I started the journey
project looking at my everyday journey, I thought I could draw everyday objects
that we all normally ignore. I was inspired to do this after reading two quotes
of Andy Warhol’s
“You need to let the little things that would ordinarily bore you
suddenly thrill you.”
“A picture means I know where I was every minute. That’s why I take
pictures, it’s a visual diary”
I think that looking
at Nettie Wakefield’s pencil work for my CPS presentation inspired to use the
journey project to improve my drawing skills. I found it amazing how she uses
the pencil to create the shapes and lines where the light hits. So I decided to
use the materials that I had gotten use to in the life drawing sessions –
pencil, ink, white acrylic paint and graphite.
I also looked a
Jeanette Barnes for my talking about drawing presentation and thought that the
process she uses to make her final piece was something I could use – Barnes
does many smaller drawings before combining them into a bigger final piece.
I drew from
photographs mainly as I found that I could see everything better in that frozen
moment than I could observationally. I wanted to show the audience how I see
these ‘boring’ objects, so I focused on the reflection on the objects the way
they shine and the contrast of light and dark.
I
was looking at Kandinsky’s paintings for my printmaking work, then it dawned on
me that I could draw all the objects on a bigger piece of paper and compose
them so that there centred towards the middle of the page – like an explosion.
I wanted the focus to be completely on the objects and what they hold, so I
removed the backgrounds. After my drawing critique, I thought about adding photographs
and maybe some liner drawings on acetate, to create a bit of diversity on
mediums – it felt that the piece was too grey.
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