Transition project: Long story short.

Responding: Create visual representations of some of the important milestones or formative events from your life in a symbolic way.
Making: Create a series of experiments using the art forms drawing and printmaking.

Your challenge: To represent something complex in a simple way.

Brainstorming:

Think of the major formative events in your life. Make a list.
Are there objects, scenes, places, and emotions that encapsulate this event?
Choose four events and write a sentence (or more) on each to describe them in detail.
Create a series of thumbnail sketches to represent these events in a visual way.
Sketch each event experimenting with both representational drawings and abstract interpretations (non-representational).
Share your drawings with a peer and / or teacher and seek their feedback.
Can they understand the message in your drawing?
What feelings do your drawings elicit in them?
What do your drawings make them think of based on their own personal experiences?
Based on the feedback, select four thumbnail sketches to develop into drawings and prints.
Create drawings and etchings taking inspiration from artist Laith McGregor as a starting point.

Questions to think about:

What is symbolism in art and literature? See Louise Bourgeios
What is allegory? Example Cat Catching a Bird 1939
What are metaphors and similes and how do they relate to art?
Annotate your drawings, identifying where and how you have incorporated these approaches.

Artist in focus: Laith McGregor

McGregor creates detailed drawings using biro and graphite on paper, exploring ideas of portraiture and identity. Art forms: drawing, printmaking, sculpture.

Drawing portraits. Tutorial