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Life beyond Project 5....
Hopefully! Having proven to myself that I can actually do something that other people like (or at least pretended to!) I have continued drawing.
Mostly I draw things that I fancy drawing and I'm under no illusion that my art will suddenly become representative of tangible things. I draw what I enjoy or what has a message to me.
Nautical star
Nautical charts use this star to indicate the position of true north. It is positioned on the outermost of two compass circles.
To me, it is a gentle hark back to my roots - I am a northern lad at heart despite my 20 years living in the Cotswolds...
A relatively simple, yet eye-catching design which keeps pointing me 'home'!
Kubik
Invented way back in 1974, same as me, this famous cubic puzzle has irritated and captured people in equal numbers.
I was never able to figure it out - this is long before the millions of uploaded YouTube tutorials (largely defeating the point in my view!) so the only way I have ever completed the puzzle was to gently peel off the stickers and reposition them!
Colour experiments
Most of my work so far has been monochrome, perhaps reflecting my views of the world, perhaps a little bit of 'fear' at not understanding shading, colour wheels or which go together with which.
However, I am reading lots about the use of colours linked to the moods and emotions of people. From this initial reading, where did I default? Shades of grey!
I am collating information and 'playing' with colour in some sketches / swatches etc before perhaps creating a series of works depicting human states.
Grey areas
This piece represents the intermingling of people. People often have differing views on topics and in some cases we avoid certain conversations with even our closest friends as we know we are at opposite ends of a topic.
We often see our view of a topic as being black and white - I am right, you are wrong (or vice versa!) and at certain times in our lives I think these views become an even more clear cut opinion.
Each of the circular 'beings' have a very black and white view of the world, but when we overlap with other people we all have to concede that there are 'grey areas' in everything.
Where to draw the line...
This new set of images has come from the depths of my slightly impacted mental state. Please take a look at the specific page for further details!
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