Dark Matter: An Award Winning Coursework Project

Dark Matter: a gripping charcoal drawing

I have seen a lot of amazing A Level artwork over the years (in my role as a teacher, curriculum co-ordinator and, now, writer of this blog), but it has been a long time since I have encountered a project as inspirational as this.

Dark Matter is a mixed-media installation using charcoal, ink [...]

Line Drawings

graphite line drawing by Aaron Earley

When you first picked up a pen or pencil and started making marks on paper, you began with line. Whether through self-taught trial and error, or the helping wisdom of others, we learned how line defines form, creates structure, divides a frame, traces contour, creates tonal variation (cross-hatching, for example) and leads the eye [...]