Wire Drawings

During last week’s half term I attended a ‘Drawing with Wire’ workshop with my 10 year old at Barnoon Workshops in St Ives.

For the first bit of the session we made quick continuous line drawings, looking at the object but not the page. This technique creates really satisfying lines which already look like wire.

Next we moved on to making drawings out of wire. I took my sketchbooks for inspiration. My dog sketches worked really well. This way of working is so satisfying and for me it’s really important to keep trying new things using different mediums as this can influence and help other work evolve.