T1 Experimental Drawing and Mark Making

Course Description

Wanting to try something different? This is a fun class experimenting with a range of drawing tools and materials exploring gestural mark making, collage and colour. This is a fun class which will allow you to loosen up and play. We will explore techniques for creating a wide range of pattern and marks using a variety of drawing media such as ink, charcoal, pastels and graphite. We will make our own drawing tools and explore gestural mark making with them. We will investigate the expressive qualities of drawing using music, and look at how to convey emotion through line quality and gesture. Over this eight week course we will each build a bank of techniques, test different materials, and complete two collage works created using our own mark making experiments. About the tutor: Jane Barwell studied Sculpture at Curtin University and after completing a Post Graduate Diploma in Visual Arts at Sydney College of the Arts Jane received an Australia Council Studio in London and travelled to the UK. While there Jane studied Theatre Design and worked for many years for English National Opera as a Scenic Artist. Jane has taught at WAPAA, ECU and Fremantle Arts Centre. More recently Jane has been an arts worker at DADAA working in the areas of visual arts, dance and drama. Jane’s art practice currently centres around drawing and she recently exhibited a body of this work at EarlyWork gallery in Fremantle. What you need to bring Please bring – a 6B Lyra water soluble graphite stick, graphite pencils (4B or 6B), willow charcoal, black ink, any kind of small containers for water and ink, masking tape (any size). Plenty of Paper A3 or A2 cartridge paper. Week 2. Please bring some A3 heavy weight paper, around 200gsm. Does not need to be water colour paper, just thick. We will discuss materials for further classes at the first class.