Recently, I start every new brief by figuring out how I draw things. I feel like it's a good way to start because I'm always questioning. I never assume 'I know how to draw trees' I always start 'how do you draw trees? what's the best way? what way suits my intent for this piece the best?' so I think that's good, but I'm not sure if it's a waste of time at all. I never feel confident enough to go straight into thumb nailing because I haven't even seen if I can draw all the visual paraphernalia I need, is all of it even relevant? I really like my trees so far, I feel like forests might be the way to go.
I'm not sure whether I want figures in my work or animals, or should it just be a landscape? I'm very early on so I'm going to try stuff out first but I can't decide. I have little ideas in my head, like a dark forest with a clearing and it's a million of me, all plaiting each other hair and dancing and climbing trees. sometimes it's a woman trying to hold back all her dogs on a leash, sometimes it's women with wolves inside them, women devouring everything in sight. I feel like using a woman makes me feel more comfortable in knowing what I'm saying, how people will interpret it. when it's just a landscape, I feel like it might get lost on people. I know that isn't true, because last time everyone got the vibe without any characters, but I feel this piece is so personal and about my work and my practice, which is all about me and my feelings, maybe it needs a person there. idk. I think this treehouse is giving a vibe I really like, I loved painting with gouache. my final piece is definitely gunna be analogue, I miss doing that. I just think this piece, to me, gives me vibes of stranger things, spooky nights, childhood adventures and sleepovers, time alone, introversion, nature and mystery, subtle hints to a thing but not a big statement. idk if other people might just think 'it's a treehouse'.
I'm loving this brief but it's really hard.
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