Sharpen Your Pencils

Posted on Feb 10, 2025

Get yourself ready for the Walsall Society of Artists Exhibition of Drawings

Drawn Diamonds 25th April – 29th May

Open Call from 6th March – 13th April

Drawing is fundamental to all artists it’s where we start our ideas, for a sculpture, painting, jewelry, ceramics, the list goes on. This is how we as artists interrogate our subject; it doesn’t matter what medium we use a traditional pencil, biro, chalk, or pastel. I love to use charcoal, layers of dust and marks to excavate the image from the paper. Messy ink and feathers, I usually end up with more on me than the paper. When is a doodle not a drawing? I remember talking to someone who said they didn’t draw but doodled his ideas on bits of paper to hand. These were his thought processes before creating a final piece, yes I call them drawings, we so often under-value our scribblings.

To get our creative juices flowing Delilah has set up Three FREE Drawing sessions for you to join in with.

Free Group Drawing Sessions

• Tuesday 18th February 10am – 2pm at St Mathews Church, Walsall: – Draw the interior of the Church, statues, carvings, the medieval nave, or the exteriors and grounds, walled memorial garden, the choice is yours.
• Monday 24th February 10am – 2pm at The Crossing, Walsall: – Draw your surroundings, reflections in the glass, chapel, daily life, or each other.
• Sunday 2nd March 12pm – 4pm at The New Art Gallery Walsall: – Be inspired and investigate and draw from your favourite art works, how did they do that, look draw and explore.

Don’t forget to bring your own materials and sketchbooks etc.

Examples of different styles and mediums

So whatever your tool of choice, or mixed media, that’s me I can never make my mind up, we look forward to meeting up socially and getting everyone drawing.

by Jude Hanly