Drawing Project 1 2012

For this assignment we were asked to consider and ponder what makes "community?" What are the aspects of it? How do we accomplish and how can we translate our drawings to demonstrate our feelings on citizenship and community.

For my project, I sort of took the opposite approach and I wondered how I could take the idea of complete isolation and transfer it into an art piece.

So I drew a lone human figure in a position of complete dependency, but also in a position that could describe a sense of lonliness and isolation. She's positioned in such a way, that shelters her heart from the world. Does she want her heart to be sheltered? Or is she really just afraid to open it up? What's keeping her bottled up like this?

I drew this on wood, because I really like the idea of alternative canvases. I like drawing on solid surfaces and sometimes allowing the grain of the wood to show through.  There should be a concept for why I chose this, but really I don't have one.

But I did experiment with different types of background. Should I leave a simple wash? The wash I did have wasn't dark enough, so I did add some charcol to darken it. Unfortunately, I don't think I have the desired effect I want yet.

This piece is still a work in progress. I hope I can find a way to translate my feelings in it better.

I have known what its like to be intensely lonely and it's the worst feeling in the world.