Draw a line and follow it #4
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Original drawing: pen and ink on colored pastel paper, 9x12”.
Print: on archival 240gsm Deep Matte Paper with rich colors and pure whites with a matte surface that is soft and almost velvety to the touch.
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:
First pink-colored ink is dripped on the paper to produced a loose circle of round dots. Then the outline of the circle is carefully traced with a pen, which produces the first line. After that, the line is carefully replicated, segment by segment, to reproduce the energetic twist and turns of the original line. When a variation is introduced by an accident, it is regarded as part of the line to 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. The drawing process acquires a feeling of meditation after a while. The resulted image might also have that effect if the viewer tries to follow the lines.
More detailed information about the concept and process of this series of drawings can be found here.