Daily drawings: I draw quick timed daily sketches of things I remember from the previous day. I helps keep my “noticing muscles” toned up.
Residency drawings: On tour or during a residency, I make more detailed daily drawings. They document the unfolding experience and become a record of places, people, conversations and performances.
Gig drawings (in the dark, no glasses): I draw while attending gigs and performances. I usually work in the dark or in low light, and I take off my glasses. I can still see the performer, but I can’t really see what I’m drawing. The drawings are often loose, unexpected and occasionally wonderful.
Workshops and zines: I teach these drawing practices as standalone workshops or as part of artist talks and performances. I also make zines.
Here are a few examples. You’ll find more drawings, with short annotations and reflections, at Picture This.
Reaching for new brushes, calligraphy shop, TainanKieran packing for vma Australia tour, June 2025Jeff Henderson at the Pyramid Club, May 2025Casper and Winter from Marrowspawn at the Pyramid Club, April 2026The magic of Yū, Butoh performance, Oh Room, TainanXiao Liu playing saxophone at Interface 22, Taichung.Taking out the rubbish, TainanDSLB practising for a show, September 2024Ruby Solly playing cello at her exhibition (Pū)oro, Saturday 16th November 2024Oonie with accordions in each hand, Cochlea gig, Tainan.Catching the train to a show in Taichung.Kaiyu Lin from Spectral Pulse working with mushroom in a plasma jar during a performance in Hsinchu.Chang Deng-Yao playing at Jiangshan Art Cafe, Hsinchuv.m.a performing at Jiangshan Art Cafe, 2025Chrissie teaching a drawing practice during artist talk, Ting Shuo, Tainan 2025