Adapting AccessArt: Plinth People

By Charlotte Puddephatt

In the ‘Adapting AccessArt’ series, we will be spotlighting teachers who have used AccessArt resources to develop their own pathways.

In this post, Charlotte Puddephatt, a teacher at Sheffield High School, shares with us how she adapted the AccessArt resource Plinth People: Sculptural Self-Portraits for her Year 3 class to support her school’s submission to the Take One Picture exhibition in 2025.

The Take One Picture exhibition opened at the National Gallery in June. Now in its 30th year, the painting that inspired this year’s artwork from children around the UK is Courtyard of a House in Delft by the Dutch painter, Peter de Hooch. This project involved three one-hour sessions for making, followed by two additional sessions to create the backdrop.

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This Project Uses The Following Resources…

Plinth people: Sculptural Self Portraits

Once the plaster was set the cardboard was removed. The corrugations gave the plinths an architectural feel

Quick Clay Figurative Sketches

Quick clay figurative sketch


Landscapes Inspired by John Piper


Transforming Letters

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Upper and lower case "C" inspired by twigs

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AccessArt Survey for Primary Schools

CPD Recording: Transforming Letters

Cutting and Arranging Letters by Charlotte Puddephatt


Co-Design in the Classroom

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Prepping Letterpress by Natalie Deane

Visual Arts Pedagogy

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Dreaming With Watercolour

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How I use my Sketchbook as a Painter, by Rachel Thompson


Thick and Thin Paint

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Painting the Storm

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Mixed Media Landscape Challenges

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Tiny Art Schools: The Children’s Art School

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Adapting AccessArt: Sequence and Story Building

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Engaging Audiences Through Transportation


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“Acts of Kindness” Workshop


Collage: Deconstructing, Reconstructing and Abstracting

What We Like About This Resource…

“I really like how this playful resource helps us to make a creative response inspired by a stimulus, ensuring that the stimulus is only an entry point into an outcome that will look totally different. Exploring the themes of colour, texture and composition through the lens of different artists also helps us see how we can interpret (and re-interpret) colours and materials in a meaningful way. Viewfinders and collage are also great tools for those who experience ‘fear of the white page’ and will allow learners to make conscious creative decisions as they go.” – Tobi, AccessArt

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Adapting AccessArt: Stories and Faces

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Session Recording: Creating School Exhibitions & Displays

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