Half way through the second week, and another very successful life class, from my point of view anyway – I’m not sure that the model would agree entirely as he got very cold feet (literally). Most of the students came back from last week, as well, which is always a good sign.
Last week we started off doing the “tearing A1 paper into progressively smaller pieces” thing at the beginning, in order to allay the Terror Inspired by Large Pieces of Paper. Within about 15 seconds of the students beginning to draw on the A5 size, it was obvious that they would have no trouble filling an A1 sheet. This week they dived into the “entirely tonal drawing” exercise with enthusiasm, and mastered it immediately. I am going to be stuck for things to challenge them with at this rate. Perhaps I will actually have to teach some anatomy?
