I guess I am a real pain in my latest art class because I will not stick with the programme.  If it is any consolation to my latest tutor I never have been able so he is not alone.   This week we were being shown how to us a grid, in this case one in the shape of the Union flag, to make a copy of a photograph.  It was intended to introduce the use of charcoal and as an  exercise really quite interesting  but one I found frustrating as I wanted to do my own drawing of the profile of the person.

We had to plonk the head in the middle of the paper as the whole session was to be very prescriptive – which it had given the aim of the exercise.

We were then allowed to make our own image as a second image should we want to.  Actually we were given further prescriptive instructions but I had by that time had had enough and so went off and made my own drawing using red soft pastel as well as the charcoal and the resultant image was very much me – whether that is good or bad and that is in the eye of the viewer.

Overall all another successful day in class I think – whether me tutor feels that way is another matter but there we go – at least he only has one of me in the class as everyone else stick with the programme.  In a way that is the story of my life.