Arjun Presentation Kathryn Adams Ravensbourne School

1. Year 12 International Kerala Kids Project- Links and connections with Kerala Kathryn Adams

2. Student’s biography Arjun age 4 is one of our music lovers, he loves the drums and listening to different types of music which he dances along to. His favourite colour is green and he likes chocolate, playing on a toy laptop and looking at pictures. He is very tactile and likes to be hugged.

3. Observational Drawings For this project I did several observational drawings from primary and secondary sources such as for a primary source, I drew Indian drums, which Arjun likes to play. For secondary sources, I drew an Indian elephant using oil pastels (as displayed opposite) as well as an Indian dancer, a lotus flower in watercolour and an Indian flag in acrylics.

5. Artist Research I researched several artists including Van Gogh (traditional artist), Alex Katz (a contemporary artist), Hannah Hoch (a photomontage artist) and Indian art. All these artists were influential as to how my final piece was composed.

6. Feedback from Kerala ‘’Whilst there are a range of interesting images surrounding Arjun, there doesn’t seem to be too much connected with the biography with the exception of the elephant and musical references. However there are some strong Indian influences and I particularly like the use of Hindi, the Ganesh figure and the Om design in the corner. I also like the idea of the notice board motif and it represents an interesting way of approaching the project.’’

7. Here is the final piece I painted using acrylics of Arjun. I used symbolism in the music notes to represent his age of 4 years and incorporated his culture and religion into the piece by painting Ganesh and the Indian flag. Final piece