Discovering that I can do what I want, when
I want, how I want. I just need to show all my tests, experiments and progress.
I found so many ways that I could express
drawing, through pin hole camera, dry point printing and 3D work. I just always
thought that I had to show it to my sketchbook and felt restricted to doing so,
after tutorials and group crits’ and one to ones I found my own intentions of
bigger, abstract careless work does the job (if I do it right!). Learning from
this I have moved on to more experiments to progress me to a point I create
more. Meaning the more flat 2D tests I made and gathered, I now feel I can
compose using these starting points (2D tests) together to create new
experiments which show progress of transformation.
From this I have moved away from the
sketchbook and back to scrap work and 3D ideas. Doing this created is larger
amount of work to show and more to work from and progress to generate new
happenings. Its an organized chaos that works for me. Showing that not all
tests and ideas work but being able to combine several images has helped
finding the good in what I thought didn’t work. I also think having all these
experiments around me have boosted my confidence on to create more and keep
findings the positives.
Although I know there is plenty more to
work to generate, I definitely feel I have found my path of working again. And
again although I have finally got the jest of working in a sketchbook I now
feel the two working techniques can now be both positives and no longer hold me
back! Looking at the two elements as separates that find themselves together
towards the end works for me.
