On Saturday I went to the National Gallery of Victoria to the Escher x Nendo exhibition. There were many well known Escher drawings and various sorts of prints of lithographs. mezzotints, woodcuts etc of this extraordinary artist . They were complemented by designs by nendo studio. It was a great exhibition and made even more interesting by going on a guided tour, which explained a lot that we would have missed out on.

I sketched the tour group and guide. The rooms were darkened and so I used the first pencils that I took from my pencil wrap. At art galleries and exhibitions I tend to draw the visitors or the frames of art on the walls, rather than attempt to reproduce any art on the walls.

Many people stopped to take photographs of the Nendo tunnel, which was a cross between an optical illusion and the tunnel actually getting smaller. They were taking photo of the empty tunnel, which was strange, because it is when people are in it that you really see the illusion.

It was a lovely way to spend a Saturday and I must visit the art gallery more often.