The parameters were that we had to choose an object, any object that wasn't trite.
Then we had to draw it three different ways: using only line, using only value, and an interpretation of the object. All three of mine were interpretations of the object I chose, which was a pocket watch of my grandfathers.
The first one I did was line. It is a little morbid, but it gets the point across. I left a little distortion in the hand so it would be easier to embrace the slice across the wrist. It wouldn't be as morbid and intimidating if it didn't look like a realistic hand. I also added the drops to the fingertips to make it look like the hand was dripping and wasting away. If I were to revise this piece, I would turn the statement into a question, like "Does time heal all wounds?" That would make it more postmodern.I did this first just to play with the drip.
I did a little bit of playing in how to add the quote. Jason Whitman writes little titles at the bottom of his work and I wanted to see if it would work for me. I wasn't sure it worked.
This was trying to work out how I wanted the words to look. I did it on vellum and put it over the drawing so I wouldn't have to keep drawing the hand.
This is the sketch of the band-aid that I put over the slice on the wrist. That's where the watch came in.
I added red on the fingers in one trial... I didn't really like it, it looked like nail polish, instead of adding the unity with the red blood that I wanted. So I kept the red off in the final piece.
TA-DAAAA! This is the final piece. You can really see the distortion on the hand that I was talking about earlier.
The next piece I did was Wasting Time piece. It was a appropriation of Salvador Dali's Persistence of Memory.
I couldn't find much of my process for this one for some reason, but I began by sketching different ways the watch could drip: down the arm, through the fingers, many different ways. This is what I ended up with. I also played around with the drops. I had them dripping to a puddle, and also dripping off the page. I liked them dripping off the page the best because as many people ask themselves "where does the time go?", I wanted my viewers to ask the same question, "where does the drop go?" That represents time, and I hope they make the connection between wasting the time and how it just disappears.
The last piece was my favorite. It was called "Time Flies". It all began with this sketch.
I love it because its such a tiny and playful sketch, only about three inches tall. But my entire idea was sparked by this sketch. One of my classmates told me the numbers looked like bats, so I worked on the wings to make them more whimsical.
This is the wing stencil that I used to trace all the wings onto the numbers. I found a few online and just sketched a combination of all of them to suit my personality and needs of the drawing.
Then I had to move on to the lovely hands... oh how I used to hate drawing hands... now its easier and easier. This is the first sketch that I used and tweaked it a little to make it look nice in the final piece.
This is the final piece. As you can see, I took the top off of the watch. I felt like it really took away from the hands and the hands feel more free without it there. I decided to cut everything out and collage it on gray paper to make the numbers pop more and add a nice contrast.
Well, this was the last project for my drawing class, it was a great class and I'm sad its over!
Peace!
