White Paper Drawing

Our assignment was to fit an 18'x22' piece of white paper onto a 8'x10' piece of white paper using only gesso. For my first drawing I used strips of paper coiled up arranged in height order and glued together with gesso. I think it was successful with the negative space coming through the coils and the shadows. Each coil shows different value even on the white paper behind. This is really something I was trying to achieve I wanted to create value where I had none. All my materials were white and I wanted to explore ways my paper would be visible. 

Approx. 8'x10'
Materials 
8'x10'white paper 
18'x22' white paper
Gesso

Untitled 1 

For my second drawing, I used the same method but instead of coils I stacked my strips on top of one another to create this interesting texture. In order to bring out this texture I created a wash with the Rembrandt charcoal and painted it over the ridges to create light and dark values. This mixed with the white gesso and left my drawing with an interesting texture which as it developed felt and resembled wood bark. I layered and layered my wash to wither the paper creating more texture and value to the drawing. 

Approx. 8'x10'

Materials: 

8'x10'white paper 
18'x22' white paper
Gesso
Charcoal

Untitled 2