LARA Drawings/Summer in the City update

Wow, the drawings that these people are doing, it has to be seen to be believed. I have seen amazing and beautiful drawings before, mostly in books and museums but to see them live and fresh (not c1600) and with a contemporary sensibility is incredible. To be taught by and with those same people, the artists who made those drawings, is truly a privilege.

I was worried about not having the discipline for traditional methods but having tried a little it seems not so much a case of discipline, as involvement; allowing myself the luxury to keep working on my drawing. At this stage it is mostly the tutors gently pointing out my errors which become glaring even as they explain new ways to see and new ideas to think with.

My first cast drawing!

It seems essential to put aside my usual, comparatively frenetic, drawing approach in favour of learning new ways to see and think, the power of which I barely comprehend.

Cast drawing 2