The Idle Housewife

I was (still am) stuck, totally stuck with this assignment 2, not knowing what to do, where to go, not knowing, feeling stuck, not motivated at all and thinking about not going to be formally evaluated. I am trying, for many weeks now, to do finish this assignment. So I decided to move forward and review all the work I have not yet done on project 4. I already asked two times for deadline extension and I stopped because my tutor understood that I would need more. So, I decided I will have bad marks and get on with my academic OCA life. Did you manage to "make space move"? Yes, I feel like I did. From this project, this was the only part that I actually enjoyed. I played a lot with the squares and I could see the same space differently. The same happened drawing lines in a square. What are your thoughts about the drawings you did in Stage 3? Helpless. I made some drawings from a Juan Miró picture using felt tip markers an they where useless for all Stage 3 exercises. This is w...

Constructive picture with red and blue squares, 1923, Hannah Hoch Gouache on paper Detail of Constructive picture with red and blue squares, 1923, Hannah Hoch Oil pastel Felt tip marker Paper collage Felt collage

This exercise does not respond exactly to what is asked. This second assignment is not being easy for me, I feel blocked and not knowing what to do. I spoke with my tutor that was of great help, I was planning on redoing the exercises but decided, on the meantime, to present this. Then if I have the energy, I will redo them, if I don't have the energy I will stick to this and accept that sometimes not everything goes as planned or has I wish. In one of my first texture exercises  I tried to reproduce the texture of a flower, of the smoothness of its petals, with oil pastels. On paper is does not actually works or at least it doesn't look like the same texture but it feels to me the same texture, the touch of oil pastels reminds me of some flower petals such as these. From this exercise from assignment 1, when I look at the pastel picture, I sense the same softness as when I look at the flower, it is a kind of soft-grease touch that I see in the petals and that I have with the o...

 Leaves, 1925, André Durenceau Detail from Leaves, 1925, André Durenceau   Exercise 1 :: first drawing :: texture I used pastels because I find them very smooth and soft but on paper they do not represent the original texture at all Exercise 1 :: second drawing :: colours Exercise 1 :: third drawing :: shapes This was supposed to be the third drawing - shapes - but I used also for colours. Exercise 1 :: third drawing :: shapes This Stage 2 has been a total disaster from the beginning, I am not happy with it, nothing worked.

Composition, 1971-76, Juan Miró  Felt tip markers and graphite Felt tip markers and graphite   Felt tip markers and pastel Felt tip marker  Felt tip markers and graphite

 "Dirty drawings" from cat's paws