Royal Academy Artist gives Year 11 Dynamic Drawing Workshop

As our Year 11s prepare for their examination projects, we were pleased to welcome award-winning artist Jeanette Barnes from 'We Explore Drawing' who used her wealth of knowledge and creativity to give our students two creative workshops on dynamic drawing.

Throughout the day, the students practiced their drawing in different and energetic ways. Before putting together their final pieces (done with colour markers or charcoal), the groups experimented with layering images in multiple colours, adding words and texts and mark-making to key words. The students took inspiration from their chosen examination themes including hair, movies, music, the dining table and construction. The final drawings put together will be used as starting points to create patterns, motifs, computer aided designs, prints and embroidery. 

After studying at the Royal Academy Schools and the Royal College of Art, Jeanette developed an energetic style and chose to put together pieces that are a combination of experiences and ideas. These come from long periods of trial and error, focusing on changing urban landscapes and sketches made on location.

You can see photos from the workshop in the Flickr album below. You can find out more about 'We Explore Drawing' here.

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