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Project III: Sustainable Practices
June 5, 2019 : Final Critique Day
blind contour drawings + final presentation
I used the few minutes I had before class started to fill in an entry for that day. All three subjects were, like the other entries’ subjects, things I could readily see around me.
Final Critique Notes
-- “I like the little bits of info you add on how you drew and for how long, that could be a factor on future sketches as to adding even time of day or place produced.” + ”love the dated and labeled”
-- artist statement was “beautiful” and “aesthetic” and “fit well” (x3)
-- “book format in a recycled journal makes this feel very intimate.”
-- ”I find it can be helpful to give oneself prompts like this, especially for improving.”
-- ”visually appealing” + “cohesive” (x2)
-- “there is a looseness and freedom present in your art”
-- “Non-dominant line work 6-1 is my favorite (very expressive). Have you thought about doing this with feelings or concepts rather than--or along with techniques?”
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Project III: Sustainable Practices
June 4, 2019
5 min burn + contour drawing + non-dominant hand drawing
Personally, I think this day produced some attractive images. The backpack I drew with my left-hand looks much better than I expected it to. While I was drawing it, I noticed which gestures or lines I took for granted (because they are so easy to do with my right hand). For example, filling in the dark space inside the backpack took a lot of thoughtful line work (and time) whereas, with my dominant hand, I could have quickly filled that space.
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Project III: Sustainable Practices
June 3, 2019
I mostly did contour drawings, blind & not. The man at the bottom of the page in the first image is another non-dominant hand drawing.
At one point I realized I could barely make myself out in the reflection of the window infront of me . . . so I did a contour drawing of what I could see. I actually did that. Seems silly but that's a big deal for me that I actually freaking tried it. And it's looks kinda cool too.
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Project III Statment
For a sustainable practice, I created a manageable form of engaging with "classic" or "traditional" drawing techniques on a daily basis. A small, recycled sketchbook was the most practical format to carry with me at all times. I researched numerous drawing techniques and tried to implement at least one a day, sometimes more if that time could be carved out. Routine varied by choice of techniques or available materials. My content was decided primarily by my surroundings at the time of my drawing for that day.
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June 1 & 2, 2019
L: drawing with my non-dominant hand
R: drawing with crayons + an ink finish
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Notes on Troemel
5.29.19
I think one of the more prevalent platforms we discussed regarding this text is Instagram. There is a pressure and almost a self-imposed burden to keep up with the audience for your art. Because, as Troemel points out regarding young artists, your art does not exist if it doesn’t have any notes, likes, shares, etc.
For others, too, the following/audience for your “brand” signifies a paycheck, reassurance, a future, etc. I passed this text on to my husband who is a designer & wood-worker to ask him about how this reflects his experience marketing his products on Instagram. He echoed a lot of what the class expressed: if you don’t post something every day or every other day, your number of followers begins to drop.
On the positive side, as someone pointed out, these platforms are also meant not just for our consumption of images or marketing but to be a place of connection. A common ground to interact and meet other artists of similar and diverse practices. Again, my husband as an example has seen great success in meeting photographers all over the map to collaborate with his cruiser/longboard company.
Like all things, there are pros and cons and what's needed is an investigative look of healthy boundaries in these contexts.
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Notes on Price
5.22.19
“Immersing art in life runs the risk of seeing the status of art--and with it, the status of artist--disperse entirely” (p.2)
A lot of this reading seemed to pull back to the age-old discussion of who can be an artist? Or is everything art? Is everyone an artist?
Like, the distinction between categories and fields, could it be that everyone has the ability to be creative; the potential of artistry; but that only a certain group are considered artists? Can there be bad art?
This discussion is strange to me because it doesn’t seem like we have this sort of issue with other fields like science or construction, etc. Can everyone be a scientist? Why or why not? Is it then a right to somehow express yourself in a creative means whereas it may or may not be a human right to study atoms?
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Project III: Sustainable Practices
May 31, 2019
Here (top image & and bottom left) are examples of documentation. I did a 5 min burn of what I saw from my seat in Broder Cafe, and a contour line drawing of some steps in the Japanese Garden.
The bottom right page is a blind contour drawing of gestures in a movie theater (tricky but challenging).
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Project III: Sustainable Practices
May 30, 2019
I thought I would try doing a contour line drawing that wasn’t blind. I’m really intrigued by these drawings because they are all made up of just one continuous line; I don’t hate the results . . . I just never imaged myself doing or being able to do things like this (for what reason, I don’t know). Because of these contour exercises, I’m giving more consideration to lines and strategy.
In Drawing I, my instructor told me that I was skilled in this field but I really needed to investigate lines more--their weight, purpose, and impact in the overall drawing.
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Daily sketchbook practice could also be a sustainable form of documentation. Numerous artists have come to value to the importance of documentation--in this way, I believe it’s because (as many other sources have claimed) it’s a helpful and creative way to process information and the world around us.
So, in some pages of my “technical exploration” sketchbook, I have recorded memories of places I’ve been or people I’ve seen. These drawings have helped me take in what’s around me and sharpened my memory on the event itself.
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Personal Study in Performance Art: Walid Raad
For my reenactment, I decided to capture the spirit of Raad's work by using my own personal history to reinterpret his lecture performances. I chose three photos I took several years ago on my Canon FTb (a 35 mm single-lens reflex camera; 1971) in the North Georgia mountains (one pictured above) close to where I grew up. After printing out the photos, I have altered them with fire to create burn marks to match my performance presentation, an impromptu description and summary of the photos: comprised of folklore, childhood memories, and a little truth about the Appalachian mountains and culture to create the same fictitious archive that Raad compiled from his own personal history.
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Project III: Sustainable Practices
May 29, 2019
Blind contour + 5 min burn
I’ve noticed how much more easily I am able to just decide to draw something. For example, above right, I don’t think I would have decided to draw that many people together on a page because I would be paralyzed by the “quality” of the outcome (my own almost unattainable standard of quality). But since I’ve been doing these daily technical exercises, I feel more movable towards trying. Just doing anything. It’s great! I see this as a sustainable practice too because the outcome of this project will potentially carry me forward in not just doing the sketchbook but in making more attempts--more trying & failing & accepting rather than waiting for the stars to align for me to do any creative work.
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Project III: Sustainable Practices
May 28, 2019
Blind contour, drawing the perspective of (while on the--shaky--) bus ride home & a Ripley/Rosa drawing.
So, two days went by in my journal without any entries. It’s tempting to just write the date and pretend that I didn’t miss those days. However, I’m not a fan of lying; doing so would help no one; also it’s just realistic (sustainable) that I will miss a couple of days here and there. What’s interesting is that I didn’t forget about my journal or my practice on those two days . . . I actually thought more of it and what I would like to do when I had the chance--the in between moments--to draw in it. Those two days, like several days each year, were of special circumstance (high-demand visitors) and I can say honestly that I did the best I could with all my time and priorities.
By this point, I’m really enjoying my project and looking forward to what’s in it by the time of critique (June 5th).
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Project III: Sustainable Practices
Sketchbook: May 26, 2019
5-minute burn + blind contour drawings
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Project III: Sustainable Practices
Sketchbook: May 25, 2019
5-minute burn drawing
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Project III: Sustainable Practices
My husband & I both did 5-minute burns while at Good Coffee. A lot of fun but also an interesting challenge.
His: Left image; the subject is me
Mine: Right image; the subject is him
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