for m...
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November 2015 – Andrea's OCA study blog
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Andrea's OCA study blog. OCA study diary log experience drawing painting. Part 5: Personal project – preliminary thoughts. All websites mentioned in this post were accessed between 25 and 28 November 2015. All images shown are in the public domain. Which in effect is an experimental series of different interpretations of the same ideas. In order to concentrate on the portrait rather than the narrative, I want to keep the construction simple and use charcoal only. Some links to animations:. Part 4, projec...
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July 2015 – Andrea's OCA study blog
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Andrea's OCA study blog. OCA study diary log experience drawing painting. Part 3, project 3, exercise 2: Landscape – foreground, middle ground, background. 31 July, 2015. Not too happy with this exercise. In some instances I find that I do not interpret the instructions correctly and realise the mistake only when it is too late. So it happened that I did what was expected for this exercise already in the previous one, but on a much larger scale. Well, never mind. 29 July, 2015. It is a much loved traditi...
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Formal assessment: Overall Evaluation – Andrea's OCA study blog
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Andrea's OCA study blog. OCA study diary log experience drawing painting. Formal assessment: Overall Evaluation. Overall Evaluation for OCA course Drawing 1. Overall, while immensely enjoying the course itself, the greatly valued tutorial support allowed me to make some important progress leading towards my set goals. I am very much looking forward to further studies with the OCA. Formal assessment: Preparing drawings for submission. Formal assessment: Reworking Assignment 3. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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June 2015 – Andrea's OCA study blog
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Andrea's OCA study blog. OCA study diary log experience drawing painting. Part 3, project 1, exercise 2: Trees – Larger observational study of an individual tree. 30 June, 2015. Equipped with my viewfinder, large sketchbook, pencils and watercolours I cycled to draw an impressive beech tree we had noticed on a walk last week. After taking several photos and making some thumbnail sketches I decided to go for a view into the canopy. Beech thumbnails, ink pen. If I concentrate hard enough, I will find out m...