In this drawing workshop with artist Julie Merriman, participants will look at drawing from the point of view of erasure. The decisions made to erase certain marks are as important as the decisions made to include others. What you take out of a drawing is as important as what you put in it, maybe even more so, as the shadow of the erasure is always present, however faint, describing the timeline and history of the work.

The workshop will explore a series of four to five drawing activities based around the idea of the importance of erasure. It will also examine the use of erasure in an art historical context. This workshop is suitable for all.

Materials required:

- Pencils: 2b - 6b, one or two pencils between 2b and 6b.

- Sharpener

- Pritt stick

- Eraser x 2 (soft white ones, Factis White Eraser P36 @ 25 cent each work well)

- Tracing paper (or grease proof and cooking paper from kitchen drawer will work)

- Charcoal stick – thick, if possible, but thin will work as well.

- Paper – A3 / A4 white cartridge paper or office copy paper will work. Also a thicker piece of A5 paper or card. You can use brown paper or really any paper you have to hand at home can be adapted.

Guidelines:

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