I made this soft pencil drawing on a large piece of paper a bit smaller than A1. It’s in a landscape format. I’m still exploring the raggedy stalk of my plant. It’s the strong diagonal that interested me and the arcs of the leaves. I decided not to use colour this time to concentrate on shape and raw marks and see where that took me. All this is in preparation for an oil painting next week when I’m off school for half-term. I’ll also be making artwork in response to another Artipeeps collaborative venture, entitled ‘Anxiety and Release’ A poet who I’ve been paired with will be writing his piece then giving it to me to respond to, then I hand back whatever I create, via the internet, and he will respond through his poetry. I’m really looking forward to this as I’ve always been interested in pushing the boundaries between art and writing. Watch this space.