After completing the 5 weeks of figure drawing I moved onto the second half of this module, experimental drawing. The first exercise we did was simply to choose and medium, I chose pink oil pastel, and make 10 different lines. This was a good warmup as it got us thinking about the different mark making possibilities of a single medium.
We worked in groups to do more mark making to music. I think the collaborative element was very helpful as me and my partner where able to quickly share ideas and collaborate to make a very energetic and colourful piece to represent the music.
This are some of my favourite sections of the piece. I like the movement of the lines and vibrancy of the colours.
At the start of he session I was sceptical about the approach as I usually prefer a more closely considered way of ,asking images but by the end I was enjoying it and came out with a piece I really like. This approach to mark making is something I hope we continue with in the module.
For homework this week we had to select 4 musical terms and employ each term as a key component in a series of 4 drawings. We had to use a wide variety of linear lines and marks that we explored during the session. There are many types of lines that we can use such soft, hard, curvilinear, straight, sharp, brittle, hard, broken, light, heavy, tonal, dense, open, energetic, passive, quiet. Each can be used to convey different meanings and emotions.
For this one I chose the word Vivace which means lively and quick. I tried to capture a very dynamic and energetic feeling with a range of colours and marks.
This one was inspired by the term Mancando which means waning and dying away. I didn’t want to just capture this meaning by using all dull colours, I wanted to do it by making all the energetic lines merge into one stop where are the energy disappears to.
This piece is about the term Brio which means vigour. I thought the best way of representing that would be through bold and harsh lines that are all crossing over in muted colours.
This piece represents Giorjoso, meaning merry. I used exclusively bright colours with lots of smooth curves to create a happy and free atmosphere.
For the final piece we had to pick 2 terms and create a drawing that shows a dialogue between them. I chose Allegro (lively, fast and cheerful) and Lamentoso (mournful). The way I tried to represent this is with have to set of lines going in different directions. The more vibrant lines are more dynamic and energetic but observed by the thick black lines.
The artist that I was inspired by for this piece and my homework pieces was Kandinsky. He is generally credited as one of the pioneers of abstraction in western art. I find his art style really engaging, particularly the use of colour. This is one of my favourites:
Samuel Green Illustration 