In order to allow for a wide range of people to use the node, the range of supplied drawing materials will be kept to a minimum in order to encourage deep experimentation. For those more experienced or wanting to try something new, they are more than welcome to bring their own medium to play with, however, the minimum materials supplied will include:
- Material to work on/substrate
This will mainly be discarded paper sourced from surrounding businesses and All Hallows School. However, some bought recycled paper in bigger sizes such as A2 and A3 will also be provided, or even just a big roll of butchers paper like we have in J-block studios which users can tear off to a size of their liking.
Users are encouraged to bring other materials to work on.
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| Edwina Ashton, Untitled (2005), pen and watercolour on found envelope |
- Drawing media including:
pencils - 2B and 6B lead, and coloured pencils
pens - biros and fineliners
pastels
In order to provide an inviting learning space, supplies definitely need
to be well-maintained and plentiful. There's nothing worst and
off-putting than broken stubby pencils and pastels, or dry pens. As there is only a small range supplied, this should be easy to maintain.
- No erasers!
The one thing that I've learnt to embrace (both from architectural design and art) is that iteration is the best form of learning. In architecture, a wobbly line adds so much more character to a sketch, and in mark-making, a 'mistake' can be experimented with (the whole point of the learning node!). No-one likes using a blackened rubber after someone before them has rubbed off half a page done in 6B, and more importantly, the amount of rubber waste brushed off the work surface and ultimately entering the wider HSW and river environment is definitely something to be avoided.
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