Yesterday the second workshop was going on in the Pavilion. It was quite a disappointment that only two participants showed up. As organiser I am asking myself if it is that boring to draw after certain rules? Is it that rigid or stupid to draw after a plan which is going about the surface with it's specific properties? Difficult to know when almost everybody who signed in for the workshop stay at home.
How to get the attention of the participants? It isn't sexy to tell them that when boredom is coming up while drawing it is good to continue with the original idea or plan. To tell them it can be quite good to switch off the ego with it's superficial demands. Deny the first emotions of despair, laziness and boredom and conquer yourself. Perhaps than it is possible to get fascinated by the interesting problems which are there while drawing. Try to pay attention to the drawing process, try to remember how decisions are made, try to foresee and to anticipate the possibilities nearby.
So the next workshop I am going to offer free beer, good music and champagne in the afternoon to the participants who want to try to go beyond the first superficial emotions that are the obstacles for starting and continuing with a drawing.
It sounds as a session of psychotherapy...
The photo herewith is a workshop drawing made yesterday by René van Heel. He drew after the specific method of construction to become a rectangle with the proportions of the Golden Ratio.
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