Yet again, I’ve taken the paper out of the pack and ran my fingers over the textured surface. Yet again, I’ve thought about making a mark. That’s as far as it’s got though, as I carefully seal the pack again and put it all away. There’s something very daunting about a fresh piece of handmade paper, when you haven’t drawn for awhile.
I assisted again on a drawing workshop this week. It’s something we can volunteer to do to add a bit of variety to our jobs. (by volunteering, I mean that we still get our normal pay – no more free workshops for me! Jeesh no!)
So it not only gave me a chance to look at drawing from a different perspective, but the opportunity to talk to the artists involved. The workshop leader ( £25 per hour) was a really nice guy and had fantastic drawing skills. I know this, as he plonked himself at a table to draw, while the families sort of got on with things. No new drawing techniques were shown, which is a bit of a shame as there were a huge amount of materials available.
I chatted to the ‘assistant’ ( £10 an hour – standard pay at all galleries) I was surprised to find that she had only assisted on 3 workshops in the last month, each totaling 4 hours. She didn’t have any other work, but said she was happy with that as it gave her time to do her own stuff. Hmmmmmm………. I wonder…
