Quick Challenges

 

Transparent/Layers

Transparent/Layers

Ink and Stitch

Ink and Stitch

Conversations

Conversations

Erase

Erase

Gesso Drawings

Gesso Drawings

Reflection

    I found that the quick challenges were a good way to keep me constantly working and experimenting. Often in my work, I have a tendency to stick with what I'm comfortable with, so being forced to try new things was a little scary and frustrating at times, but I think that experimentation is important to personal growth as an artist, so I appreciate being encouraged to try something else. I favored the erase quick challenge the most, it felt the most natural to me, I think it may be in part because of my work as a printmaker. In my drawing where I created a face by erasing charcoal with a kneaded eraser, it reminded me a lot of relief printmaking, taking out your light areas and leaving the dark. I definitely think I'll keep exploring drawing with an eraser, I love the ghostly look I was able to achieve with it and again, as a printmaker, it felt incredibly natural.