Draw a line and follow it #12
Available as:
Original drawing: pen and ink on colored pastel paper, 9x12”.
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:
First, pink ink is randomly dripped on the paper. Then the outline of each drop is carefully traced with a pen, which produces the first group of lines. After that, each line in the first group is carefully replicated, segment by segment, to reproduce the energetic twist and turns in 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, until the line reaches the edge 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.