My next posting reveals my engagement with the models whilst with Niel Bally in his studio over in Talgarth, Powys. We had Jacquie on the first day, then Katie for the other two. It was quite an extraordinary start for me. Niel started by asking the model to present a series of five minute standing poses each one moving as step or two forward. So, this was like a re-enactment of Duchamp's figure moving down a staircase, and for me a continuation of my engagement with Cubism. Take a look! What a start! There then followed a series of opportunities to explore further my approach in which I like to explore the pose from a number of viewpoints simultaneously. This continued into the second and third days, and as a result I felt I had been helped to evolve my life-drawing journey in a most unanticipated way. I will be attempting to say something about some of the more significant drawings in due course.
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