As I didn’t quite know what direction go in, or subject matter I wished to explore for my FMP yet, I began by drawing from my imagination and from observation. Proceeding my last project, for which I worked primarily in monochrome , I felt an urge to use strong colour in my drawings, which was also brought on by my going back and looking at one of my favourited artists, Jean Michele Basquiat.
I am drawn to the works of Bryant Giles and Loribelle Spirovski, for I am fascinated by their exploration of space and their overlapping of objects, lines and people. Presently I find my mind to be busy and wish to somejow represent this, it would be an idea to do this in a similar way to Spirovski and Giles. I also like the way both artists leave parts of their drawings and paintings unfinished, and so I produced my own study below, inspired by theirs, using my room and my mind as my muse.
Before commencing my study inspired by Spirovski and Giles, I made the sketches of my room shown in the image above from life, trying to draw in a deliberately and delicately, in a similar way to the study I made of the view down below from my window. I enjoyed drawing in this careful manner, I find it extremely calming, and drawing constructively as opposed to very suggestively (which I do a lot) helps me visualise my ideas more clearly as sometimes I get a little lost and confused if all my drawings are all loose.
For this study, inspired by Spirovski and Giles, I tried to distort parts of my room by enlarging some objects while making others smaller. I like the delicacy of the line drawing alongside the thick paint and areas of pastel, but I would like to keep working with colour and find my way with it a little more for the colours I used here clash a little too much for my liking.
The two drawings above are quick self portrait sketches I made prompted by my disaster with a printer and the screwed up paper I found myself surrounded by. I may implement these into a larger study later on.
The stance I drew in my study above along with the colours I used, was inspired by this painting by Lisa Wright, whose work captured me for the figures seem to be almost cowering in fear, an all round powerful piece that I intend to look at some more and perhaps borrow more from, as my body of work progresses.
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