Assignment 7- Ink Portraits
















































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 more than fifty sexes, unless it is wearing some gender conforming clothing, I defy you to figure out the sex of a golden retriever without looking at its genitals. On top of that, if you care what sex a dog is, in general, you are missing the point of a dog. Similar to a cloud or a sunrise, which are beautiful and fascinating for what they are, but not because they are the epitome of a concept. A drawing figure has no gender, it can represent whoever it needs to. Gender is of no consequence to it. Flowers are also often called beautiful, but they have both male and female parts.

 

 Brush and India Ink on (15 x 22.75 inches) Newsprint paper. 18 hr.

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