OK so I have decided that I will put these up on the blog, and paraphrase the tasks. I think the book is really cool and don't want to copy and paste the whole thing.. plus I am talking about how I was creative and hope that people may give me other ideas too :) Creative unBlock Project No.1 [scroll down for the pictures] The idea of the project came from the artist ___ who is juggling two jobs, one as a physcologist and one as a practicing artist. The main things things I took from what I read were: 1) Give yourself the time and space to do it. He has a studio and gives himself set hours before going home. It seems too strict for me as I know I don't work better when it is forced, so I am not sure that that is the thing for me to follow as I will be just as grumpy. I do think that I should do more though. 2) If you're not having sleepless nights, you're not doing it right. I think that this is dangerous. I do not like the idea that I have to be 'doing it right' or that I have to be pushed to a point where I am not sleeping. I agree that those moments where you are so involved that you can't let go are awesome, even when you see that it is the wee hours of the morning. There is a feeling of satisfaction from that. I agree that those moments when you are just doing and doing and doing, and thinking are great.. But I need sleep. I need rest. I need to be useful when teaching and kids are tough. 3) If you don't like it, redo it and see if you can change what was missing. Call me goldilocks because this porridge was just right! Great advise at Uni was to take away all the things that I considered to be important and then see if they are. It was a real challenge to let go, and see what you were holding on to. See if it still mattered, still needed to be there, was still important or if it was being kept for your ego rather than benefitting your studio practice. COOOL.. What did you do though? So, the idea is you draw, look at it, screw it up and throw it in the trash then repeat that. I decided to draw a picture of my friend. As we were monoprinting in class today, I decided to use this as an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone. I did a few and then got distracted playing with ink and just exploring shapes and colours when monoprinting. I must have produced 50 or so and then looked back at them. I made them in two piles: ones that were 'done' (things that compositionally interested me as, colour combinations that I liked, shapes that were successful) and then ones that were still 'active' (they could still be worked on, still be made into more, still be retouched, or reprinted, cut up, drawn on, collaged..I like to think if it isn't good, it's because it isn't done yet, rather than throw it away) I enjoyed it and felt like it was fun, but I am not sure that I did it 'properly'. What do you think?? (If you want to see the work that I produced, click here) I felt guilty that I had not done it properly, that I had not given enough time to myself to do this properly so I decided that I should do it again. I was on the way to the city to have my hair dyed and I felt that it was a great opportunity to give it another go. I took one of the pictures from my wall on the way and then as I sat on the bus I listened to some podcasts and drew. When I felt I was ready I turned the page and started again. (If you want to see the work that I produced, click here) What did I learn? > I really enjoyed the idea of not having to worry about this being 'the final' or 'the thing' (Monoprinting is awesome for this) > I know that none of these drawings are perfect, but I enjoyed drawing, > This was a good idea, but not a the answer for me.
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