Ex 2.1 Identity/labels – line drawing
Continuous line drawing is unnerving, however I think that the quality of drawing is really interesting.
The first couple of drawings are of the whole drinking bottle, I felt that the top half was more interesting so I just focused on the lid. Not retracing lines forced me to decide which part of the object to draw next, this decision really informs which bit of the drawing is recognisable! I found some interesting shapes in the two overlapping drawings bottom middle
There’s something about the cylindrical pencil sharpener drawings that reminds me of Picasso. Cubists portraits!
The teabag drawing is more interesting to me, perhaps I was getting more in tune to the process. I took it out of the sachet to get a more interesting object to draw. I hit on an object that really suited the process. The last one I drew resembles a wire drawing. I am reminded of the wire sculptures by Jeanette Orrell. I would like to make two wire teabags, one 3D and one as a flat drawing to compare them, I find the juxtaposition of flat drawings representing objects interesting related too wire sculptures representing a drawing….
I realise that I’ve used a biro for all drawings (suggested in the coursenotes)
I made a wire drawing based , flat and linear rather than a 3D sculptural shape. Mounted on teabag paper.
I would like to experiment with scale – it seemed natural to work sort of to scale but I should try a large drawing or a tiny version to explore that eye – through brain – to drawing implement connection.
Using a chunky graphite pencil will be fun, I’m also interested to use charcoal -I think that it will inevitably smudge which may make interesting marks.
I am reminded of the wire sculptures by Jeanette Orrell
I approached this task in a very straight forward way, I felt that the little penknife with the implements extended would work well. It gives many possible rotation points. I like the analogous colour scheme, obviously this has endless possibilities. Perhaps the nail file and bottle opener makes the image quite busy. The paper was a little absorbent for the pens, I sort of like the slight fuzziness, I am reminded of the multi coloured shadows at a well lit gig..
There’s a lot of stuff in my bag, it came as some surprise that’s there’re no bits of nature as generally when I empty my bag it’s full of twigs and leaves – I’m not sure what this collection says about me. It’s got a lot of useful stuff in it though! I used a roll of paper so that I wouldn’t run out of room. The objects a loosely grouped with similar items together. If you play spot the difference it will be observed that my phone is missing from the photo as it is also my camera!
Elise Engler Everything in my bag. Is an account , a snapshot of what Engler had in her bag on a particular day. From that we can presume to sleuth like read something about her. A sharing. I’m not sure.
I documented my bag as I found it that day and was surprised more by what it lacked. The resulting drawing felt quite anonymous, different to other bags , however not particularly telling a full story, some clues to me but not a clear identity. I guess this is actually a fairly accurate summary of how we see people or situations, our own eyes cause our brains to form impressions however what is missing is a large part of the picture. We can present an image that we would like people to interpret but we can’t control what they will see. It is the same for an art work. Artistic intention may not be the same as people’s perception and this is probably ok.