Last week some of our students were in Oban on a drawing trip. Each year we take our second years, fourth years and masters students up to the west coast of Scotland. They are given a drawing task to complete and they are free to explore Oban and the islands. We have a 360 video …
Can you guess?
At the beginning of ‘Unspoken’ each first year Illustration student was randomly assigned a painting from the Impressionist room at the National Gallery of Scotland. During a visit they were asked study it carefully and later do more research into the story behind their painting and how it relates to the artist who created it. …
Halfway There Fourth Year Exhibition
Last week our Fourth Year students put on an exhibition to celebrate hitting the mid way point for their final year at ECA. The exhibition was held in the Engine Room of the Fire Station and the students exhibited work in progress which included posters, books, zines and paintings. There was also a shop within …
BOOKMARKS 2019
BOOKMARKS is back! Exploring how artists books are used, promoted and explored in educational settings. Applications open for 2019 through CuratorSpace (link in the bio). Applications welcome current students and alumni from ECA, students from other institutions and from presses and organisations who support students as part of their remit. Curatorspace application page HERE Deadline …
Notgeld
CLICK HERE to read the Centre for Research Collections blog post about the project. In Semester one, second year illustration were set a project to produce counterfeit money, inspired by the German emergency currency Notgeld. Their notes were to be inspired by a location, known to them or imaginary. They had to create three …
What makes you angry?
Last month our second year group had were given a brief and asked to answ the question ‘What makes you angry?’ They were divided into groups and were asked to talk, get angry and illustrate their response. The only specifications were that it had to be a maximum of two colours and A3 in size. Nov …
French Film Festival Exhibition
Each year our students illustrate posters for the French Film Festival. This year they have illustrated short one minute films from the mobile film festival (you can watch the films here) and their wonderful creations are currently being exhibited in the Filmhouse Café on Lothian Road. A winner will be chosen at the closing ceremony …
Natural History Elective visit the Botanical Gardens
Astrid’s Natural History Illustration elective visited the Royal Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh this week. They had a tour of the Herbarium and viewed some of the collection of plants. It was from this collection that they produced some observational drawings which will go on to influence the visual setting of the world they create …
First Year Illustration Repeated Patterns
Inspired by their trip to the National Museum of Scotland, first year students made repeated patterns in the studio from quick drawings they made. After this first attempt they went away and developed their drawings and created an illustration that would work as a repeat pattern. This project aimed to introduce the students to printmaking …
Illustration Exchange at Lucerne University of Applied Arts
Kristina Kapeljuh one of our current fourth year students, spent some of her third year on exchange in Switzerland. We asked her a few questions about her experience which you can read below. Where and what did you study on your exchange? I studied Non-Fiction Illustration at Hoch Schule Luzern, Design und Kunst ( …
