I created this quick portrait illustration working with Year 6 students at Birkby Junior School in Huddersfield. They had already been taken through the process of how to make their own versions in a workshop I delivered earlier in the week. There were 12 students that had an extra bonus session with me at the end of main workshops. I took them through the process again but this time looking at making further embellishments, adding extra detail and shading etc. They were all very keen to see me go through the whole process on my own from start to finish. So this image came out of the hour we spent together.
I often show my work and present plenty of examples in slide shows when running workshops. I am meticulous when taking students through the method or the working process regarding how to achieve certain outcomes. Often there is no time for me to work along side my students and create something with them. That’s because much of my time is focused on answering questions, trouble shooting and going over things that were perhaps misunderstood during the tutorial. This is something that is very much needed when young people are working with technology that they are not used to. Creative workshops are fabulous things to get lost in, but when people are unfamiliar with the tech, it does need that extra support structure, so my time is divided during these creative sessions.
So on this occasion it was nice to have the time to work with a set of students and show them what I did in real time so to speak. It certainly helped them diversify their process and lead to more in depth outcomes.
Blog post of their work coming soon.
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