If something is ephemeral, it changes over time, it transforms. Ephemeral things are 'transitory', changing states, seeming to disappear. Ice is ephemeral on a hot summer day, and a water painting on warm asphalt is ephemeral as it changes from a 'picture' to a 'memory' of a picture, or the memory of the activity of water painting. Much about Spring is ephemeral.
The word cartoon can mean a few different things to artists too. Traditionally, if you wanted to create a painting, you would draw or paint a 'cartoon' as a base layer to work out/plan tones, colours, or formal areas. This is a useful method for deliberately structuring a representation. I use a cartoon to paint portraits. It helps me decide what I want to do, where it needs to be done, and helps me to keep track of some of my original intention as I build up layers of colour and tone into a resemblance.
But... I also 'cartoon' as a way to sketch out a quick visual idea in a graphical way. Sometimes these cartoons, usually a contour type sketch, or very stylized graphic, is the final work.
You can find cartoons in artists drawings as much as in comic books, graphic novels and animations. In fact, old school cel animation uses 'cartoons' to make...cartoons! We also cartoon when we use our ipad or mspaint to draw things with graphical lines and colours.
In what ways are cartoons ephemeral? (Ephemera is the noun.)
The word cartoon can mean a few different things to artists too. Traditionally, if you wanted to create a painting, you would draw or paint a 'cartoon' as a base layer to work out/plan tones, colours, or formal areas. This is a useful method for deliberately structuring a representation. I use a cartoon to paint portraits. It helps me decide what I want to do, where it needs to be done, and helps me to keep track of some of my original intention as I build up layers of colour and tone into a resemblance.
But... I also 'cartoon' as a way to sketch out a quick visual idea in a graphical way. Sometimes these cartoons, usually a contour type sketch, or very stylized graphic, is the final work.
You can find cartoons in artists drawings as much as in comic books, graphic novels and animations. In fact, old school cel animation uses 'cartoons' to make...cartoons! We also cartoon when we use our ipad or mspaint to draw things with graphical lines and colours.
In what ways are cartoons ephemeral? (Ephemera is the noun.)
You all show a lot of interest in drawing things graphically, in a sort of diagrammatic explanation of what something is, or what actions are happening - and with the expectation that more conversation needs to happen to explain the drawing. This is an interesting possibility for our drawings.
This session, we can explore our own approaches to drawing through more drawing(and painting). As we draw and paint each week, we can look for our own connections between how each of us sees something, and what we are each saying about this something through our drawings and paintings.
This session, we can explore our own approaches to drawing through more drawing(and painting). As we draw and paint each week, we can look for our own connections between how each of us sees something, and what we are each saying about this something through our drawings and paintings.
Remember that next studio we are looking at your 3 or 4 part 'Cycles'. We'll use these to help create our book works. Because we don't yet know how our work will look, we are going to create a mini book (our mock up ...which is also a cartoon of sorts). We will use this to play with our ideas, to help us visualize what we want to do for our finished books, and to help us keep track of some of our intentions~while new ones are forming!
Just a quick link to a water writing machine by Canadian artist/designer Nicholas Hanna.
A review of 'metaphor', for reference.
Something about artist David Ireland, fyi.
....and thank you for a challenging, and inspiring, first meeting!
Sylvie
