{"id":41,"date":"2022-10-04T21:56:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T20:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/?p=41"},"modified":"2022-10-23T20:31:40","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T19:31:40","slug":"tuesday-life-drawing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theheuch.co.uk\/Kirsty\/uncategorized\/tuesday-life-drawing\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday \u2013 Life drawing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The instruction was to work from the centre of the body out. The poses were designed for foreshortening and perspective. It was an exhausting session. I concentrated very hard and worried over the relationships of specific points to each other. The hip to the belly button. Occasionally I became self-conscious and started to assess how well the drawing was going. I have proven many times that this is a mistake and that clearing the mind to focus solely on looking is a more productive and satisfying way to go. As usual an inner voice argued with Alex\u2019s guidance. An innate resistance to authority has been a constant Achilles heel, getting in the way of embracing and learning from leaders and teache<\/p>\n

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rs. I thoroughly respect both Alex and Tania, so maybe now I can ditch this unhelpful response. I had no interest in looking at the drawings when I got back to the studio with them. It would be several days before I unrolled them and selected a couple to put on the wall and critique. When I did I was horrified at the inaccuracy of one shoulder but generally fairly happy with the results. Working in charcoal and rubbing out seems to be a very good way to go. The malleability of the marks allows many adjustments and over drawing.<\/p>\n

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Introduction to printmaking; – Mark Hunter gave us a tour of the print studios. I found it difficult to stand for the duration, so I grabbed a chair. When I asked about how my illness might get in the way of print making effectively, Mark said that the technicians would help me but not to do outrageously large or heavy-duty work. Immediately my inner child started dreaming of the biggest heaviest prints I could make.<\/p>\n

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I think that I would like to take an image (drawing) and take it into wood block, stone litho and one other medium. Perhaps etching?<\/p>\n

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But what????????<\/p>\n

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Missed a lecture by Prof Sir Geoff Palmer on Scotland\u2019s links with Slavery because I was watching the\u00a0 yoga. I will revisit and catch up<\/p>\n

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