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Stops you in your tracks and kills creativity. I did a poll in the Facebook Group and by email last
Considering the top universities for Fine Art? – get clued up! It can be difficult to imagine
So, you’ve just finished 5th year at school (here in Scotland) and you’ve achieved your
Art and design employability skills Art and design. We’ve been thinking a lot of about art and
I received a really insightful email recently from a parent of one of my students from last year, wh
We had a fabulous day last week in the beautiful autumn sun, in the woods MAKING OUR OWN DRAWING CHA
Getting art college application dates and folios in order. Use our chart to check what’s requi
Listen to Ed Sheeran about creativity so, we were listening to Ed Sheeran on BBC’s Desert Isla
How easy do you find it not to be sure about something you do? How easy do you find it not to be sur
Sketchbooks and mark making. We’ve had a great relationship with schools in the Dumfries and G
wLast night we attended the John Byrne Awards at the Playfair Library, University of Edinburgh. The
On Saturday we took part in a totally new experience in our education world – an online confer
Dyslexia and Art School Dyslexia is a common distinction of the creative individual, with many young
Design and expressive arts The topic of this blog post is the differentiation between and expressive
We nearly called this blog post ‘time management and planning’. But then we realized tha
The October break is a great time to really start focusing on your art college application and you
There are many elements to consider when you start planning how to make an art portfolio for college
A couple of months ago (10 February 2015) artist John Byrne was very outspoken with his views on Gla
We’ve had a great start to 2015 and none better than collecting our award and meeting Dragon
Drawings that will impress your art teacher?? Hmm, this might sound like a pretty normal thing to do
Get on with your art college We are thrilled to be able to guide you through creating your digital p
We had a greatly inspiring workshop over the weekend of Off the Rails Arthouse in Fife. We call the
sketchbook ideas.Great news once more! Our ‘Idea and sketchbook development’ at Off the
I’ve heard it so many times “but I just CAN’T draw”. If you want to improve
#SBS winner.Some wonderful news came our way on Monday evening. We were announced as being one of 6
Our daughter had a lovely tea set painting kit for her Christmas last year and we’ve finally g
Life drawing or not, that is the question?! You might be wondering what to put in an art portfolio f
We are delighted to be able to offer life drawing in Midlothian in the new year. Having spent a bit
Life drawing can be a great addition to any art portfolio for art college but it is not essential. I
Picture this, you are dead set on going to one particular college/university and you know exactly wh
Here at Portfolio Oomph we are totally committed to helping you with your portfolio and all our prod
I am so pleased to have seen this installation art piece earlier this week – Random Internatio
Christmas holidays? Oh yes, it is – Oh no it isn’t! Your art college portfolio is waitin
We discovered 2 videos from the BBC this week on creative sketchbook ideas whilst writing our eCours
You might think that the term ‘negative space drawing’ has connotations of something qui
Higher art and design As A level and higher art and design results come in thick and fast now, some
I’ve been waiting to write this blog post for a while as it’s so exciting – for me