Thursday 24 March 2011

Wednesday 23rd March- drawing at the Dansmuseet

Last night I went to a drawing session at the Dansmuseet- (Dance Museum). Between 80 and 100 people sat expectantly around a rectangular dance floor.  A young dancer appeared and started to dance; after a while she held a position, announced how long she would stay there for and everyone got to work drawing. Then she would dance a bit more and do the same thing again. This went on for 45 minutes followed by a break and another 45 minutes. Brilliant! It was really nice to be drawing with so many other people, and the air of concentration was palpable. Here are a few of my sketches. The poses were all five minutes or less.The last one is of objects in the museum collection.                                            




8 comments:

  1. Hi Charlotte, some very nice sketches there, I would have found it very difficult but would have loved to be involved, a great idea.

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  2. Great sketches, and you must have had a great time!

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  3. Lovely sketches, and what a fun way to do figure drawing. I wish there was something like this near here.

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  4. Sounds like a great idea, you've drawn some unusual positions very well!

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  5. You were able to capture some difficult poses here! Excellent. When I scroll down it's almost as though I am seeing a dance.

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  6. What a super opportunity to sketch - and you have made such an intersting series of drawings.

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  7. That looks like it would be fun to attend! Well done!

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  8. Thanks everyone!
    And I wouldn't have thought it would be too hard to set up something similar- like a lifedrawing class but with a dancer as the model...

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