Final - From, Non-traditional Drawing Practices

For this piece, I wanted to redo my first attempt in creating "negative pointillism". By using a tac to punch holes through cardboard, I created the form of a fox; one thing I wanted to push more in this piece, than in my first piece, was to draw the dots closer to one another, in order to create shadows, or black space, instead of simply creating lines.

Final - From, Drawing In the Expanded Field

In a re-creation of my piece on "memory", I chose to create a video that would test one's ability to remember certain compositions. In this piece, objects change direction, place and presence altogether; my goal was to see how easily certain elements can be forgotten, such as, the color of an or object, or the sum of a certain number of objects. As I was first watching this video, I myself lost track of what objects changed, or moved. Each space in between, is only 10 seconds, which pushes the mind's ability even more so. I wanted this video to be completely different from my first work on memory and to hopefully provide a challenge for the viewer, in order to communicate the concept.

Final - From, Non-Traditional Drawing Practices

I re-created my contour, yarn piece, from the, Non-Traditional Drawing Practices, assignment. However, instead of using yarn, I used my own feet to literally, walk the contours of a sidewalk, as well as, circular elements, created by the campus tiles. I chose to use my feet, instead of yarn, because such a literal exploration, of surrounding outlines, is more hands on, personal and direct.

Final - From, The ABC's of Charcoal

I chose to re-draw the pendant from, The ABC's of Charcoal, assignment, because I found it very interesting; I used a shadowy figure to wear the pendant and placed him in a cave setting. I made these decisions based upon the mysterious feel, that the pendant provides; the setting seems to support such a sense of mystery and wonder. I created a complete void, in place of a face, in reference to fictional characters in movies, where a dark figure haunts, or follows it's subject; the face is typically completely hidden and the figure may wear a magical pedant or carry a sector, hinting at secret powers. For this piece, I wanted to give the pendant more of a narrative, than it had in the first assignment.

Final - From, Non-Traditional Drawing Practices

For this piece, I re-did a work from the, Non-Traditional Drawing Practices, assignment. I used tape to create a symmetrical design, that was somewhat in the realm of graphic design. The photographs are not as clear as the piece, as the lighting erased much of the shadowy elements. Because the tape continued to peel off numerous times, I could not keep the physical work. One thing I find interesting about the photos, is how creating a 3-D work, with tape, can be turned into a 2-D motif, by photographing the work. My first piece was more about creating 3-D elements, whereas this piece, is arguably more two-dimensional, because of it's use of motif and resulting photographs.

Drawing In the Expanded Field - Drawing, By Not Drawing

While a great part of the battle, in creating a great piece, is the physical creation, I find that the step that comes before, is even greater; contemplating what something will look like, it's mood, it's size and character, is like painting a picture inside your head, before painting it onto paper. In this video, I prepare the tools I need to begin a painting and also take time to contemplate it's aspects.

Drawing In the Expanded Field - Drawing as Interaction

For this assignment, I wanted to portray drawing, as an optical illusion and to challenge invented space, with that of actual space. My intentions were to question, if only for a split second, the possibility of, an impossibly large butterfly, resting on the hallway walls.

Drawing In the Expanded Field - Drawing as a Memory

For this drawing, I contemplated the way in which our eyesight, acts as a vessel in acquiring or reflecting upon a memory. Not only is eyesight one of the greatest tools we have, in which to capture moments of time, but it is also a door that may convey a type of memory, that another, may be reliving.

Drawing as Navagation and/or Walking.

For this assignment, I was thinking of drawing in terms of documentation; the video below, is a visual documentation of the various paths I take each week. The destinations are listed in order of playback in video: to work, to S-5, to S-3, to S-1 and to S-7.

Conceptual Assignment 2, Drawing Stick Figures

I wanted to choose a relatable and simple subject and observe the various ways, in which others would convey it.

One Mark Against Many

As a sales associate, I am required to re-set the shoe aisles each night before closing; this has to be done, so that every morning the store looks new and inviting. Throughout the day, a great deal of people move the shoes to various places and into various positions; so in this way, my actions to re-organize the shoes, is one mark, against many. It is also a continuous mark, as the displacement of our shoes, is an inevitable recurrence.

Week 4: Non-Traditional Drawing Techniques, Manipulation & Wood

Part 1: For the first part of this week, I focused of the manipulation of painter's tape; by bending and scrunching my tape into various patterns, on wood, I created a 3-D forms that resemble rosettes and wrinkled material. 


Part 2: In my second piece, I used scraps of wood, that I collected, ranging in shape and color, to create a sort of wooden collage. The different textures and shapes assemble into a planned picture that also appears random. I attached the scraps onto a wood platform to create a border and maintain a rectangular frame.


