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Creative Conscience Awards

I’m really thrilled to announce I’ve been selected as a finalist in the 2016 Creative Conscience Awards for my work with House of Illustration supporting children with disabilities to access the arts and Illustration. I’ve been invited to the awards here in London, which will look something like this: https://lnkd.in/eJrWs_h They say: “You should feel very proud, you were up against projects from…

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    On the 7th May, I had the great honour of being invited along by House of Illustration to coordinate and support the last in our series of free arts events for families at the British Museum in response to their Sunken Cities exhibition.

    The day subsequently took an Under the Sea theme, and families were invited to discover and learn together by taking part in some wonderful activities including our own pop-up interactive, sculptural sea landscapes and pop-up carousel books, which the children were then able to take home.

  Pop-up Carousel book

  Pop-up Carousel book

It was amazing to watch the sculpture grow and change over the day as the children added their own artworks and collages. We were left with an amazing tunnel artwork which families were encouraged to move around and engage with.

Pop-up interactive sea landscape

  Our workshop was led by artists Jhinuk Sarkar and Monique Jivram along with myself and the HOI’s Head of Education Emily Jost. Other participants included the British Library, October Gallery, The Science Museum, Frank Barnes School for the deaf and Camden Family Learning.

  Workshop leaders; Monique Jivram and Jhinuk Sarkar

    Sarah Underwood making coral for the interactive pop-up sculpture

  We had a wonderful day and it was especially rewarding to receive such positive feedback from the families who came to join us. We saw families working together to create some fantastic pieces of art including this amazing under water diving girl:

  Full size diving girl

  It is incredibly important to offer families in the community opportunities to access the arts and provides a much-needed space for them to work together, use their imaginations and support one another.

    A beautiful mermaid emerging from the deep sea

  The event was fully BSL interpreted and there was even a signed picture book reading area for children to relax and enjoy stories of the sea.

  Frank Barnes BSL interpreted story area

  Once again we were hugely grateful to the Mayor of Camden for joining us and for offering her support for our series of events.

Emily Jost, Monique Jivram, the Mayor of Camden, Sarah Underwood and Jhinuk Sarkar

  I feel incredibly proud to have been a part of this day and very much hope we can continue our efforts towards inclusivity and access to the arts for all families in the future.

  Here I am at the end of our day, a fully transformed sea creature:

    Under the Sea Family discovery day at the British Museum On the 7th May, I had the great honour of being invited along by House of Illustration to coordinate and support the last in our series of free arts events for families at the British Museum in response to their Sunken Cities exhibition.

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Anglia Ruskin: Semester one: Observational Drawing

Anglia Ruskin: Semester one: Observational Drawing

My first Semester at Anglia Ruskin in Cambridge over the winter months, involved solid observational drawing. We battled the elements with our sketchbooks in hand to develop our skills and learn new techniques.

I used a variety of media during this term, and tried to experiment with new ones including dip and brush pens. We were also encouraged to think about tone and perspective, and try to draw…

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Part of an illustration I recently did for #houseofillustration to celebrate some events I am organising there for disabled children. #illustration #art #drawing #disability #kids #comics #instaart #colour #kidsbooks #kidsbookillustration

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Aw, what a treat to come home to this beautiful Xmas card made by my gorgeous talented chum jo byatt! I absolutely love it. Thank you. Xx

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Autumnal landscape #wip #illustration #art #drawing #children #seasons #printmaking #monoprint

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This little girl had the most expressive poses and she loved her water trough. #children #beingfour #illustration #art #drawing

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More kiddlywinks being silly. #children #illustration #art #nursery #kids

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Did some sketching at a nursery today, hugely enjoyable. #kids #children #drawing #art #illustration

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Doing some experimemtal landscape drawing today. #landscapes #drawing #sketchbook #illustration #art #experiment #sketching #instart

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#sketching on tube after an evening out. Proof that you should not drink and draw. #drawing #london #tube #illustration #art #sketchbook

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#sketching on tube after an evening out. Proof that you should not drink and draw. #drawing #london #tube #illustration #art #sketchbook

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#sketchbook work from yesterday's drawing session in #apsleyhouse #london #drawing #illustration #art #sketching

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#sketchbook work from yesterday's drawing session in #apsleyhouse #london #drawing #illustration #art #sketching

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I have a new art desk/area. It is very pleasing. Now i can make an art mess and return to it the next day. Such pure joy. #illustration #art

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Landscape number two. #sketching #sketchbook #drawing #pastel #art #illustration #intasketch #landscapes #study #colour #nature #lakes #flowers

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Drawing landscapes today #pastel #drawing #art #illustration #sketchbook #sketching #instasketch