Frequently Asked Questions

If you have done one of our workshops you may have some questions about what happened or want some ideas for continuing your drawing. Click on the questions below for answers that will help.
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1. Why is it called a workshop?

2. Why charcoal?

3. Wouldn't it be sensible to use easels or even desks?

4. I thought that we'd be working from a single pose all day-why didn't we?

5. The workshop tried to steer us away from our natural way of drawing (making an outline and then using shading) why?

6. The tutor talked about bringing observation and imagination together. how is this done?

7. I quite liked the expressive qualities in my drawings but I can't help thinking about their lack of accuracy, is this a problem?

8. During one part of the day we were asked to keep changing the same picture, was there a reason for this?

9. Why were we encouraged to rub out our drawings even when we had put a lot of work into them?

10. Single figures I could do but when we had to combine several in a large composition i had difficulties, any advice?

11. I enjoyed the experience of doing the workshop but I find my drawings strange and hard to judge. What have I learnt?

12. What can I do to continue with this line of work, could you recommend any artists that might be useful to look up?