Inspirational Quote-
Focus on your abilities, not your disabilities, and always be true to yourself.
Art Space
These are my drawings for studio prompt one. I am working on a 10 piece drawing of the same object. I chose a coil because my idea for prompt one is repetition in various mediums. I have five coils made so far and I want to complete 10.
prompt 2-
. How do you conceive of paper? How do your experiences (cultural, personal, etc) with paper inform you? How does paper support your work? How does the material you choose interact, reveal, suppress the paper? What meaning/experience does paper provide? How does paper relate to the support you usually use?
For this exercise I decided to work on different types of paper and collage it into one frame. The materials I used were acrylic paint, toilet paper, paper towels, magazine, printer paper, paper bags and bristol.
Paper artist that inspires me-
This is a piece created by Aminah Robinson and she was born and raised in Columbus, OH. I chose her as my paper artist because she does more than just draw on paper, she illustrates a narrative of scenes in majority of her work by taking paper, and adding other elements to it. Most of these elements are found objects and others are items she has retrieved over time.
Response to prompt questions-
How do you conceive of paper?
- I conceive paper as not only a tool to use to create work, but also a vessel of therapy. Paper making can be a very therapeutic event to watch, and an interesting project to take part of.
- How do your experiences (cultural, personal, etc) with paper inform you?
- My experiences with paper began when I was in preschool, I realized that paper was a tool I could use to draw images that formed in my head. I knew it was an important part of the drawing experience.
- How does paper support your work?
- Paper supports my work because it gives me options. Sometimes I used paper as collage, or sometimes it is the foundation for my work especially in my advance drawing classes.
- How does the material you choose interact, reveal, suppress the paper?
- The medium I chose to work with when I am in my home studio is pastel. Pastel acts like a chalk, and it tends to need paper that has a grip or a groovy texture, to keep the pastel “locked” into the paper. I also have learned of a different paper called, velour. This kind of paper is very soft and makes my pastel portraits look like velvet.
- What meaning/experience does paper provide? To me paper provides the foundation for anyones work. The kind of paper someones uses really effects the end result of their work.
- How does paper relate to the support you usually use? I usually am more of drawer than a painter. Paper has always been something I took into consideration especially when deciding what medium to use.
Prompt 3:
Choose one process and focus in on a detail of the process to expand on in 10 response works.
For my process focused piece I am focusing on pastel skin tone demos. I created 10 swatches of skin tones. These swatches were created out of just pastel and overlay.
1.
Response questions:
What processes do you currently use?
Currently, I use the process of finding inspiration online and creating colors based upon reality. I especially enjoy creating portraits, so I try my best to match my colors based on human beings. I also like using pastel as a medium and this requires a lot of overlay to create the perfect “match.”
2. What processes do you want to develop?
I want to develop the skill of creating skin tones without having to always look them up online. I want to be able to know how to create a certain “brown” without having to reference it online every time I create a portrait.