And... SIGH! i shot 586 images today. Phew!

Very Preliminary Preview of new photo series

These will probably be shot on film in black and white and printed in tintypes. We shall see. This is a very preliminary preview.

To see the entire preview, go here

And now for something (not) completely different...

Today i thought i would post a bunch of work i did for school this semester in lieu of some more 'daily drawings.' i have not made a drawing in a couple days, like i said i would. i have been in that weird sulphurous fog that comes every year during winter break when i feel like the Fall semester has zapped my ability to do anything but lay on the couch and watch tv.

The work will pop up after this post, maybe not in order, but i will do my best.
xx

Intermediate Photography, Final Project

Here is my final project for Intermediate Photography. This series is titled "Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World," after the novel of the same title by Haruki Murakami that inspired the work.

See the entire series after the jump.

Two Point Empirical Perspective

Assignment for Drawing I: 2 Point Empirical Perspective Drawing, we were sent out into the hallway (a drawing 1 classic) and were asked to draw the hallway or area inside the school and insert some sort of object in a different scale. This assignment was inspired by Rene Magritte's drawings of the same subject. Magritte would often paint or draw common interior scenes (a bedroom, etc) that contained, for example, a giant wineglass, or eyeglasses, for a surreal effect.
This is my own boot in the hallway of the Fine Arts building. 

(again, my apologies for a terrible copy shot, i'm lazy today and don't want to reshoot)

and a more detailed crappy copy shot of the boot

untitled

18" x 24"

graphite on paper

 

copyright Jennifer A. Krause 2009

One point perspective

Assignment for Drawing I: this was a one point perspective drawing of an interior room. It was not a particularly creative assignment, but i took my own liberties with it, and went nuts. It started as a drawing of the studio at school, and once my professor gave me permission to be creative with the 'extra' space, i just let myself meander around the space and this is what i came up with.
(Sorry for the wretched copy shot)

"in the studio", one point perspective drawing assignment

18" x 24"

graphite on paper

copyright Jennifer A. Krause 2009

dailydrawing 12-30-09

Also posted late, a quick drawing and this one was just as quickly abandoned, but i know i will revisit this. These are shapes, lines  and figures that appear rather often in my work. When i started to think about these things i make, i meandered into the concept of what it would look like if Louise Bourgeois and Hans Bellmer collaborated on a drawing. i think it would look a little like this (though, by no means does my work pay adequate homage to either one of them).

Daily Drawing 12-29-09

Posted a bit late, but i've been in some sort of sulphurous fog.
12-29-09.... kind of abandoned, not sure if i will finish it

First Daily Drawing

i've decided to commit myself to one drawing every single day. i am sure that sometimes it may end up being a small rough sketch, but i am going to try to do my best.
First of many....

Daily Drawing 12-27-09

The War Machine

This is a preliminary (and poor quality) copy shot of a piece i did for my final project for drawing class.
It took many many hours. Silverpoint is a very challenging medium, but i am pleased with the results. i can't wait for the silver to oxidize and darken. This photo is slightly deceptive, as the value of the silver is pretty light right now, probably akin to the result of a 2H or 4H graphite pencil, but it should darken up with time and i estimate will look probably like it does in this photo.

The assignment was to first make a master copy. i chose Leonardo da Vinci's "Antique Warrior". We were required to make the copy in the same size and medium as the original. For the second part, we were to create an original drawing in the same size and medium, utilizing the master artist's style.
i wanted to create a juxtaposition and a reflection between the two soldiers and create an implicit dialogue about the history of warfare, and place the emphasis on the individual man participating.

"The War Machine"

diptych

approx. 16" x 11" total

silverpoint on prepared paper

copyright Jennifer A. Krause 2009

A note on silverpoint: essentially this technique predates the pencil. It was used in da Vinci's time quite a bit. One uses a fine silver (about .999) wire, (i used a 12 gauge wire) that is cut into a short length and filed and sanded to a point, but rounded like a pencil tip. This is also a polished point in order to prevent actually scratching. The tip should be smooth.

This is placed in a lead holder (not unlike a mechanical pencil) and the point is used to draw. The surface must be prepared with some sort of ground or gesso that will allow the silver to deposit onto its surface. In da Vinci's time, i believe they used a mixture with ground bones. i used Golden brand silverpoint ground medium on a very fine 300lb hot press watercolor paper that was mounted to board for stiffness.