Studio 2D
Project 1:Large Scale Drawing
Goals:The goal of my sketchbook was to simply step away from my usual approach of realism and try to work in a way that included detail however not on the same scale as which you would look at the drawing and think it could be a picture. Throughout the sketchbook I found myself telling a bit of a story through the images and forming a narrative for each of the things that I put down on the pages. My sketchbook inspired my goals for the large scale drawing. In my drawing I wanted to somehow tell a story and continue experimenting with collage. However I wanted to add to my typical approach to drawing in this project, realism. The drawing includes two realist hands which are pulling apart a colorful sheet like object. When I was thinking about what to draw I decided that the most recent event is the one that has made the most impact on my life. Inspired by my rather last minute trip to Washington DC, this painting is about savoring memories. About meeting new people and getting to interacting with their life which is something that I love do. The main goal is to convey this feeling of indulging in past memories, an activity that I believe everyone likes to do. This is because we all have those trips and events maybe even simple get togethers with family or friends that take us to a moment were we feel like we were in a completely different world when we come back home.
Sketchbook Inspirations:
Materials: graphite, acrylic, ink and watercolor
Progress Pictures:
Progress Reflection: The goals of my large scale drawing were to somehow tell a story and continue experimenting with collage. In this piece another goal was to capture the sense of looking back a sweet memories. To do this I wanted to show hands revealing a scene by pulling back curtain like material which is to represent our eyes. The curtain was inspired by a page in my sketchbook which I wanted to illustrate however I quickly found that sketches and ideas do not flow as smoothly as one would like to. Although the curtain was very much improvised I found myself giving it a fleshy tone and once inside I illustrated my most prominent memory of my recent trip to Washington D.C . In all I believe the progress was a success even though I struggled a little with orientation, painting mistakes and color choices. Kolb’s theory of experience, reflection, conceptualization and actualization has thought me that as an artist I must work, pause, review and fix. Then repeat the progress until I find myself looking at an image that will be the final piece. The actualized piece does not need to be made in one moment. It can be gathered and made over time and sometimes doesn’t need to be complete to be complete.
My work:
