Draw a line and follow it #21
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Original drawing: pen and ink on colored pastel paper, 12x16β. Signed and framed with official stamp of βde Young Open 2020β on the back.
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: βDraw a line and follow itβ, which won the Special Juryβs Award at the OSTEN Biennial of Drawing Skopje 2020, N. Macedonia. This drawing is also an official selection by De Young Museum in San Francisco for the βDe Young Open 2020β. (See below for concept and process.)
Concept and process:
First, yellow 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 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. 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 lines reach 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.