Drawing Lab: Yimei Liu (Olivia) 15 May 2014
Time: 10,30- 11,30
Location: Drawing center
Material: Bring any material you’d like to draw.
My Peer workshop is a extend experience of my research proposal. I would try to exam
the interesting gap that memories would change and combining imagination after
repeating behavior. I chose calligraphy as my exam object is because that the original
Chinese calligraphy are based on image of objects. After thousands year developed, they
Change a lot, they appears more abstractive now,but still could track the original
imagination. The peer workshop is separated in to three sections.
The First section:
I would show five -ten pieces of calligraphy piece by piece , they would be stand for five
seconds. After every piece, I would like all participants could draw down their impression.
5minutes break with discussion.
The second section:
All participants could choose a piece of calligraphy. After seconds looking, the piece of
calligraphy would be covered. And all participants need to draw at less five images after
the first impression one by one. 5minutes break with discussion.
The third section:
After above of two sections, participants would asked to create a image from these
practices. (Write down five elements which reminded you when you drawing in last 2
sections) last piece could be create by any form. 5minutes break with discussion.
Conclusion:
It is interesting to see how Chinese calligraphy is structured & an exercise in assessing how we look, remember and draw. I found it reminiscent of of Martin’s workshop.
