Self portrait I. Self portrait II Self portrait III Artist’s Statement Three self-portraits exploring tone, using soft pastel on paper I...

Having a personal tutor from the OCA who is a practicing artist has been invaluable. I often feel isolated on the course, particularly...

Assignment 4 I spent a while looking at figures and examples of work I found interesting. It's too easy to just plump for an obvious pose...

Exercise 1: Facial features I found I actually enjoyed this part. I probably didn't do enough due to conflicting demands on my time, but...

Project 3: Form, basic shapes. Exercise 1: a 1-hour seated pose; I tried several different poses first, sketching roughly in pastel: I...

Project 4: structure A variety of drawings and sketches looking at the structures underlying the human figure. Sadly no skeletons were...

Some online research into figure drawing & painting both historical and contemporary brought up a lot of images and styles; here is a...

I thought a bit of historical research would be helpful. The current Raphael exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford comes in handy....

OCA, Part 3 Reflection on tutor feedback Really helpful feedback from my OCA tutor: positive about progress, indicating where & how I can...

So this is the piece I made for 'Assignment 3', looking at perspective and including both man-made and natural forms. Not much in the way...