I totally was caught in the moment of summer break, the thick of it really and forgot to update. I definitely plan to keep updating with my summer adventures in Chicago, San Francisco, L.A and wherever else I end up (who knows anymore!). This is one of my drawings from my final project. I worked endlessly on it, and I didn't get a chance to really express this in my final critique. It's just like me to work really hard on something and yet not give myself credit for it, even if no one else does. The drawing above is special because it reminds me of Lily's painting of Mrs. Ramsay in the novel To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf. Like Lily, I too was lost and confused by the beginnings of the drawing and believed it would not come together as I had envisioned. I was equally confused about why I had come to SVA and what I was doing with my life. By the end of my final project, everything has been clarified and I feel enlightened in a way. Sure, there are things that I hate about SVA but there are also things that I really love. I have learned so much about myself, being a young aspiring artist. I still am not sure if SVA is really for me, but I have really enjoyed some of the classes I have taken in my foundation year and that in itself is a lot. Drawing class, in particular, has really challenged me to explore, experiment and be inventive; the foundation of any successful artist. I did not come into class with that frame of mind but now this is something that I always think about when I begin a drawing. I can look at any surface now and not feel threatened to draw on it and call it a drawing. I have also become more excited about creating and have a newfound urge to create all the time. When I got back to Chicago the other day I wanted to, not catch up on sleep, but actually draw! It's a weird but liberating feeling. I now plan to begin a stop motion animation project for the summer. I am really excited about it and I think it will wrap up where I began and ended this year. The piece will begin as a bare room that slowly begins to develop furniture, patterns and architectural details. In a way, it will be metaphorical for how I have developed within my first year of college as a young artist. And as Spongebob says, I'm ready I'm ready I'm ready......
