Research trip to museums in Oxford

Students from AS and A2 Level in Graphic Communication, as well as students from the Subsidiary Diploma in Illustration on a recent research trip to museums in Oxford. The students visited the Ashmolean, the MoMA and the Pitt Rivers Museum. All students used the trip to gather visual research and inspiration for their current projects, with the Pitt Rivers Museum being of particular interest and inspiration due to it's quirkiness and the shear overwhelming amount of pieces of 'everyday usage' that are on show.

The group attentively listening to a brief introduction to the Pitt Rivers Museum given by a member of staff from the educational team.

The group of illustration students was asked to gather research and inspiration for their own character developments, of which there was plenty in the many showcases of the Pitt Rivers Museum.

1, 2, 3....say spaghetti!

1st Year Subsidiary Diploma In Art & Design

The 1st year Art & Design Students have just started their botanical form projects. These current examples were produced within a 2 hour visual studies lesson. The students examined the shape, form and structure of leave forms collected from Sutton Park and produced large scale graphite drawings and ink wash mixed media paintings. Next session, the students will examine their botanical findings through binocular microscopes and produce intensly detailed studies of the internal structure of various forms.