Journey Project Final Piece

Journey, A1, January 2014, Pencil, acrylic paint, drawing ink, photographs, graphite and permanent marker on paper and acetate.

Statement:

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.