149Willow charcoal – projects2/ Instruct the model to move through a 2.
series of actions, for instance walking then
bending. While you are doing the drawing,
the model should repeat these movements at
the same pace. Start your first drawing at a
very slow pace. As you get used to the
method of drawing, you can then speed up.
Remember you are not drawing the model
but the action. What you are trying to draw,
using line, is a continuous flow that gives a
sense of the action of the model as they move
through space and time. The best type of line
to use for this is what artists call ‘continuous
line’. This in effect means that you do not
take the charcoal off the paper as you are
making the drawing. However, you should
allow for different weights of mark that
express movement both across and into the
picture plane.