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Alison Burchert.

alison burchert.

Essex

Encouraged as a small child by an artistic mother, I always sketched family members and pets, being able to capture a good likeness. From school through to college, my ability to draw became apparent and was recognised throughout my home town of Colchester in Essex. I had taken to pastels after years of painting in watercolour. The transition happened when working on a portrait….. "With watercolours I couldn't keep the smooth texture of the skin and the more I worked at it, the rougher the 'skin' got. Frustrated, I picked up a box of pastels that I'd had from college and almost closed my eyes as I chalked over the face I'd been working on for hours, cringing with the fear of having to throw the whole picture in the bin…. I smudged it over with my finger. The result was amazingly smooth and definitely 'skin' like. I put away the watercolours and invested in many shades of quality pastels". In 1997 and keen to enter into the art world, I offered my services to organisations to produce promotional portraits which came with good media coverage and helped my business catapult within its first year. I was introduced to various artists and teachers and was offered a place to work alongside Royal portrait artist Richard Stone who had admired my work through the local press. In 2003 I took up teaching art within local clubs and private classes, holding exhibitions and encouraging 11 to 16 year olds to develop their artistic talents with workshops using different mediums. From 2008, I had the immense pleasure of working with Colchester Zoo in Essex when I became their Artist in Residence. From holding art classes in the Zoo and working with children during the school holidays to portray their favourite animals, one of my greatest adventures was to work closely with the Zoo's great managerial team on their 'Stand Tall' project for their 50th anniversary. This saw many local artists give up their time to design and create personal works of art on 2.5m giraffe sculptures. These were then displayed around Colchester and even took a tour to London's South Bank before they came back to the Zoo for auction. It was with much excitement to see one of my giraffes (Big Catrina) sell to the highest bidder at £6800. Developing very unique drawing skills, I have helped students from all over the world with many varying art abilities to accomplish their artistic dreams. With a limited palette of chalks, and a vast experience in pastel application, my teaching took me to places I hadn't even dreamed of. Constantly moving forward and learning new ways to pass on my skills, I would say that teaching students of all ages is in my blood now. It has become a passion to show others the beauty of this versatile medium.

Newlands Primary School

newlands primary school

Southampton

On behalf of everyone at Newlands Primary School, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you and your child to our school and hope you have a happy and exciting learning journey with us. At Newlands we work hard to provide a stimulating, supportive and challenging learning environment in which children feel confident and want to learn and do their best. We believe every child wants to succeed and has the potential to achieve great things. We aim to meet the needs of each individual by ensuring we provide them with the opportunities, support and encouragement needed to develop their social, emotional, creative, academic and physical abilities to the full. We are a Rights Respecting School and want our children to know their rights and foster an ethos of tolerance and acceptance of everyone, respecting, not just their own rights, but the rights of others. We believe it is essential that your child feels happy, secure and makes good progress in their learning. We value the contribution parents and carers make in helping children achieve this. We work in partnership with parents and carers to ensure every child does the best they can. All of the adults at Newlands, whether they are staff members, parents, carers, governors, support workers or specialist providers, are role models to our children. By respecting each other and by valuing each child as an active and important member of our school and local community we will encourage children to develop a sense of responsibility for themselves and a respect for others. We want your child to flourish, and feel happy and secure during their time with us in order that they realise Newlands is a place where aspirations and ambitions come true. We want every child to be their own success story and look forward to working in partnership with you to give your child the best start possible to their education and life long learning. We hope you will enjoy your visit to our website and that you find the information you are looking for. If you have any questions or comments please contact the school directly and we will be pleased talk to you and/or arrange a visit..