For this section you will need your choice of paper, an indigo pastel, charcoal, rubber, soft rag, white chalk, glue stick or oil bar and the 'Prompts' sheet (available as a download in the next lesson)

Take a moment here to think about what you enjoyed about working with the charcoal and ink and make a few notes to remind yourself. The beauty of this indigo stick is that it has the potential to offer both the textures and properties of the the charcoal and the fluid nature of the paint and ink. This first exercise with the indigo is going to be led somewhat by my set of ‘Painterly Prompts’. You may want to print out a couple of copies - one to work through in the order they are written and one to cut up and fold so you can mix it up. This will become clear in my demonstration film.

The beauty of this way of working is that some of the decision making is taken away from you as you follow the commands in the order you receive them. I have been using this way of settling into my painting sessions for a while now and it is also a useful tool if you only have a short time in which to create as you can set yourself time limits at each stage.

So settle in and watch the film through first before you begin your own discoveries...