My drawing practice has been boosted by simply sitting in a public area for a couple of hours this afternoon. My colleague and I started to draw profile portrait sketches of some of the students in the university's "Student Central" cafe. This in itself was an interesting experience just from the point of view of social interactions!... We developed a small crowd of onlookers whilst we sketched, this could be a little awkward at times as our self confidence has not reached the "comfortable" standard, against our drawing prowess.Nevertheless, we pursued the exercise, it helped us to certainly produce work that extends the use of drawing in our practice.
Our aim overall is to experiment to a large degree; I haven't lost sight of this and so a refresh of the objectives was useful to reflect upon...
"Using the suggested themes of marking, looking, imagining, recording, thinking and transforming, and timetabled drawing sessions as a starting point, explore what drawing might mean to you and your practice.
Use this opportunity to explore the media, contexts and applications of how you use drawing in your practice, as well as developing new ways of working.I felt that the use of pencil and cartridge paper lensed a very traditional and secure way of re-imaging portraiture as a regularly recognised form of sketching. What I intend to do sometime soon is to carry out exactly the same exercise again, but this time by using simple crayon and see the interaction with people to measure their expectations / shock / awe / disappointment or what ever else they express... I think this will be a great test of audience participation and measurement.
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