art quack

I've been asked for a class to make blog posts about an upcoming art project that has to be completed this semester. So I have to record my thoughts, ideas and influences in a easy access medium. So I'm thinking of doing some pictures based on the techniques that I learnt from these pictures I did last semester.
This one is my favourite, it involves two pieces of paper,charcoal,white conte and a rag. The life model was wrapped up in calico,given a cow's skull and put on a chair. We drew what we wanted,every 30 mins we turned the model and chair around and drew what we say from the 'new view'.
Some details:



These are charcoal,graphite and white conte on ink stained paper and are based on the principal of vanitas


I've been asked to talk/write about the how and why of this upcoming project. So far I think it's a response and a return to my recent education in the human figure.

If you compare these two figure drawings, the top one from last year and the other from a few months ago.



From last year and part of this year, I've learnt I have decent observational skills but a lot of the time,when I do drawing outside a classroom situation, I don't have the same feeling as when I am in a studio. There's something about my class work that I do like and that isn't present in my non-class work.

Here be some observational sketches from last year:



Drawings from last semester:




Compared with these from last year:
This ones don't really feel as well produced as the others but while I was drawing them, I was trying to think outside: "this is a drawing of a person". Unfortunately I can't remember what I was thinking of at the time.




This next set somewhat reflects part of my (old?) approach to drawing the figure and of myself. None of these figures have faces, which is perhaps forcing them to become a bunch of bodies in motion.






With this new project (which will be explained in another entry) I've decided to return to this idea of an unknown human form and the concept/idea of an isolated human, maybe someone who is looking for recognition but who can not get it because they do not pocess a full identity. I'm also playing with the idea of wheter people can react to this unknown form despite not understanding fully who or what they may be doing.

More on these later.

Project Arms2.0 - A discussion on changes in the project
Influences - Project "Arms" influences
Project "Arms" hybrids - variants on Project Arms
Project "Arms" - All about the Project

An October update

Right now I've been trying to juggle assignments so I've been negeleting my art blog. I'll be dumping huge amounts of post come the end of November so look forward to it. This site relates to a colour theory assignment I'm doing which is to do some clothing design based on the work of Issey Miyake who work I do like even if it is fashion design which is something I don't bother about.

What do you get when you mix an a/c unit and a shirt? It may look a little something like this and for the offical documentation on it - The Wind

We're doing some work in drawing class related to pop culture,which I'm excited about but I'm not sure if I want to explore it the way we are in class.

Something exiciting is going on. My sculpture class has a collective sculpture in the end of year show. It's very interesting,so now I have to go to Opening Night.
Edit: This is what it looked like. Typically I am the computer mouse.