The inspiration for this drawing came from the sight of an expansive plant growing near a road. It had heads in bud, in full flower and going to seed, and these were the ones that fascinated me, with sprawling, twisted tendrils and messy bunched pods.
Of course, the result has moved a long way from the inspiration, the forms exaggerated and colour and shapes added which were not put there by nature.
The base drawing was Liquid Pencil, and the detail in coloured pencil, on yupo. It is 47 x 64 cm or 18.5 x 25 in.
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Thanks Sue!
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As always with your work, it is not only the marks that are beautiful and interesting but the spaces between the marks. Space is such an important part of this composition. The ‘plant’ could exist in either air or water. Whichever is the case, the seedhead looks like a universe which supports all manner of other life. A flow of something moves through the branches – the whole work looks so very alive.
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Years ago when I was at college, there was an assignment about using negative space, and this has resonated with me ever since, and probably inserts itself into most of my drawings. I’m so pleased you can see it, and that it works. I like the idea that this could be under the ocean or on land, and within that a universe of its own! If I exhibit this, it is going to need a more imaginative – and more enigmatic – title than Seedhead!
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I also learned about negative space at art school (and probably even secondary school as I was in the art stream and learned essentials there). It is so much like pauses in dance and the quiet bits (or silence) in music. Every type of composition needs its space doesn’t it.
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It does – artworks that are solid feel exhausting. It’s nice to think that those quiet parts give extra energy to the parts that need it. A symbiosis of sorts, to make a more cohesive whole.
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Your work is always amazing Anna and this is yet another incredible example. I first thought of Queen Anne’s Lace but it’s so much more than that. You create imaginative worlds on your paper that is so uniquely you.
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Thanks Gale, that is so lovely of you to say! I think the plant that inspired this was Queen Anne’s Lace – I didn’t know before so did some searching and it looks like it. It was an amazing plant, beautiful shapes, which gave me the opportunity to take into my own world!
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Glorious, I love your method of drawing
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Thank you so much Rosie, I enjoy the mystery and surprises of just letting the drawing take me along with it!
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Bursting with life!
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Thanks Anne! Lovely to hear from you!
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