Welcome to Gallery Sketchers online – where the Incinerator Gallery comes to you.

Our artist educator Carly Richardson invites you to join along with these creative activities from the comfort of your own home. Please take a photo of your drawings and share them on Instagram, Facebook, or our Facebook Group Incinerator Gallery Sketchers.

Use the hashtag #IncineratorGallery so everyone can share and support each other, just as we do during the program at Incinerator Gallery.

Light and dark

What you need:

• pencils, HB, 2B, 4B, 6B
• drawing charcoal, compressed or willow
• eraser, preferably with sharp edges or corners
• paper, white cardtridge any size (exercise 1)
• Coloured paper, any colour, kraft paper (exercise 2)
• white cartridge paper (exercise 3)
• still life objects, select simple shapes for example scrunched paper, white crockery, citrus fruits, leaves, flowers, simple kitchen utensils
• a bright lamp to direct light

Research suggestions and other ideas

View Incinerator exhibitions Fluidity and Gramineae for ideas of what to draw.

Consider ‘vanitas‘ as reminders of the fragility of life and the use of chiaroscuro to create a sense of drama.

Contemporary artists you may also want to consider:

• Lucy Roleff
• Bill Henson
• Louise Hearman

Share your responses, collages, favourite artworks, artists and exhibitions using the hashtag #IncineratorGallery or email to incinerator@mvcc.vic.gov.au