Author: Portfolio Oomph

22 Nov Life drawing classes in East Lothian

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16 Sep Studying the course of your dreams – articulation agreements

Picture this, you are dead set on going to one particular college/university and you know exactly which course you want to do. It is really competitive and there are only a small number of places each year. 'How do I get into art college?' is something we are asked all the time. What is the best strategy to following your dreams and getting accepted onto this course? Read on to find out about articulation agreements.

19 Apr Portfolio development tips

Here at Portfolio Oomph we are totally committed to helping you with your portfolio and all our products are shown below. We also show how our products work together to making applying to art college as straightforward and painless as possible! We've spent a lot of time researching what help there is currently out there online for potential art students like yourselves. We've done searches for 'portfolio development tips', 'art college portfolio', 'interview advice for art college', and many, many other scenarios. I think the answer is clear; not much. That is why we have developed 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.