Semester 2 Week 4

This week I continued to redraw drawings that I am not completely satisfied with. The actually drawing itself proved to be a little slower then it has been in the past because I am really trying to pay attention to the marks made.

New Drawing

Compared to...

Older Drawing

I am not sure how I feel about this completed image. I think that the top section working better than the original although it is very similar, but I think I need to change the trees some leaving a little more white space.

This drawing needs to be completed this week.


I also did some research about different marks I could be making. I did this by both looking at other drawings and a few how to draw books. In my critique it was said that the most successful have a variety of marks. I want to make sure I remember this as I am working.

These are some illustration drawings by artist Philip Harris. The pen marks are beautiful and I really connect to the silliness of the content.

In the coming week, I want to continue to redraw but also make some new drawings as well.

Research ~ 3 hours
Drawing ~ 13 hours

Semester 2 Week 3

This week I continued to work on drawings.

After I made this drawing there were areas that I did not think were working. I have began another of the same image, fixing areas that are not working and drawing those that are working the same.

I also worked on some close up detailed abstract sections of previous drawings.

Next week I want to continue making new drawings and also redrawing ones where I think there are problematic areas.

Drawing ~ 20 hours

Semester 2 Week 2

This week I continued to work on my drawings. Especially after our small groups, I realize that I need to pay more attention to certain areas and how I am making marks. There are definitely certain places that the marks that  I have made do not work. In my past drawings, I want to identify these areas and on a new piece of paper redraw those to make them more successful as well as redrawing those that are working in the same manner so that the drawing as a whole works better.

I think some of the work on the central figure could be improved.

On this second drawing I like the trees but I am not happy with how the figures came out. I want to work on these so that they will work better.

I also worked on a linoleum block print based on one of my past drawings.

Draft of Thesis ~ 5 hours
Drawing ~ 8 hours
Linoleum Block~ 5 hours

2nd Semester

As the end of last semester, I was feeling more drawn to the drawings I had been doing then the paintings. After my presentation, I felt much better about exploring and continuing in this direction. Over break I worked on several more new drawings continuing to play with the ideas of enchantment. It was also suggested during my presentation that the drawings were very reminiscent of A Midsummer's Night Dream. I reread the play, which has always been one of my favorites, trying to think about the fusion of reality and fantasy and how this could apply to my work. 

For this coming week, I want to finish the last two drawings and continue to make more thinking not only about what I'm drawing but also the marks that I am making with the pen, especially how the different types of mark making relate to each other.