Reflecting on my identity as an Artist and as a Teacher has proved a source of inspiration for my art inquiry and I  have begun to explore the female form in crouched positions as if hiding, unsure, praying, protecting the face or hiding the identity. These works were approached using the methodology of blind drawing initially then slightly worked into to accentuate line and form. I was surprised at how I was able to capture the shape and form of the female body purely by focusing on the subject matter and not on the page. These A1 studies will form the basis of development/sketchbook work and will be further developed into either prints or paintings. Experimenting with the orientation of the page allows for a change in composition and can make the image look quite different, depending on which view the drawing is being looked at.