Year Two Day One Hundred and Nine - Drawing Fabric

Dear all, 

The Fine Arts course is made up of 5 core disciplines, Drawing, Painting, Print Making, Sculpture and Art History. Our first lesson of the week is drawing, possibly the most intense and demanding class led by the mighty Aaron ( he gets results but boy does he put us through our paces). 

Today, we were greeted with an in-class assessment, the subject matter: Fabric. In three hours we were to produce a full sized, coloured work taking reference from the mountain of fabric in the centre of the drawing studio. This was going to be a two-coffee morning. 

It was particularly challenging: I don't know if anyone out there has tried their hand at sketching fabric but reigns supreme in the difficulty stakes ( along with water and snow) and is rather very hard to make look exciting. 

Here are mine and Karen's offerings at the half-way mark. We decided caffeine was imperative at this juncture ( well, I did and Karen was keen to get some air). Everyone else was battling on.. here is Katie having a breather taking in her wonderfully colourful piece. 

And the rest of the class.. with Aaron in the background documenting everything *terrifying*. 

And here is my finished picture! Pastels every where (mutti will be happy to hear this news), I even had to get the mop out during clean up.

Karen managed to sneak her's out using the 'fold and hide' method ( Aaron suggested we should keep the pastel drawings.. for use 'in works in the future'. I tend to shy away from pastel-storage (it's a nightmare) but I managed to siphon it away in my painting slot.. *for a rainy day???*. 

So, we survived an another sculpture class... onto the next!


And in other news:
1. Here is my newest offering to the World of sculpture ( with the kind help of Karen holding up the head)!