Figure 1: Author’s own
I am using my sketchbook to record weekly events. Throughout the week, I am monitoring the changes in mood
trying to pinpoint the visual cues around me when I am experiencing this
change. The image here was inspired by dinner at a
sushi bar with my friend.
Figure 2: Author’s own
The theme of food was developed further by placing objects
together on a same page to create meaning. In order to create meaning. I am
challenging the scales of my work, drawing outside of limits of my A4
sketchbook. I am moving away from the notions of
sketching on white backgrounds. There is
a norm in the art world that sketches are linked to unfinished work and the
ideas phases of designs. This has undervalued my belief and confidence in
showing sketches as finished products of work.
Figure 3: Author’s own
There are things that I
personally would not want to post on social media such as how dirty my kitchen
was this week, but I thought of before cleaning it up; I am going to do a quick
sketch about this. Waking up to a sink of full dirty dishes and a bin full of
rubbish that is starting to smell is a visual cue that could indicate a bad day
for my mental health. It is important to do quick sketches for these drawings,
as they will play an important and systematic role in working towards the
finished project outcome. ‘Do not mourn
the loss of lead from a pencil, rather; rejoice in the mark it has made’
(McDaniel, 2001, i)
