Semester 2 Week 7

Drawing, drawing, and more drawing.

This week  I began to think a lot about how all of the drawings will work together. As I move forward, I want to make sure that I am making new drawings that will help the viewer move easier throughout the drawings when seen as a whole.

None of these are 100% finished.

Drawing ~ 21 hours
Postcard ~ 30 minutes

Semester 2 Week 6

This week I continued to draw. I also had the opportunity to talk with both David Chung and Endi Poskovic, which was extremely helpful. Both sets up conversations really made me think about composition and content for my drawings.

For next week I want to continue drawing keeping the comments they made in mind.

2 new drawings (both not entirely finished) and 1 redo of a previous drawing  (I changed some of the left and am also not sure if it needs more work.)

Drawing ~ 14 hours

Semester 2 Week 5

Images to come..(I am having technical problems)

This week I continued to work on drawing. This is a start of a new image. The figure is very prominent; I want to work on making her fade more into the background.

This week I also learned the process of photo lithography. I liked the idea of multiples so I thought this could be an interesting way to explore this. I made a photolitho plate of one of my earlier drawings that I think is successful. I then attempted to print the plate. This proved difficult however because since the lines are very small in places the holes kept flooding. On Tuesday, I had Amanda help me print again. It was great printing with her and seeing how she approaches the process. Although the results were better there was still areas that were getting too dark. After speaking with Ana, she suggested that ink I was using was too greasy and told me another mixture to use. In the coming week I want to try out this mixture and see how it improves the printing process.

(Images to come)

I also did more artist research this week paying particular attention to line work. I looked at the work of Gustave Dore and Fran Goya, buying two great books that include their work. Although they are printmakers, the line work in there prints are absolutely beautiful. Also some of the fantastically imagery was very inspiring and easy to relate to my own drawings.

(Images to come)

Drawing ~ 2 hours
Photo lithography ~10 hours
Artist Research ~ 5 hours