Whitworth Dancers

I have been drawing dancers at workshops led by Gerry Turvey at the Whitworth Art Gallery. It's hard work and really puts me in touch with my limitations. It seems like all I can do is try to concentrate intensely on 'energy lines' i.e. some sense of the flow and direction of the dancers. Somehow I have to connect the energy of the dancer through my eye, to my brain, into my hand and the pencil, pen or charcoal. Another way in is mirroring the dancer with my hand - so I am not drawing so much as dancing with the hand. The results are more like energy maps and often the figures get lost.

'Whitworth Dancers - Day 1'. (Photoshop variations)