Independent Drawing

 Figures in space

        Since recently getting my ADHD/AD diagnosis, it had brought reasoning and validation to why I felt certain ways in specific situations. My mental health and spirituality have been a focus of my art recently, whether its directly focused on a situation dealing with my experience of reality or creating something that’s purpose is to help soothe or calm what is going on in my mind.

         Additionally, I am going through am uncomfortable situation with my housemate that has amped up my feelings of anxiety and feeling out of place in my own home. Due to that unsafe feeling, I have been staying over at my boyfriends. I realized that his house and housemates have been a space or people where I have always felt comfortable to be myself since they moved here 4 years prior. Most of the boys who live here are also homebody type people and originally, I planned to draw some of the boys in their home compared to a space that wasn’t as comfortable—such as a bar. After completing the first two drawings of Canon and Cameron relaxing in their home I decided to keep with the figures in spaces where they were comfortable, specifically hoping their body language can tell you about they feel in that space and the feeling of the space itself. 

                                

                       

The focus of the drawings is the figures body language but I also wanted the viewer to get a feeling of the energy of the space (inside and outside) so I chose to use brown paper for inside and white for figures sitting outside. The drawings consist of four specific roommates on 18 x 24” brown or white paper and one final 24 x 36” brown paper including multiple figures sitting in the living room. Choosing charcoal as my medium was more of a personal connection between material and the feeling of comfort. Since I’m most comfortable with charcoal I feel like that reflects the message I’m thinking about while also having a soft quality that the viewer can feel.