Inside Out Reflection
For the Inside Out Project, we were
required to incorporate elements of collage with the interior of the human
body. For my project, I chose to incorporate elements of nature into the
figure, because when I’m out in nature especially in water, I feel connected to
the elements almost as if it’s a part
of me. I also appreciate flowers, because I feel that they affect my mood and
thoughts in a positive way when I see them, which is why I decided to have
flowers sprouting out of the figure’s head. I first began my project with
looking at images of people incorporating nature into figures in art, to gain
inspiration. I then began my project by sketching out the figures body, and
adding value with graphite. Then I went over the graphite with black ink wash.
To emphasize the lighter and darker parts of the body, I either added more water
to the ink, or I used its most concentrated form to define certain muscular
parts of the body or the figure’s head where the flowers would come out of. While
I let the ink dry, I began to sketch images of flowers, then went over the
sketches with a skinny black ink marker. I cut these images out with an X-ACTO Knife
because they were smaller, and cut out a pattern of water that I got out of a
stationary book with a variety of backgrounds with a scissors. I then cut out
the figure as well. First, I glued the water background to a piece of 18x24 piece
of drawing paper. I then glued the figure over it. It was challenging to get
the glue to keep the different pieces of paper down, because I used a glue
stick. If I did another collage project in the future, I think I it would be a better
idea to use a stronger kind of glue or something in liquid form. After I glued
the water and figure over the water, I added scraps of water paper around the figure’s
legs to add dimension. After I glued the figure and water portion of the piece,
I added the cut-out pieces of my flower drawings to the paper and arranged them
in a way that they seemed to be sprouting out of the figure’s head. I wanted
the piece to flow together, so liked how the dark contrast of the flowers
matched the value I added to the figure’s body. Originally, I was planning on
doing a piece where I incorporated the inside out element in the figure’s ribs,
with flowers coming out of the ribcage. However, I decided to incorporate both
flowers and water in my piece later on so went with my second idea.
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