sketchbooks

An assignment is often meant to drive the creative process. Whether when drawing from life, letting your mind wander, playing with a splatter of paint, or working out an idea, there is no better place than in a sketchbook. This week's assignment had me scouring through forgotten photos from years past. 

 

  

final project | drawing S'16

Yutong could easily draw a pretty face. Reminded of the dichotomy of a Creative Drawing assignment, her nine-page Manga, went on to contrast the theme of evil and beauty in one person. 

Sharmeen's sketches turned into a series of eleven site sculptures. Her interest in bacteria broadened, during a class discussion, with the intension to educate and excite children.

working in class | drawing f'14

Ideas can start out on tracing paper. They often take shape with pencil and marker, and yet can also be initiated so beautifully with charcoal. 

Mai

Augusto

Irene | SIS I '13

With so much tossed into our country's landfills, almost anything can be repurposed as a work of art.

Angela | SIS I '13

Why squeeze a burgeoning idea onto a single canvas? Sustaining a measured pace with each brush stoke, Angela expands the perimeter of the rectangle: One canvas, then another, and another, tightly spliced, all seemingly harmonious, and yet with a disquieting use of color and texture. Though her final configuration highlights a haunting narrative, it is delightfully simple to make changes. 

"My experience during this class can be seen through a dualistic perspective. The ideas behind the three paintings I completed during the fourth week revolved around light versus dark and dystopia versus utopia. I'm not completely sure if these were communicated clearly in the works, but I now realize that this idea has been important to me during the full four weeks I've spent here this summer.

I am accustomed to being very detailed, partly because I love getting immersed in the details and partly because I thought that my work could only be good if it were detailed. After my time here, I know now that sometimes having your hand work freely can be more successful in capturing a mood..."

- Angela L., Parsons '13

Monique | SIS I '13

With a passion for human rights, the artist's connection to the world is unmistakable. The view that everyone deserves political, economic, and social rights is not as much a journey of self-discovery, but a quest for change. The motivation of doing art is more in the communication - to reach out to the community at large.

"...I decided to explore the issue of gun control. I found it extremely challenging to convey my views whilst attempting not to sacrifice the art for the message. I realized that the precise meaning that I was contemplating when I created the piece is not as important as the reaction and interpretation that is provoked in each individual viewer. Having listened to members of the class interpret the work, I decided that it was far more interesting to leave some of the questions unanswered rather than creating a very obvious and literal interpretation of my own message.

I found using different materials such as the rough and stained wood really enhanced the pieces by giving them a gritty texture that matched the subject matter."

- Monique  A.,  Parsons '13 

phase one | drawing sp'13

An idea may germinate from a passing thought, and emerge with a rush of excitement. The collaboration of the entire arm and a loose grip aids in this flow.

Zack

Kyungjoo

Sallie