Educational Setting Artwork
In 2021 I was invited to work in an educational setting with mainly teens who were out of education for different reasons to try and communicate with them whilst providing creative outlet, encouraging them to draw and create. Some had behavioural difficulties, including some who were non-communicative, which proved quite challenging, but I wanted to try communicate with them through artwork.
These art pieces are some of my favourites from my time working there, some are not my best work and look quite unprofessional and unfinished, but they're all products or collaborating with the students and successfully providing a creative activity for them to engage with.
Animals I drew for students who were non-communicative in an attempt to help communicate with them through art.
Original characters sketched when brainstorming during a character creation activity.
A character created in collaboration with a student who wanted to create food inspired characters. This one was based on old striped sweet wrappers and milk chocolate.
A collaborated illustration with a student of a dragon.
Personified a student's pet dog, imagining what our pets would look like in a cartoonish and personified way.
Illustration I created from a student's words and direction. They had the vision in their head, I helped them visualise it.
A beverage based character design, a student I worked with wanted to personify an energy drink.
Another food based character design imagining what a person based on pizza would look like.