Look what happened with the sketch we talked about a few days ago.
Two posts ago we said the sketch felt modern because it was unbalanced, incomplete, surprising and edgy.
Now look how the asymmetrical composition –the most fundamental decision the artist made—maintains that modern feeling. Still surprising and edgy!
I think the mat needs to make a clean window, rather than showing the drawing fading out into white paper.
Here it is with fuzzy edges so that you can see what I mean.
Stay with this question of edges for a while. See if you can articulate for yourself why you like one version better than the other. Is it about your perception of space? Do you feel closer to this scene in one version than in the other? Do you have a greater sense of “presence” in one version than in another?
See also:
https://artamaze.wordpress.com/2020/07/23/crop-that-plant-and-mat-it/
https://artamaze.wordpress.com/2020/07/16/just-a-plant/
https://artamaze.wordpress.com/2020/07/14/and-now-a-message-from-the-mat/
Drawing by Sunja Kim. Graphite on paper, 18”x 12”
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