Music and movement

On our return from reading week we started with "sound" drawing. This workshop required a lot of paper and I mean a LOT.  It also needs a great deal of whatever drawing media one chooses to use.  I went for pastels and determined to just go with the flow.  Whilst different types of music were played to us we made marks in a way that we felt expressed the music:

At the end we were asked to identify three pieces or marks within a piece that we particularly liked.  My choices are below:

We then had to use the "EXACT" marks to draw the model.  I am afraid Helen our tutor was tearing her hair out.  I just couldn't seem to understand what she wanted so i had a number of botched attempts:

before Helen took me to one side and explained in words of one syllable what I had to do before one of us died!!!!!!!!

So USING THE EXACT MARKS.  SAME colour, SAME shape, SAME alignment....

Became....

Whilst

Turned into

And in close up

And finally

Became:

Helen is incredibly patient and I don't deserve her as a tutor.  She is really making me doubt and question my drawing ability and observational skills.  I know she said at the start of the semester that we would all end up hating her but whilst this is very "tough love" it is a fabulous opportunity to learn and broaden my drawing skills.  I have been far too complacent for far too long.

Using the freedom of the music to create marks and to then analyse what is produced will I hope inform what I am doing elsewhere in my Painting studio practice.  More about that anon.