Assignment 3 -

 Art forms range so widely, and there are still so many I want to try. Art is so subjective, so I struggled a bit with this project. I am a bit of a perfectionist in art, and tend to over detail my work, so this was quite a challenge. Contour line art is not a style I am particularly fond of, so I really tried to find a method of it I enjoyed and felt like I was actually making art on my own terms. So, I used a tapered brush of an alcohol based marker to make each object as I felt the most free with my drawing tools. I wanted my images to look somewhat fluid and have an Interesting visual aspect, even though I couldn’t see what I was drawing. So, I focused on adding emphasis on my curves but still trying to maintain the accurate anatomy of each respective object. With this, I actually had a lot of fun drawing my images and it made me realize it’s important to give other techniques a chance before immediately dismissing them.

Reflection - So, I did this assignment very separately from the style of my peers. I haven't been able to attend class much at the time due to my health, and the last thing I remember doing in class was blind, one-line contour drawings. So, in my head, this was the same for the assignment. I was very nervous to initially put it up for critique, as it was vastly different than my peers. However, everyone was so kind and more than supportive. This was also during the first assignment, our class was not super close or bonded yet, and every single one of my peers had my back in saying it fits the assignment guidelines. I am super grateful for that.

Here are some of my favorite drawings;

This Eye

This Perfume Bottle

This Brush

It Girl

Due to my lack of inspiration, I went back to look at some of my favorite artists' work. I am a very detail oriented artist, and many of my inspirations are as well. However one that immediately got me thinking was Barbara Kruger. My subject matter consists of various makeup and skincare products, as well as a few facial features. I wanted my theme to show a distorted reality of consumerism and the constant pressure on women in today's beauty standards, a theme Kruger makes evident in her work. People are expected to look more like dolls, and new ways to achieve this are being shoved in our faces. Brands create new insecurities, new problems on yourself you would have never noticed prior so you will spend money to fix it. 

I know not everyone of my drawings takes up a whole page, but as I started to enjoy this art form I did not want to create a box for myself, and had a vision of how I wanted to execute this which needed small filler images among the big ones. I think this dramatic change of scale made my piece very visually interesting yet chaotic and balanced at once. 

I initially just had the items drawn, but it did not evoke the message I wanted it to. I found, depending on perspective, it could be a decorative piece for a type of makeup space. Once I added a few facial features it felt much more complete.