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PIP WOOLF - Elemental Drawing

This will be Pip's first time teaching at Moor Hall Studio and I am very excited by the challenging course that she will be offering.

A day of drawing that holds the elemental in mind and uses all four of the dictionary definitions below, to explore making marks in relation to place.

el.e.men.tal adj.

1. basic and essential
2. relating to or caused by powerful natural forces
3. reduced to, or reducing something to, a stark simplicity
4. relating to the chemical elements, or to the elements of earth, air fire and water that were once supposed to be the basic units of matter

We will be using the inside and outside of the studio and will be working with different media relating to the elements e.g. earth pigments, plant colours, water, fire and air. It will be a day to explore your drawing whatever level of expertise you have, using a number of exercises.

We will first explore the beautiful location and environment of Moor Hall Farmhouse as the starting point. By using different sensory inputs to drawing, we will gradually find ways to gather more information about whatever focus attracts us. We will experiment with different media including working with water, fire, earth and wind before revisiting our first interest with a new set of tools.

By the end of the workshop you will have created a day's diary of your own experience of what, for you, is elemental at Moor Hall.