Assessment week

Over the past few weeks I have been slaving away over my new uni project. Over the summer we were asked to create a book of drawings - a 5 minute drawing every day until we returned to uni. In my book I had drawn a lot of people. I had drawn family, work colleagues, and models in magazines. The drawing I was most inspired to develop was a coloured sketch of a half melted candle. Combining these two components in a group tutorial led to a discussion into burns on skin. I was unsure on how to approach this topic as I am quite squeamish and was unsure on where I would be able to stomach any visuals. I eventually braved the library medical section and photocopied images from some books specific to burn injuries. I also enlarged these images by a considerable amount so that they focused on skin surface and not the victims in pain. At first I felt very uncomfortable using these images but after some time I became anaethetised to them and saw them purely as surface pattern. I used my previous ecru work and these images to develop braids that reflected the bulbus and bubbled surfaces of te skin. My assessment area at half way is shown below. I was very proud of my time management skills and had my work presented three days early!

All feedback is appreciated!