Embrace Process Part 2
Posted by David Mazure | Filed under Diagrams, Installations
And, now, continuing the story of the process of Embrace. . .
Moving beyond the whole ‘poop cloud’ concept, I decided to bring it back to being more representative of actual body parts embracing one another. This drawing is a mass conglomeration of those drawings. The final dimensions of this graphite drawing are approximately 4 1/2 feet x 3 feet (a work of art unto itself!):
An additional drawing to the one above:
And, since I cannot resist the idea of developing a good drawing — I proceeded to do some inks and markers over the graphite drawing to see what I would come up with. I really like how this came out (though I didn’t really use it for any of the final drafts of Embrace):
The next image is an example of what I like to call ‘dynamic linear mapping’ in which I use tracing paper (or a light box) to draw with a brush pen on top of my own graphite drawings to highlight the movement and forms in the drawing using only linear elements:
Then I decided to invert the ‘dynamic linear maps’ and use the negative spaces instead of the positive black lines to what it would look like — and I liked it!:
The purple color looked great in the concept stage, but, in reality, it would make the wall and that whole corner of the room too heavy. So, I decided to throw some white into the mix to make it lighter. Getting closer to the final piece, but still needs some tweaking:
The purple just wasn’t going to cut it, so I resorted to all white and decided to make the framed pieces glimpses into the original graphite drawings that were completed:
And, voila, the final piece! I hope to have some details of those graphite drawings soon (as they are barely discernable in this picture):
3 Responses to “Embrace Process Part 2”
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wig Says:
August 17th, 2010 at 10:01 amThanks for sharing the progression of this concept.
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gazbot Says:
August 26th, 2010 at 5:59 pmNice piece, and I dig that you have a concept and process your are really into, at the risk of offending you though I really like the Ink and markers version best, thats just the non-artsy soul in me.
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David Mazure Says:
August 30th, 2010 at 9:41 amThanks Gazbot! The concept and process are always changing and evolving so that I don’t get stuck doing the same thing over and over (like I see many artists doing). I am a big fan of the line (pen & marker) drawings as well — they are art, too! (I think.)
