On the 29th June, I went in to work with some Year 10 pupils at Carshalton High School in Surrey. It was a one day painting workshop where the students were asked to create ‘An Alternative Self Portrait’ and incorporate text into the painting.
I really love working on projects like this! Its really rewarding to see the kids enjoying painting and benefiting from the experience of the workshop. The teacher had contacted me through the LONSAS website back in April, and asked me to submit a proposal for the kind of workshop I would like to do.
I took elements of my own practice to develop the idea for the workshop. The students were asked to find an image or take a photograph of something or a place that they felt represented who they are, they were also asked to write a slogan or find a quote that they felt represented them. These were combined to create a painting on canvas, which they worked on throughout the day. We also looked at examples in art history of artists who have made alternative self-portraits (Van Gogh’s chair and Emin’s bed), and artists who use text in their work.
A lot of the pupils wrote some really inspiring and interesting pieces of text for their pieces, and they produced some really good work.
Thankyou to Miss Care for inviting me to do the workshop! And it was lovely to meet all the students in the year 10 class.
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