Material: Tape

Process: Manipulation/movement

Primary Element: Manipulation

Material: Wood

Process: Collection

Primary Element: Wood

Week 3: Non-Traditional Drawing Techniques, Contours & Surface Variation

Part 1: For this week, I decided to focus my content on the outlines of everything around me, the separation of shadow and light, or of one color, from color. I like to observe everything around me at all times, whatever it is; I oftentimes begin to imagine things in their drawn, or sketched form, reducing what I see down to lines or shadows, created by a pencil. I took this thought and chose to apply it visually, allowing one to think of the world in such a way, other than in a passive manner, seeing things only as one scene to the next. I chose red yarn, for visibility purposes and used tape to assist in guiding the string in the correct contours.

Part 2: I also chose to use water, for the experimentation of surfaces; by brushing water across wood, cardboard, a mirror and plastic, I was able to see how it reacted with each material surface. I was considering this, in relation to the way mediums, such as paint, or charcoal, will react differently with various surfaces and provide numerous results. The water was absorbed faster by the cardboard and wood, than the mirror, or plastic; the wood absorbing the water the fastest, of the two. The mirror and plastic allowed the water to maintain a 3-D effect, as it would not dissolve into the surface and would only disappear through drying up.

Material: String

Process: Reflection/Movement

Primary Element: Reflection

Material: Water

Process: Erasure/Reflection

Primary Element: Water

Week 2: Non-Traditional Drawing Techniques, Reductive Pointillism

For this process, I used a thumb tack to poke holes, through the sides of a card board box. In the first two images, I wanted to use the imagery of, a ballerina and a horse's face, half hidden; but in the third image, I created a sort of astronomical design that could resemble an illustrative, night sky. While working on this project, I thought of pointillism, but in a reductive manner.

Material: Cardboard

Process: Erasure

Primary Element: Erasure

Non-Traditional Drawing Techniques, Black String

I explored the use of black, wax string, to create various "drawings"; at first notice, the line look very similar to black ink pen, however, knots in the string and shadows of raised pieces, reveal it's true aspects. I wanted to do fun little pieces that might make you laugh, or just smile.

Material: String

Process: Movement/Collection

Primary Element: String

1. The Red Balloon

2. A Bright Idea

3. Monkeying Around

4. Pretty Little Flower

5. Freckles and Red Hair

6. Rainy Day

7. Holmes

8. Start Your Day With a Smile 

9. Sir Louis

10. Cozy Coffee

The ABC's of Charcoal - Images & Descriptions

A - Asymmetrical design

- Symbol

- Abstract

B - Bag

- Ordinary Object

C - Compass

- Ordinary Object

- Highly Graphic

D  - Doors

- Highly Graphic/ Highly Modeled

- Ordinary Object

E - Explore: Telescope

- Highly Graphic

F - Flower

- Highly Modeled

- Ordinary Object

G - Gem

- Highly Graphic

H - Harry Potter: Wand

- Popular Culture

- Highly Modeled

- Abstract

I - Instagram

- Popular Culture

- Ordinary Object

J - Jupiter

- Symbol

- Abstract

K - Key

- Highly Graphic

- Ordinary Object

L - Library

- Scene

- Highly Graphic/ Highly Modeled

M - Marshmallow

- Ordinary Object

- Highly Graphic/ Highly Modeled

N - Narsil Sword: Lord of the Rings

- Popular Culture

- Highly Graphic/ Highly Modeled

O - Open Lock

- Highly Graphic

P - Pendant

- Highly Graphic/ Highly Modeled

Q - Quilt

- Ordinary Object

R - Reflection: Cosplay

- Highly Modeled

- Poplar Culture

- Abstract

S - Sweets

- Highly Modeled

- Ordinary Object

T - Trees

- Highly Modeled

- Scene

U - United States: The Constitution

- Highly Modeled

V - Virtue Symbol

- Symbol

W - Wax Seal

- Highly Modeled

- Symbol

X - Xylography: Wood Carving

- Highly Modeled

Y - Young: Dancer

- Highly Graphic

Z - Zelda

- Highly Graphic

- Popular Culture

Combo Drawing - Cave: I included, the Narsil sword, the compass, the Jupiter symbol, the telescope & the drawing of Zelda. I only altered the position/rotation of each item. I also added handles onto the Narsil sword. I chose items that I felt might be used, or left behind in such a mysterious setting. I felt that the items complimented each other as well. I really wanted an illustrative sort of look, that made hint of a narrative.


Combo Drawing - Ballroom: I included, the doors, the young dancer, the pendant, the asymmetrical design, the key, the rose and the trees. I did not alter all items; I removed the motion strokes from the young dancer, I altered the position of the trees, I attached the pendant chain onto the back of the dancer's dress and I removed the modeling of the rose, in order the maintain clear visibility. I chose items that built a story for the scene; I felt that maybe this girl had gone into a forbidden ballroom to dance (because of the key lying on the ground, as well as the emptiness of the room). 

Young (Dancer), Bag, Marshmallow, Gem, Door

Explore (Telescope)

Flower, Reflection (Cosplay)

Open Lock

Narsil Sword

Trees, Sweets

Library

Zelda, Asymmetrical design, Quilt

Compass

Key

Harry Potter (Wand), Xylography (Wood Carving)

Virtue Symbol

Instagram

Wax Seal

Jupiter Symbol

Pendant

United States (The Constitution)