Author: Portfolio Oomph

01 Mar Random International – Rain Room

I am so pleased to have seen this installation art piece earlier this week - Random International - Rain Room at the Barbican Centre in London. The video footage from the installation art in the interview at the bottom of this post is just stunning and I was a little disappointed to have missed the last dance performance of the exhibition that day before I was due to go down. I've been enjoying contemporary dance for years now and haven't really been to see any since our daughter was born nearly 5 years ago, so this was a shame.

10 Sep Negative space drawing; how to use it

You might think that the term 'negative space drawing' has connotations of something quite complex, but really it's referring to the actual objects and the space around the objects that we're looking at. When we do a drawing, take a photo, or make any art based on objects we usually draw the object in most detail first and leave the majority of the surrounding space to last if at all.

17 Aug Exam results in – off to art college?

Higher art and design As A level and higher art and design results come in thick and fast now, some of you will be lucky enough to know that you’ve secured a place at art college if you have a conditional offer. Some of you in Scotland might be staying on to the sixth year to do advanced higher art. Others will be off to your local further education college to do an art foundation course or similar. But those of you who haven’t got plans, please download and read our FREE eBook ‘What to do if you don’t get in’ - this short 5 page eBook covers practical advice on what you should do if you want to apply again. We recommend that to get the most out of this eBook that you buy it as soon as you hear that you’ve not been accepted at art college. 

18 May Interpretation of ‘line’

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]I've been waiting to write this blog post for a while as it's so exciting - for me at least! When we think about line, the first visualization for an artist is usually a line drawing, yes? As I've been writing our eBook on 'Creating a Sensational Portfolio', one of the chapters is about the use of lines to inspire our research work. In the past few months whilst researching artist's work for these books, the use of line and line drawing has cropped up in many different guises and I will aim to cover some of my best discoveries here. There will be more images to find on our Pinterest page, another thing I've been whittling my time away on and I love it!