In terms of drawing materials, anything goes. Toulouse-Lautrec and Auguste Rodin at times
resorted to drawing on brown wrapping paper and painting on sheets of cardboard. I made the sketch below with the only
materials at hand: a ballpoint pen and a sheet of photocopy paper.
Gretel Sleeping
The more readily available the materials the more you can afford
to practice. A successful artist covers acres of paper with sketch after sketch. Take heart, for the learning curve does not always climb steadily upwards. There are times when you feel to be getting
nowhere. But you must continue to work through those
periods. The reward comes when on day
you unexpectedly break through to new ground.
I can draw and paint without any materials at all. As I queue at the supermarket my eyes are
studying the people around me and my brain is mentally working out how I would put the scene down on paper:
the lines, the shades, the colours.
Below is one of Toulouse-Lautrec’s sketches that he made with a stick of red chalk. Use the internet for find out more about this
artist.
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