Time Log 7: Senior Drawing

Total Hours: 10

This week, my time was split working on 2 different sketches of 2 of my friends. I took their pictures a few weeks ago, and this week, I was able to work on creating compositions from my photos.

I drew them with graphite sticks because it is on larger paper. I am contemplating trying to do the same compositions in charcoal to see if I like how one looks in comparison to the other. I know that I like to work in charcoal already, so I may try to stick with the graphite sticks because I don't have a ton of experience with them.

I also worked on my contract for the semester. I am haven't narrowed it completely down to graphite because I could end up going back to charcoal.

Kate Mase
October 11, 2011
Dr. –
Senior Drawing Contract

With drawing this semester, I would like to take the time to explore literal portraiture and symbolic portraiture. I will use graphite sticks (possibly charcoal if I find that I don’t like the graphite) on large pieces of paper. In addition, I will incorporate tracing paper into the pieces to create layering affects. This interests me as an artist and I want to explore it as much as I can. I will use techniques that I learned in drawing 1, but more specifically gesture drawing, with the intent to create more expressive, evocative imagery. I will use original sources from photos that I take. I would like to have around 10 images at the end of the semester.
The concept behind all of this is about sex trafficking. The symbolic portraiture represents the plethora of women and children that have been/continue to be sold into the sex industry globally. I have selected fruit because in art history, it is used as something that represents original sin and/or life. I see sex trafficking as something completely unnatural, and yet it continues to affect life after life. The literal portraits will be those of men who are consuming the fruit. In addition, I see fruit as something very common. Grocery stores are packed with fruit. It’s cheap. It’s replaceable. It’s easy to access… which is the case with many of these women and children.