Drawing Together
“What on earth are they
doing?” you may well ask.
Well this is the grand finale
of a group of artists in the heart of Scotland “drawing together” using every
kind of utensil you can think of from sweeping brushes and mops to household
paint brushes, sponges and plastic balls using pure graphite and printmaking
ink.
For we were all taking part
in Perth Visual Arts Forum “Drawing Together” day at the Birnam Institute,
Dunkeld.
Those of us who had travelled
from neighbouring Stirlingshire were envious of the sheer quality, diversity
and organisation of this artist led venture.
We have nothing like it in
our area.
A number of international
artists (Ilana Halperin, Su Grierson, Liz Kemp and Pat Law) spoke about their
residencies in places as diverse and remote as the Arctic, Iceland, Japan and
Kenya.
And one workshop run by Kate
Downie on using the ipad as a drawing tool using an app called Paper53 will
surely see the sale of ipads soar. Even the most cynical were converted at the
end – here at last was an app designed for artists.
