Drawing week 2

Like Composition we have four projects in Drawing class but unlike Composition these 4 are running simultaneously.  The first is the memory diary.  Today we worked with our non-dominant hand.  We'll rotate from week to week, left to right and back.  Later we'll transform the work in some way.  (This applies to all the projects.)  I have lots to go on for next week.  Greatly helpful  comments from the teacher.

The second assignment is a 5 minute presentation of a process of drawing that hasn't been done before.  We had our first presentation today.  The student showed us drawing with linguine, using it as a brush and a stamp.  Now I have a bit of an idea -- I'm in week 8.

The third assignment is about a contemporary artist who uses drawing in their work.  We drew names for this and I got Gabriel Orozco.  Some of  the other artists were William Kentridge, Christo and Jean-Paul, Jenny Saville, Banksy, Anthony Gormley and Anselm Kiefer.  We're to research our artist and learn about how they work, how they draw.  In week 4 we'll be at Allan Gardens drawing plants in the style of our artist.

The fourth assignment is done at home.  We're to produce a series.  I'm planning some self-portraits.  More on that later!

We also did an exercise today that was fun and instructive.  The idea was to show different ways to generate images.  We began with a stack of separate sheets of paper equal to the number of students -- 9.  Also some ink, two sticks and a q-tip.  Everyone was given a magazine.  We opened it once only and at random and drew on our first page something that drew our attention.  The we passed the book to the left.  Same again on a new page and so on.  Meanwhile the pages and the drawings could connect in any way.