The Beginning

Today's new project was something very new and unfamiliar to me. I felt confused at the fact my subject of drawing was in fact paper. It failed to amuse me to begin with. I felt lost and angry at myself at the fact I couldn't seem to get stuck in and create interesting 3D paper subjects. I let others working around me influence and pressure me which affected my work. I became very self-critical of my work and fell into a state of mind which didn't encourage creative motivation.

I started to work with graph paper to try and stimulate more interesting designs but again didn't seem to get what I wanted. Then Jo my tutor came and give me advice on what I should be seeing in these objects and what potential creations could be formed. Jordana and Maria also were asking advice and I learned alot from what Jo said to them about there starting points. Maria had made her own unique 3D forms and Jo give her suitable ideas and methods to enhance her forms. Jo mentioned the qualties different papers have on a form. She mentioned how tracing paper seems to evoke delicate folds and lines with smooth curls.

After Jo left, I began to see my 2D drawings in a different way. My colour study immediately sparked off ideas of beautiful petals of a rose. I became enthused and started to re-create new shapes from paper to create a 3D form made from petals supposed to end up looking similar to a rose. I also discovered diamond shapes.

3D ' Rose' form

Side view 3D ' Rose ' form  

Inspirational Drawings


Although I had a confusing start my creative energy seemed to blossom throughout the day. I feel I didn't produce that much concrete work today but I am now ready and excited for developing my new ideas tomorrow. I want to remain enthused and motivated for this project. I feel it is the best mind set to have, in order to achieve a successful outcome. Tomorrow I am going to start by cleaning my table and bring in new materials. I will experiment further on trying to find the correct 3D form to progress on with.