Abundance of different shapes of buds: it is spring.

Abondance de formes différentes de bourgeons: c'est le printemps.

Drawings of 17/3/14, 18/3/14 and 20/3/14
Pencil on paper / Crayon sur papier blanc

Drawings of my right hand made with my left hand.

Drawings of 17/3/14, 21/3/14 and 23/3/14
Pen and ink on ivory-coloured paper

For the past 5 weeks I've had a studio in Milan next to the Cimitero Monumentale, the main cemetery here. The range of sculpture in the cemetery is amazing and I chose to do my drawings here. I used a biro and each drawing is one continuous line. It's really a record of me looking at the sculpture. The sculptures are all representations of women. By its size alone this cemetery can be an overwhelming place and this process provided a way of managing the experience. The first drawing had to be done outside the cemetery from far below the sculpture as I'd forgotten it closed on Mondays.

Alex Dewart 23 March 2014 Milan

Drawings of 18/3/14, 19/3/14 and 20/3/14