Class #2

In class this week we did something a bit different. We started off by getting a small, approximately A4, piece of tracing paper and covering it in black oil pastel. We then placed paper over the top and drew on that sheet with a sharp object, I used a bamboo pen and my fingernails. The imprint of the objects then lifted the oil pastel onto the back of the paper, essentially creating a blind drawing. This was a very interesting way of working. Not seeing the drawing as you go, but only seeing the final product.

The last work we did was a larger work that we created using both of our hands at the same time. Each mark we made was mirrored in our less dominant hand. I found this particular experiment quite hard to do.