A Level, AS and BTEC Results Day
A fantastic portrait of the Headmaster, Ian Wilmshurst, was unveiled at Speech Day. The portrait painted by Hannah (Wellesley House).
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After joining King's Bruton in the 3rd Form, Hannah has consistently shown her talent for sketching and painting within her time in the art department. Starting with an email from Mr Harkness (Head of Art) to the Headmaster’s office with the offer of Hannah’s skills, her role was confirmed by Mrs Carpenter later that day, with the information serving more as an instruction to Mr Wilmshurst than anything else.
Hannah’s project was based around the study of chairs, and there is no better one than the Headmaster’s. The initial step was sketching her three different ideas, the ceremonial chair in the Memorial Hall, the Headmaster's office chair and the last in the Headmaster’s house. These took over an hour each, nearing four collectively, in which both Mr Wilmshurst and Hannah were said to have been nervous, Hannah allegedly making this clear through infectious laughing. As seen in the pictures, Hannah’s third visit developed a more in depth study from live painting.
Lucien Freud is one the artist Hannah has studied to influence this portrait, for every painting Lucien spent two months before picking up a brush, just studying the model. As Hannah hopes to use this portrait for her final art piece in the summer, sadly this length of time isn’t possible, but I’m sure both would agree this is a blessing in disguise. The two other artists that will influence Hannah’s final piece are Francis Bacon and Benjamin Gracia, two people dedicated on studying the human face with a contortion of colours and blending.
Six weeks is the expected duration of crafting the painting, which encouraged Hannah to say ‘it’s stressful but an honour to be doing’, leaving the bulk of designing until after her A Level exams. Her final painting will sit alongside the previous Headmasters hung on the walls in the John Davie room, which to her is an ‘unbelievable opportunity’. The final painting will be used to start Hannah's artist portfolio to take with her into work after building it within her art degree at the prestigious UAL.
Evie - Prefect - Arion House
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