Draw a line and follow it #1
Available as:
Original drawing: pen and ink on paper, 8.5x11”.
Print: on archival Moab Lasal Exhibition Luster paper, 300gsm, Ultra White, Pro Semi-Gloss, 9x12”.
This is a part of a series of conceptual drawings: “Draw a line and follow it”, which won the Special Jury’s Award at the OSTEN Biennial of Drawing Skopje 2020, N. Macedonia. (See below for concept and process.)
Concept and process:
On a new sheet of drawing paper, I found some stain on an edge that was left from a wash on a previous page. I almost threw it away but on second thought, I wanted to see what I could do with it. So I traced the edge of the stain. Then I tried to copy that first line. After that, I repeated the process, trying to copy the previous line, segment by segment, to reproduce the energetic twist and turns in the previous line. When a variation is introduced by an accident, it is regarded as part of the line to be replicated in the next iteration. e.g. Sometimes the ink dries up and introduces a break in the line. It will be replicated in the next iteration. This process is repeated, with the only focus on replicating the small segment of the line within the immediate scope of attention, until the line reaches the edges of the paper. The drawing process acquires a feeling of meditation after a while. The resulted image might also have that effect if one tries to follow the lines.
More detailed information about the concept and process of this series of drawings can be found here.