The other night as I was laying in bed (couldn't sleep) I realized that I can draw with one crayon on multiple surfaces! It seems so simple, but it was a revelation to me. That opens up all types of possibilities...For this drawing I have taken three different colors of construction paper, and ripped and layered them prior to drawing. The "Green Yellow" color looks so distinctively altered from one colored paper to another.
I was really tired when I realized that I had not drawn yet. I thought about putting it off and doing two tomorrow. But I was also excited about doing the multiple layered colored paper, so I decided to rally some energy and just do it. For me, making art is just like exercise... Sometimes I really do NOT feel up to doing it, but I ALWAYS feel better after. Even if I am not pleased with the final result. This project became more about the process, because what came out is sort of boring. I liked the ripping and the gluing, and even drawing on the softer paper that was slightly wet from the glue was pleasant. It was dark in the room, so I could not see the colors well, so what I see now, in the light, is a little more exciting than I thought at first.
This final product seems a little elementary - simple and child-like. Maybe because the materials are so kindergarten (construction paper and crayons), I had a regression to a more simple me.
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