Course work: Four 45-second gestures and a six-minute blind contour drawing, no better than usual.
An experiment with wax resist overwashed with dilute ink proved less successful than I had hoped. The result suggests an insufficient application of wax, complicated by a too-light wash. My second effort, on a larger scale (~16 x 25 cm), added a little color and used a full-strength ink wash: I think it worked a little better, and I can see that this could be an interesting and useful technique, following a good bit of practice. Some limited testing on scrap paper suggests that Conté crayon does not contain sufficient wax to permit its use as a resist agent.
Reading:
James Elkins Why Art Cannot Be Taught
University of Illinois Press, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2001
Pp. 91-105
Personal sketchbook work: A manikin sketch in red chalk pencil.
Weekly reflections on learning experience: This has been a busy and reasonably successful week. I approach the Assignment Five drawing with some trepidation, but perhaps the experimental work I am doing now will prove helpful.
Total time:
1 hour 46 minutes (61h50m)
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