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Assignment 6- Finale

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 This is my biggest perspective drawing for which the instructions consisted of: On any surface, at any size • Choose a patterned textile or paper element, and another collage fragment (of any shape, type: a photo, or something else) then glue/adhere these onto paper. • Extend and relate the elements imaginatively, using sensitive, arresting, searching, considered, absorbing marks, in correctly drawn perspective. Breaking this down, the surface was all but the top couple sheets of the drawing pad, one which I adhered to the other, satisfying the requirements of 1. any surface 2. a paper element 3. adhered on to paper. Finally, I stuck on the photo to the top layer of paper, fulfilling all the elements of the first part of the prompt. I did my best to adhere to the second part of the prompt, but I was operating with no context for anything but "Extend and relate the elements imaginatively" and " in correctly drawn perspective". The latter aspect being the only thing ...
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Some last Drawings

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 These are just a few sketches I made to challenge myself in various was, such as doing them in unfamiliar mediums, from memory, in one stroke, or things I find hard to draw and want to improve on. Pastel Chalk, Pen, Pencil, on (8.5x11inch) Drawing Paper
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Assignment 7- Ink Portraits

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These are my ink drawings. I spent 18 hours on them total. approximately half of that was in class, but I pulled an all-nighter to get these done. It turns out I could have accomplished a significant portion of the work much faster. I switched ink partway through, and while I think I may have used a bit more ink in relation to the amount of water I used, I genuinely think there might have been have been a difference in the ink itself judging by the amount of difference there was. I feel very frustrated in hindsight that when I mentioned I was worried that would not finish in time during class, I was told, and I quote: "Just work faster".   The theme of these drawings was androgyny, I think, though no one owes androgyny, there is a beauty about it. Also, I think it is neat how it violates the false binary of gender. To expound on that, I drew portraits of things that had no gender or way more than two possible sexes. A skull? Has no discernible sex or gender, mushrooms have mo...
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