All
Seeing Eye
Size: 21" x 12"
Medium: Yarka Willow Charcoal, White Eraser
Artist Statement: For this drawing assignment, I was only allowed to work with work with Yarka Willow Charcoal and a white eraser. First I had to cover the entire paper surface with these charcoal stick and use an eraser to create marks in this drawing, a method of give and take one would say. I have worked with these types of charcoal before and I find them weak and really fragile, I at least broke about 12 charcoal sticks while doing this drawing. The reason why I chose to do an eye is because it had been a while since I have done anything basic and I wanted to clearly show that the eraser was mostly used in mark making.
Living
and Dying Rose
Size: 21" x 12"
Medium: Rembrandt Black Pastel,
White Eraser
Artist Statement: For this drawing
assignment, I was only allowed to work with Rembrandt Black Pastel and a white eraser.
Same as the previous drawing in covering the entire surface with only this
medium and then use an eraser to create marks. Lucky for me I have worked with black pastel and
I it very smooth to work with especially when it comes to blending, which is
the reason why I decided to do a rose as my subject for this piece. Roses require
the right amount of shading and blending to make it seem more real. Plus they
are also beautiful to draw.
Cityscape
Size: 21" x 12"
Medium: Yarka Willow Charcoal, Rembrandt
Black Pastel, White Eraser
Artist Statement: For this drawing
the materials I could only use were the willow charcoal and the black pastel
while still using the eraser to still make marks. I first layered the surface
with both willow charcoal and the black pastel then used the eraser to create a
sunrise backdrop. Then I went back in the pastel to layout the shape of the
builds of a city, outline the edges and shade in some sides. I also went back
in the willow charcoal to add more shading into the buildings and a few more skyscrapers
in the distances. Then final went back in with the eraser and erased out the
sides were a light source would hit on a building. I don’t know what it is with
cityscapes and sunrises I find interest, considering I’m neither a city girl
nor a morning person, but this is by far my favorite.
The
Willow Tree
Size: 21" x 12"
Medium: Yarka Willow Charcoal,
Rembrandt Black Pastel, Water
Artist Statement: This drawing
required creating my own method of erasing and the only thing I could come up
with is using water in erasing the charcoal. After layering the surface of the
paper with the charcoal, I took a plain brush with some water and in back and
forth scrubbing motion, I erased the area I want the most white. The reason for
the willow tree is because I thought it would fit the theme of smooth and
flowing much like the water used to make these marks.