Project 1: Exercise 1: Experimenting with Expressive lines

Project 1: Exercise 1: Experimenting with Expressive lines - Notes

Four Sheets of paper folded. Each expressing a different emotion using 4 diffeerent types of media.

1. Calm: The first, bottom left

I felt worked the best - the charcoal was soft and fluid and expressed the emotion easily. I like the simplicity of the composition and felt that it worked well. The ink drawing worked too - loved the way the paper absorbed the ink before letting me draw with the wooden chopstick. Conte (top right) makes fabulous dark oily marks. Felt the least pleased with the marker: didn't like the definite dead marks it made.
2. Anger: Found it easier to express anger with the charcoal. The pencil was way too "iffy". I loved the ink splatter/splash drawing the most.

3. Joy:

This emotion came more naturally! I was pleased with most, and although I don't usually like a symmetrical composition I felt the it expressed the emotion well. Went back to the marker and felt it worked quite well. Loved the 3 evolving spheres in conte the most.
4. Misery:

harder to express and the downward lines kept occurring. The ink worked best here.

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