Form Studio, week 11

Here's week 11. This is the final week before our mini group show. No matter how I feel about the final work, this class taught me plenty about the importance of making. And about following your gut. Looking back, the weeks where I struggled most were the weeks when I was trying to do what I thought Martin wanted to see. Live and learn.

Many thanks to Martin for pushing me beyond what I thought was the wall... a few times.

 

Form Studio, week 10

Ok, here is week 10. I've gone minimalist.

Continuing with what I did during week 9, these are a combination of drawn lines, shadows, and objects. I am manipulating the perspective to blur the line between which shapes are drawn on paper, and which are objects coming off the plane.  

Really loving some of these. I hope I have time to do versions in graphite or charcoal before the final show.

Form Studio, week 8

A late post for week 8. Still looking at the relationships of lines and space...feeling a bit frustrated...had a less than great critique this week.

A  r  g  h.

Form Studio, week 6

The results from this week. I'm starting to narrow my focus and look at the divergence and convergence of lines and breaking borders.

Form Studio, week 5

Last week Martin spent some significant time giving a lecture on process drawing including lots of exciting and inspiring work by Eva Hesse and others. Process drawing is about creating a system of constraints (geometry, pattern, process) and working against that system with your hand. The two push against each other to create tension.

This week I continued my study of the materials and looked at lines, curves, and how things begin to break at the edges.

Form Studio, week 4

Week three has been all about the straws. I love the way the spray paint applied through the straws begins to create impressions of depth and focus. I began to work with vellum, light, and tubular shapes to push this effect further.

Looks like something is growing in the petri dish...

Form Studio, week 3

For week two I spent more time exploring the quality of the brushe's bristles. I like the way the bristles mat together and start to interact with each other in the same way that hair does. I also pushed further into how I can make marks using spray paint and straws.

Form Studio, week 2

My first week in form studio with Martin Venezky. The objects I am working with are straws and brushes. I spent the week exploring the materials and learning about the different ways I can use them to make marks on paper.