Some people are restless, tossing and turning-type sleepers; others are still while they dream. I am fascinated by the idea that even in our sleep we can manipulate materials and create beautiful compositions. For my found drawings, I photographed the beds of three artists for whom sleep was a precious commodity due to the demands of a week-long sketchbook course. Their bedsheets, though, tell a tale of fitful, interrupted sleep -- I know I spent many a sleepless night considering ideas and images these last two weeks!
Interesting subject matter. I have my HS Art students do studies of tousled cloth or crumpled paper as one of their sketchbook pages. It helps them understand the difference between lines and the edges of areas of value and how these edges and transitions between these values define forms and give them visual weight.
ReplyDeleteI love it Laura! What an imaginative way to view line. I agree with Mike that this would make a great study for line values and shading.
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