Beatrix, 10
Beatrix, 10

Pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Candy, 9
Candy, 9

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Jamila, 6
Jamila, 6

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Salma, 5
Salma, 5

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Francisco, 5
Francisco, 5

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Dominik, 11
Dominik, 11

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Francisco, 5
Francisco, 5

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Ariv, 5
Ariv, 5

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Sumeja, 9
Sumeja, 9

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Oliver, 8
Oliver, 8

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Elva, 9
Elva, 9

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Muizze, 8
Muizze, 8

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Nicolas, 11
Nicolas, 11

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Miia-A, 5
Miia-A, 5

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Atheer, 6
Atheer, 6

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Nimrod, 10
Nimrod, 10

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Mari-Helen, 8
Mari-Helen, 8

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Faces on A4 - Johanna
Faces on A4 - Johanna

pen on A4 paper, 21 x 29.7 cm each

Faces on A4 is the prototype of an ongoing portrait project. International school students aged five to thirteen participated in this body of work. While I was working as a teacher one of the students asked me to draw a portrait of her. I suggested that I draw her face and then she would draw mine. I let participants use a pen on A4, not a pencil, to be just at one go. It was an intensive and intimate engagement. It’s like meditative communication through the visual sense. On the left side of each paper is my drawing of the student and on the right side is the student’s drawing of me, Jessie. I tried to depict each student’s face but more interestingly I found that the personality and character of the participant shine through his or her own drawing of Jessie.

Beatrix, 10
Candy, 9
Jamila, 6
Salma, 5
Francisco, 5
Dominik, 11
Francisco, 5
Ariv, 5
Sumeja, 9
Oliver, 8
Elva, 9
Muizze, 8
Nicolas, 11
Miia-A, 5
Atheer, 6
Nimrod, 10
Mari-Helen, 8
Faces on A4 - Johanna
Beatrix, 10

Pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Candy, 9

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Jamila, 6

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Salma, 5

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Francisco, 5

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Dominik, 11

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Francisco, 5

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Ariv, 5

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Sumeja, 9

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Oliver, 8

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Elva, 9

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Muizze, 8

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Nicolas, 11

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Miia-A, 5

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Atheer, 6

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Nimrod, 10

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Mari-Helen, 8

pen on paper, 21 x 29.7 cm

Faces on A4 - Johanna

pen on A4 paper, 21 x 29.7 cm each

Faces on A4 is the prototype of an ongoing portrait project. International school students aged five to thirteen participated in this body of work. While I was working as a teacher one of the students asked me to draw a portrait of her. I suggested that I draw her face and then she would draw mine. I let participants use a pen on A4, not a pencil, to be just at one go. It was an intensive and intimate engagement. It’s like meditative communication through the visual sense. On the left side of each paper is my drawing of the student and on the right side is the student’s drawing of me, Jessie. I tried to depict each student’s face but more interestingly I found that the personality and character of the participant shine through his or her own drawing of Jessie.

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