On Friday 12th March budding artists from Year 7 attended an Art History and Portraiture workshop at the National Portrait Gallery. Followed by an inspiring talk by Mr Merrony about the hidden symbolism in Tudor portraits.Charlie Cornwell reviews the day:
In one word, I would describe the trip as ‘enjoyable’. On the train to Victoria I imagined I would enjoy myself and the others would as well. The trip on the Underground was fun and when we arrived at the gallery, I was amazed at the size of it, and soon realised that today would be great. It was fun when we were walking around looking at historical paintings of the gallery. At four pictures of the Queen by Andy Warhol, we stood and listened to the guide talking about it, and my legs were absolutely killing me!
We were given boards and sheets of A3 paper to do a sketch of one of the painting. When we had lunch in Trafalgar Square, it was very nice looking at the scenery of the fountain and Nelson’s Column, but there was dozens of pigeons and a few seagulls whizzing over our heads! After lunch we spent some time looking around Nelson’s Column. At around two o’ clock, we started to walk back to the station and enjoying London for a last few minutes.
Mr Merrony and Miss Underhill commented:
‘The Year 7 students were fantastic ambassadors for the school on their trip to the National Portrait Gallery and Trafalgar Square. They were motivated, inquisitive, well mannered and fun!’
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