Student's stunning portrait features in newspaper

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April 26th 2021

Grace Gascoyne, a student from Cromer Academy, has featured in a local newspaper for her impressive art project.

Grace, Year 11, created a black and white portrait of her friend and schoolmate, Eve Armstrong, for a GCSE art class.

Grace said:

"It shows content acceptance of the current global pandemic. Previous paintings with the same subject have expressed anger and frustration. I wanted to portray a different emotion."

Grace used mostly chalk, and also acrylic paint for details and the piece took about eight hours to complete.

Read the full EDP article here