Fiona Hawthorne, who is a local artist, showed us some of her inspiring artwork on Portobello Road. She taught us about her ink pens and the reportage technique that she used (drawing people in real life really quickly). In total she produced over 208 drawings for the exhibition.
Year 5 admiring the artwork
Fiona was inspired by the market community and the amount of space in the local area. She explained that although the shops on Portobello Market have changed, the community feeling has remained the same. Portobello Market is still a diverse, lively place.
Fiona’s biggest challenge was to find places to draw. She had to find lots of unusual places: sometimes she sat in the cafe; sometimes she sat at a market stall and sometimes she sat in her car and put out some paint pallets and drew people and things in colour. When she was drawing, Fiona put other people’s heads on other people’s bodies when they moved away too quickly. However, sometimes, she left the work unfinished because that’s her style.
We think that her art work is astonishing.
The Kensington Creatives 
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