Ink Work

During class, my tutor often organises small activities to do during the day. A while ago we were getting into ink, firstly exploring different tools and mark-making, before getting us to push ourselves to do giant ink drawings of panoramic photographs we'd taken of our bedrooms and houses. I really enjoy working with ink, it's something I do in my spare time a lot and having Pam teach us ways to use different weird and wonderful tools further emphasised my love for inks. The mark-making was quick and spontaneous and the drawing were expressive and messy. I wasn't happy with my drawing and wanted to give up but Pam was extremely encouraging and I felt confident enough to push myself to finish.

Ink drawings in progress

Ink drawings in progress

Mark-making experiments using salt and strange tools such as sticks, cardboard etc

I chose to draw chairs over some background experiments because I often draw chairs from old furniture books in my free time. I'm really happy how these ones came out. I'm looking forward to further using ink in my work to come, and thoroughly enjoyed the session in class.

Nelle