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12 Aug

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[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=""]As the school exam results were out here in Scotland last week I wanted to talk about the subject of engaging with support in the form of an art tutor. We all like to think that our young people are receiving everything that they need from school. However, our personal experience this year has...

12 May

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[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_custom_heading text="Knowledge is key and this student case study demonstrates to you how to get into art school relies on making a well-informed application with strong guidance and support." font_container="tag:h3|font_size:18|text_align:left|line_height:2" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal"][vc_empty_space height="20px"][vc_column_text]“I'm very glad I contacted Julie, without her I wouldn't be preparing to go to Uni this year!" In September Kirsty contacted me...

27 Mar

Posted at 13:27h in testimonials by
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[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=""]Scroll down for the video. Below is also the full *Transcript*  Falmouth School of Art Animation Before I discovered Portfolio Oomph I was in a bit of a tricky situation in that I had left school, I had good qualifications but I then decided I wanted to apply for art college and I hadn't studied art. I...

04 Jul

Posted at 15:01h in testimonials by
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[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=""]Scroll down for the video. Below is also the full *Transcript*  Architecture Bartlett School of Architecture UCL. "Despite completing seven years of after-school art classes a couple of years ago, I still felt kind of unsure about what should in my portfolio and how should I create it. And one of my biggest frustration was...

14 Mar

Posted at 14:03h in Uncategorized by
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[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=""]Scroll down for the video. Below is also the full *Transcript*  Glasgow School of Art Textile Design Before I discovered Portfolio Oomph I really struggled with trying to discover what portfolio like a portfolio was asking of me. I needed to make a portfolio but I didn't exactly know what I was supposed to put...

10 Mar

Posted at 14:45h in testimonials by
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[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=""]Scroll down for the video. Below is also the full *Transcript*  Art Therapy course (Psychotherapy) Queen Margaret University. "Before I discovered Portfolio Oomph, I was really unsure how to go about putting a portfolio together. So I had a goal in mind, which was to apply for a specific course [art therapy course], and I...

14 Sep

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[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]When the best schools in UK are announced every year and the school league tables are published my heart sinks. 🧡 For the schools. 🧡 For the kids. 🧡 For the parents. 🧡 For the teachers. The Scottish school league table 2023. Full list of the "best-performing" high schools in Scotland (google search for best schools in UK). The...

16 Nov

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[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] Yesterday I finally made it to see Grayson Perry's exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh, 'Smash Hits'. Perry is an artist that I've admired for years - his work and approach to art is very much celebrated in my portfolio preparation course and my own ethos around creativity. The project that students study...

10 Nov

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[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_custom_heading text="Banksy art at Gallery of Modern Art" font_container="tag:h1|font_size:20|text_align:left" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal"][vc_column_text]The Banksy art exhibition "Cut and Run" was a real feast of delights. If you're in school there's no doubt that you will have studied the work of Banksy at some point. This is usually in National 5 art and design or GCSE art and design. And...