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Exams: 2005 Studio Art Drawing: Concentration -- Anne T. Blazejack
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New World School of the Arts
Miami, Florida
Student Work
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Rationale
An exceptional connection exists between the idea of the concentration and the work presented. Mastery of expressive drawing technique is present throughout. There is risk-taking in terms of scale and surface consideration. The integration of figure/ground is solid. Overall, the work is an ambitious combination of idea and technical skill.
Student Commentary
What was your initial idea?
My concentration, a series of expressive figure studies, began with several quick charcoal drawings. In my figure drawing class, I tried to put marks down with confidence and energy, to be conscious of details and careful curves without losing the drawings' momentum.
How did your idea grow and develop as you worked? You may refer to specific slides as examples.
I became interested in the relationship between my body and the page: how if the actual movements of my body were graceful, the resulting charcoal marks documented the grace. I applied the same broad sweeping motion to a series of figure paintings. Like the drawings, the paintings grow quickly, and the entire page develops at once. I use a thick house painter's brush to capture planes of light and dark without the tedious shading charcoal requires.
* Important Note:
The numbers of the slides run from top left to bottom right.
- 24" x 36" charcoal, conté
- 24" x 36" charcoal
- 36" x 24" charcoal
- 24" x 36" charcoal, acrylic wash
- 36" x 53" charcoal
- 4' x 5 1/2' acrylic
- 36" x 24" charcoal, acrylic wash
- 24" x 36" charcoal
- 4 1/2' x 6' acrylic
- 4 1/2' x 5 1/2' acrylic
- 5' x 6' charcoal, ink, gesso
- 24" x 36" charcoal
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