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.