On 29 March, a group of budding illustrators came together for a lunchtime workshop led by our own great painter, Carmen. It took place in the social clubs room at the office, and I was there with my camera to document the activity.
Ready to learn
Carmen explains the philosophy–this is not just about putting pen to paper!
A relaxed moment
Concentration
Timing the exercise
Carmen suggest a good reference book on drawing
Carmen explains the next exercise…
Listening attentively
The exercise: the objects are covered, and the participants are to draw them from memory, in a couple of minutes
Véronique, hard at work
Konstantina, Eri and Kaisa, also hard at work
Carmen supervises the proceedings
All covered up
Kari, drawing from memory
Kaisa, also drawing from memory
Final touch
Uncovering the objects
What have we done?
Analysis 1
Analysis 2
Véronique has the final word in this post!