ABSTRACT DRAWING AND MARK MAKING WORKSHOP
WITH ELEANOR RODWELL
To coincide with our May exhibition "Lines on a Surface" we are offering two exciting workshop sessions to explore abstract drawing and mark making techniques with local multi-disciplinary artist, Eleanor Rodwell.
These fun and experimental sessions will look at drawing in a more expanded way. Participants will be guided through using unusual materials and experimental techniques to develop new ways of mark making, working towards making abstract representation.
The session will include -
The emphasis of this session is to encourage exploration with creative mediums and break down preconceptions surrounding what ‘good drawing’ looks like. Further we hope to give participants a new perspective on mark making to enhance and broaden their creative practices.
WITH ELEANOR RODWELL
To coincide with our May exhibition "Lines on a Surface" we are offering two exciting workshop sessions to explore abstract drawing and mark making techniques with local multi-disciplinary artist, Eleanor Rodwell.
These fun and experimental sessions will look at drawing in a more expanded way. Participants will be guided through using unusual materials and experimental techniques to develop new ways of mark making, working towards making abstract representation.
The session will include -
- Starting with series of 5-10 minute drawing exercises - Including drawing only using line, drawing with two contrasting colours, drawing with your other hand, drawing blind.
- Moving onto more experimental exercises - such as drawing a sound, drawing on different shaped surfaces (long strips of paper, folded booklets, or a big roll of paper, drawing with an eraser).
- Finally expanding on a chosen technique, or a combination, to draw something in the room - This could be a person, the building, an object, a noise, or still life set up.
The emphasis of this session is to encourage exploration with creative mediums and break down preconceptions surrounding what ‘good drawing’ looks like. Further we hope to give participants a new perspective on mark making to enhance and broaden their creative practices.
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DETAILS Cost per session - £25 per person All materials provided Participants may bring objects and materials of interest to use during some of the exercises Two sessions available -
Each session will involve similar activities but may differ. Participants may choose to attend one or both sessions. Limited places available per session. Booking is required. |
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ABOUT THE TUTOR Eleanor Rodwell is a Suffolk-based multi-disciplinary artist, whose practice is rooted in mark-making, the landscape and translating emotional experience. She studied first at Leeds College of Art, before graduating with a BA in Fine Art from The Glasgow School of Art in 2018. Her mediums span drawing, painting, printmaking and metal casting. In recent years, she has completed residencies in Catalonia, Norway and Portugal, and last spring spent three months in residence at the studios and estate of Sir Antony Gormley, in North Norfolk. She has exhibited both internationally and within the UK, with three solo shows since 2021. With broad experiences in curation, leading creative workshops and working as a bronze foundry assistant, she now holds a semi-permanent studio with the Suffolk artist co-operative Asylum Studios. To find out more about Eleanor’s work W: www.eleanorrodwell.co.uk |
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