Transformation Drawing

Transformation 1

"Beginnings"

Transformation 2

"Blooming"

For the second transformation I covered the entire paper in white paint, painted swirls in reds and pinks, and drew one small tree in the bottom middle. This is probably my least favorite transformation. The white paint wasn’t as opaque as I wanted which ended up in the first transformation not being as covered as I wanted to. I think I also didn’t do as much as I could have to make the transformation more severe. 

Transformation 3

"Distance"

For this transformation I tried to do a lot more changes than the previous transformation. I went over the entire thing with gesso and white paint. It still wasn’t as opaque as I would’ve liked but I prefer it to the previous transformation. I then cut the paper into different pieces, having  rectangular shapes of different sizes, two swirls, and small leaf shaped pieces. I played around with the placing until I found a layout that I liked. I also took all the small rectangular pieces and placed them in a way that resembled a tree. Overall I tried to find different ways to call back to the past transformations without doing the same thing.

Transformation 4

"Drowning"

In this transformation I really wanted to make more drastic changes than I had before. I dissembled the previous transformation, kept all the same pieces and didn't cut anything differently. I decided to go for a blue color scheme which I hadn't done yet in the past transformations. I think this piece overall gives off a peaceful and tranquil vibe. It still keeps the swirls and tree motifs but feels completely different from the past transformations.

Transformation 5

"Why"

Since the past transformation felt peaceful and tranquil I knew that for the last transformation I wanted to do the opposite of that. I kept all the previous pieces the same except for the biggest piece which I cut in half. I painted two of the bigger pieces in black and white and the other black and red. After trying out the layout that I wanted I felt that something was missing. I added words on the swirls and splashed paint on them and also added some black charcoal on the small pieces.