Unified Field Experiments

This was the first unified field drawing that I did, and my first use of charcoal. This was done using all three widths of the willow charcoal. The thin width pressed with force in a fast motion provided the picture with emphatic motion-like lines while the thick width really allowed for shading and softened some of the crisper lines. I pictured a hike I went on this summer through a forest of paper birch trees at some point during the drawing.

This was another charcoal drawing, using soft vine charcoal. It looked like vine could be useful for emphasis lines as well as shading.



This was the second drawing as well as the first use of conte crayons.  I purchased the assortment of 12 conte crayons and tried to use them all. I titled the piece, Convergence as the reds and browns became black and vice versa. The white and grey crayon provided an avenue to create a subtle ray effect to try and convey the direction that the circles were going in. I was experimenting with how hard or softly I was pressing down with the different rows of circles. I found it easier to shade with the charcoal, but the two-tone effect was cool to do, and I had fun with this picture.

This picture was done with 4 shades of graphite, 2H, HB, 4B,  and 6B. After using the charcoal and crayon, graphite did not have the same excitement for me. I have used pencil before, and in the past I almost always went over the picture in ink and erased the entire picture of pencil. I wanted to experiment with continuous line use, as well as cross-hatching. At some point in the drawing what looked like a few eyeballs kept "looking" at me. I was turning the paper around every few minutes or so to try and limit my tendency to draw at a constant angle,  but no matter the angle the eyes seemed to be following me. Naturally I drew more of them...

  

My first india ink drawing. I know that many people are fans of ink; I was not comfortable with it. I have no problems with a sharpie or fine ink pen, but I had trouble keeping the width of my strokes even. It was enjoyable, nonetheless. I really appreciated how easily the ink flowed in the direction my brush took it. I definitely see how easily you can make a permanent mistake using this medium as well.