Large scale drawing with Tony Hull, starting with object, blind drawing, mark making with long stick. wrapping object , inserting sheets of paper to disrupt composition , making linkages across surface, layers, responding to what's there.
Bookmaking , copies of monoprints, change of scale, formats, concertina
( also ideas from monoprint sketchbook project - backs of work different to front, interaction of pages,, juxtaposition ,
Paper manipulation and stitch - lots to explore here, take on idea and try different methods: pleating, distortion , ripping layers , stitch on acetate
Space and Light with Anne Teahan, feeling the form
Lessons from 'Large Scale Sketchbook' :
Interest in layers - in cloth, excavating old quilts, what's beneath , how to try this in paper?
Some first thoughts on artists of relevance:
Michael Buthe
Paul Feiler - I spent some time looking at layers and composition at the Redfern Gallery
And 'mining' my own blog for artists that have influenced me over the years - interesting to make connections.
Richard Long
David Nash Tree Quaryy
David Nash Cork Structures
David Nash
Sue Lawty
Cornelia Parker
Tania Kovats
Our homework from the first class was to read an article from Contemporary Drawing 1960's to now by Katherine Stout and research ' expanded notion' one of the themes
We started the next session looking at artists using these different methods :
( for his use of frottage, monoprinting 'activating the surface'
'Psychogeography' writer ( well worth downloading the pdf's) , ' Travelling Blind' shows fascinating interpretations of the tube.
Cosmopolitan city shows different scales ( above) and I like' patterns and perspective' ( below) linked with her essay on ornament and memory
Nancy Spero for her use of text
William Kendridge' s interdisciplinary work covers so many different media , it was a privilege to see the rehearsals for the 'Head and The Load' last year . I have a copy of his '6 Drawing Lessons' somewhere, must track it down.
My own research, linked to my interests in mapping walks, was in ' walking as art' , so I was interested to find the catalogue for exhibition ( which can be downloaded on ISSUU)
Walk on-WALK celebrating 40 years of 'art walking'
Those that caught my eye were Tim Knowles ( whose '7 walks from 7 Dials, Covent Garden' is featured in the inspirational 'Drawing Projects' book
Also Jeremy Wood who pioneered drawing with GPS ,the 3d physicality of his piece ' White Horse Hill' I found exciting.
"We cannot understand where we are on the ground without first looking up at the stars. The chalk figure from the Bronze Age was made to be seen from the heavens and today we use space age technology from the heavens to tell us where we are.
The Uffington White Horse was chosen for its mysterious dialogue between the ground and the sky; a relationship it has in common with the magical properties of satellite navigation technology.
The original shapes have eroded over time along with their meaning. They are signs, not entirely visible from the ground that are projected towards the skies like symbols on a map to be seen by the gods."
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