This exercise was proposed by Marc Bell. Authors have to use the blobs in their drawing.

 

First page completed.

 

On the left, a new page to be continued.

This exercise was proposed by Eleanor Davis according to the following constraint : “Draw the thing you hate drawing the most. You don’t have to finish it. Just draw until you give up”.

Exercise proposed by Eugene Riousse according to the following constraint : ” Draw around the sausages “…. Yummy!

Authors are definitely inspired. Here another exemple of this creativity.

A few days ago, strange paper constructions appeared on the desk…Eleonor Davies was thinking about something.

 

Yesterday, we finally discovered what she was elaborating. She launched a new exercise : the “Secret City”.

 

The principle is fascinating : authors have to draw on bristol without showing anyone what they’re doing.

 

They stick it on a black cardboard so that only a portion of the sketch will be visible through a little window.  There will be a hidden secret part forever.

 

All put together, black cardboards build a “city”. Nobody will ever know the whole thing, each author’s got a secret in it…

 

To fulfill the “act of poetry”, the authors might burn this Secret City at the end of the residency…

Yesterday and today, authors and students did the classic “24 minutes” exercise (kind of the grand-grand-son of the 60 minutes et 30 minutes exercises). They will do it every day of the week, they have to adopt the routine!
They have to produce 3 pages in 24 minutes time only. Each page contains 6 frames. One frame has to be produced in 4 mn by 3 authors working together…Ok, to be clear, they have to draw in the rush to finish in time.

Authors and students during the “24 minutes” exercise.

One of the 3 “24 minutes” by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell, Max de Radiguès and Eleanor Davies.

One of the 3 “24 minutes” by Pierre Ferrero, Brandon Hugues and Lisa Hanawalt.

One of the 3 “24 minutes” by Leigh Luna, Lilli Carré and Geneviève Castrée.

Time’s up, ladies and gentlemen!