Feeling and expression

I tried not to give so much thought about it just do it very spontaneously with a flowing slow movement. I quickly realized that the best marks to express my feelings are spirals, fine lines, waves and delicate shadows. The easiest tool to use for that was the conte stick.

What a ride! No shapes, no shadows, no bent/wavy lines (not intentionally at least) only sharp, tooth-like edges and cruel wires. Surprisingly the chalk did very well. I thought -being so soft- that would be an issue to express such a feeling but when I accidently broke it while I was drawing I got relieved and left it as it was. Those little victim-like black crumbles tell me the story I want to hear from this experiment.

Fireworks, fountains, volcanos, laughs and drumbeats…drawing “joy” without colours tied my hands a bit but the swirls and upward arches still quite well represented what I felt.

Here’s my choice. I hesitated between fear/surprise or confusion to draw but because the latter was the most different from the previous drawings I decided to have a go with “confusion”. I (involuntarily and immediately) sunk into some cubist chaos which is strange because for me the most attractive feature of cubism is the harmony of the elements. Still, it happened.