I have been working on a thesis for the first project. I am interested in exploring the repetition of the practice of drawing. I was reading Reflections on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting and Sculpture, by Johann Joachim Winckelmann, and this sentence really stuck with me. "The only way for us to become great or, if this be possible, inimitable, is to imitate the ancients." (P. 27)
I think that the reason we repetitively draw the same pose over and over, is that we believe it will improve our drawing skills and that we will then be able to see our works in the same light as the 'ancients'. I find that I do this a lot, I am constantly comparing my works to those that I see in galleries, or the works I believe to be successful. I am trying to break away from this and develop my own style.
For this folio project, I have decided to experiment with collage. The following images are my process work so far, I do not feel the work is complete yet. I started by drawing a posing model from a photograph, and each time I felt the body was drawn wrong I glued some paper over the top and started that section again. I repeated this process over and over again. I have used ink, charcoal, rice paper glue, water and different thicknesses of paper. I know the image is not photo realistic but I am attempting to find a different outcome in this work. I find that collage is a very freeing tool, it allows me to experiment with mixed materials and not limit myself to the one layer/original drawing.
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