I have been loving blind drawing recently, using it as a part of my practice but also to tune into myself and calm down before starting to work on my research proposal. The problem that I have had with blind drawing in the past is that it occasionally feels too quick to be truly satisfying. I have been working on a large scale, which requires more time and attention to detail, but in some ways it bothers me that it's flat and that the interaction with the subject matter ends so quickly.
I borrowed a lino cutter from a friend and drew directly onto the lino before cutting away at it for the whole day yesterday. I loved the sculptural feeling of the process, reminding me of spoon carving or something more three dimensional. I haven't printed from the lino yet but I feel quite interested in the lino itself- it brings about the need for more decision making with the blind drawings which is interesting. Of course the image itself is still very much left up to chance, but the choice of which aspects of the finished drawing will be negative space or positive space becomes a constant problem to navigate, which i really enjoy.
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