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Drawing A Breath






A breath can mean so many things. My main goal for this project was to not have a source. I started out with a long sheet of butcher paper and some black ink. Automatic drawing was my solution for not having a source, so for the first few attempts, I drew without thinking. I let my hand move about freely on the page, letting my subconscious lead the way. Some interesting things occurred. While drawing and watching the discovery channel, I drew shapes that resembled countries on a map, and leaves and rocks on a ground. These designs were entirely unintentional. I quickly found that it was near impossible to have completely no source. Whatever I was looking at was subconsciously affecting my drawing. After stepping back and examining my work, I was unhappy because there was no main focus. I also become bored. Consciously, I drew two heads in the center right of the page. I used an advertisement rip out from an art magazine as my source. Once the heads were drawn, I continued on in my automatic drawing to finish off the drawing.