Art Class at the Shedio

Art class at the Shedio focussed this week on Line.  We were drawing first, using pen, pencil, something hard, something soft, something sharp and something scratchy.   My first attempts were pretty dreadful, but once I started drawing an iron, and thinking about Aunt Joan, I felt impelled to draw using a scalpel - 'something sharp'.

Iron drawn with scalpel - cutouts.

Line drawing using scalpel - no cutouts.

Iron face plate, drawn with scalpel

Profile of iron cut into edge of page

Faceplate of iron lifted from page surface

Iron faceplate standing up from the page.

And a different angle of the iron standing up from the page

Cut paper iron, using paper pattern instruction page

Cut paper iron using paper pattern instruction page and pattern tissue.
Looks better when illuminated from behind -
but next time ensure the tissue is the same size as the heavier weight top paper!

During the day I could not work out why cutting felt so appropriate - especially as everyone else in class made work that was coloured, textured and more lovely than mine.  But now, after reflection, I realise Aunt Joan used cutting in everything she did - dressmaking, upholstery, glove making, flower arranging, embroidery, knitting.  So cutting as a drawing technique was so, so appropriate.