The Taste for Drawing

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Drawing from live models (human figure or landscape). The subjects, the infinite variety of morphologies and possible poses make the study of the model and representation a warm-up exercise, a stretching of the gaze. 'I like to look, therefore I draw.' Drawing as a space for breathing. Develop a sensory and lively approach to drawing. Drawing as a place of all possibilities. Loosen the hand, dive into the sheet as one would dive into a liquid. Necessity of a sketchbook. 'To sketch a drawing' means 'to capture quickly' as one would bite into an apple. 'Always carry a sketchbook (...) Seize the model with love, consider it and reproduce it in all its forms, so as to lodge it in your head.' Ingres, Thought, 1922. Drawing, deciding. 'Drawing: having to choose between imitating an object or producing a sign. Either evoke a contour, rhythm, texture perceived at a point in the world (...) or draw from nothing in the perception of nothing.' Excerpt from the book The Taste for Drawing, Yves Bonnefoy, Le petit mercure edition. Life drawing classes at school and outdoor drawing (walks, exhibition visits). There will be drawing time followed by group hanging and discussion around the experience. Drawing by women. Discovery of a selection of female drawings from Mongolia to India via Korea. Projection/discussion time around feelings and...