By Katherine Woodard

Katherine Woodard has been teaching Art and Design for over 20 years and is currently the KS2 Coordinator of Art at Haslingfield School. Katherine specialised in Fine Art at university and has carried this experience with her throughout her teaching career, encouraging her students to nurture their creativity through the use of sketchbooks. In this post Katherine talks about a sketchbook journey and the importance of students using their sketchbooks to record inspirations, experiments and creative growth.

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“It’s always so inspiring to hear how different artists work and we particularly like the detailed references Jake makes to his process – marking out the composition using neutral tones; adding and taking away compositional elements and gradually building in more colour and detail. Delivering a still life session in a classroom could begin with this process and encourage the practice of looking at positive and negative space. Some suggested resources below also touch on this”. – Rachel, AccessArt

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“There’s a really fun element to this activity which is you can imagine all children really enjoying! The idea of food on large scale is a great starter for a sculpture project and an early exploration of working in 3D. What’s really positive to see in this project is how the children used their sketchbooks to design their ice creams prior to working in 3D. They then had the opportunity to re visit and refine their ideas as they worked. This provides a sold foundation for the concept of design development and design through making- both of which underpin any visual arts or design project or profession. For more support on how to develop sketchbook practice in your setting please see our Sketchbook Journey” – Rachel, AccessArt

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“We’re really grateful to Jake from Draw Brighton for sharing this activity which became so well received during lockdown 2020. 

This is the perfect reminder that wherever we are in the digital or physical world, we have our eyes, hands and faces, and drawing provides a wonderful opportunity to come together in small groups to make sketches of each other. Use this activity as an ice breaker before a workshop, or as a transition activity between classes or events. Thank you Jake!” Paula, AccessArt

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