This session's drawing class is about the figurative, and it begins with ink and the beauty of single-cell animals. As a medium, ink can have some glorious effects, often because we aren't in full control. The bale of hay (that just happens to be in the studio), allows for further serendipity — it's those strands of straw applied and then removed that give the drawing its burnt quality. Fragments from some of my other ink drawings are introduced with thread, and furthered into the work using my sewing machine's free motion foot.