life drawings
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Life drawing was taught at City&Guilds by Diane Magee to stonecarvers as the bedrock of practice: honing observational skill; understanding form (the connections between underlying structure, forces and surface); hand-eye discipline; a means with which to think.
Diane is an extraordinary teacher and has inspired generations at City& Guilds. I have done my best to build on her invaluable instruction and have now amassed hundreds of drawings. I owe much to many others, including Martin Jennings, Gerald Laing, Tom Phillips, John Roberts, Derrek Hines and Freya.
My life drawings are the direct and immediate experience of a human being. They have not been ‘worked on’ after the event.
