A Drawing Lesson by Sarah Shilton

Forget all you know.
Your mind will now be re-visited,
With what is here (now)
Your new source.

Do not look away;
Absorb.
Open up and take flight.
Create an environment,
Create an emotion.

Colour is tone.
Plane meets plane.
Mass draws weight,
The pressure of the downward stance -
Muscles tighten - be still.

Look through the figure,
Imagine what is behind.
Watch as the light rests
And hides again,
Where black meets white and shape.

Draw quickly.
Then draw accurately.
Fill the blank reflection
To the edge and back.
Do not be afraid -

Or this will be drawn too.