New drawing

[Christy Talbott]

Hi Thomasin, this sketch is wonderful like all your work. It's so purely and uniquely you that I don't feel able to critique this. I'm guessing your aim is not to be all that literal here but more expressive. I can only look forward to seeing your end piece.

[Thomasin Dewhurst]

Christy, thank-you very much for your advice. You made me remember what it was I was excited about in doing this. I always forget my intentions and look at the finished work from a conventional viewpoint. I think I am going to look at Matisse's Le bonheur de vivre (The Joy of Life) (image attached), because he concentrated on colour contrasts for the first time, ignoring conventional, life-like compositions in order to work with the power of colour and composition, except I want to concentrate on tonal contrasts and compostion (I think - I never know where my mind will actually take me).