Given that I have started doing some pencil sketching again, and would like to get better at it, I decided to look for a local art class. As luck would have it, there was one just starting weekly sessions in the church that is 5 minutes' saunter from my front door, so I signed up. The curriculum aims to give attendees some insight into all the different media by having a go with a different one each session, starting with the humble pencil. I love pencil sketching (see the poem on this website entitled '2B') but was not thrilled to see that the first session was devoted, apparently to 'Mark-making'. Really? The class soon put me right. I realised in the first 5 minutes that I've got an awful lot to learn about drawing. The poem tries to explain that 'Aha' moment... Read the poem here.
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