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.../miscellaneous - is a personal journal, self educational in nature, containing notes and images that inspire me, or that I wish to learn more about - as such, it includes works by other people as noted with full acknowledgment and credit to authors and sources where possible.
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untitled (shimmer)
2010_04_18
charcoal and graphite on paper
34” x 60”
Matt Niebuhr
This version of shimmer is moving in the right direction and I want to go further with it to see what evolves.
Process and material is important and contributes to the outcome. These combined with “action” - meaning how far I can draw across the paper at 5 feet in width in either continuous or short hash type marks. It’s a record drawing of marks in a formal sense. Exploring the qualities of material - the sheen of graphite both in underlayment with charcoal overlay, blends, additive graphite marks and erasure.
The shimmer is modified by the dominate horizontal marks which tend to make the reflected light source seem more rectangular. Different than previous this version of shimmer.
detail from untitled (shimmer)
2010_04_18
charcoal and graphite on paper
Matt Niebuhr
The drawing from an oblique view introduces a sense of perspective in the reproduction…
detail from untitled (shimmer)
2010_04_18
charcoal and graphite on paper
Matt Niebuhr
