We did a compilation of drawings for our final critique and well my critique was very much like the first one. Where it was basically you can tell I'm very graphic and I am very good with line work and I'm very good with giving a simplified image of the body. But except this time I was more aware that is how I'm more comfortable working and that since I found a style I liked it showed more in my pieces.
My final project was based on an idea I had last fall during a forensics class. I call it your body on drugs and it was based on my obsession with how eyes are dilated after drug use. So I figured why not continue this with not just eyes but using the figure to show more of the distant gestures of people on drugs.
Now instead of doing only sketches I decided to do something I'm a little more comfortable with, so I made a woodcut print for my project. Just a simple black figure with a few line work on the inside illustrating just a dazed person on drugs. Simple enough right? Using a piece of plywood (so chippy that it made me reconsider my original plan of a line drawing of the figure) I worked a total 15 hours to finish my final piece. And I'm very proud of it.
So now I'm on spring break and on Monday I got some good news. Two of my prints were accepted into Art Haus's emerging artists art show in Decorah Iowa! That news honestly made the start of my spring break amazing. I'm so excited for the opening of the show since it is the first show I've been in since 2011, since I've left home. It's super amazing to be 1 of 30 to be selected out of 87 applicants and to have not only 1 but 2 pieces in the show!
Next term I'll be in advanced painting so look forward to me posting about my paintings here soon.
So that's all for now just a little bit to keep you all updated. Here are a few pieces mentioned here including the pieces for the art show!
Xo
Lesley
