Plant inspired WORKBOOK DRAWINGS after my first Palimpsest concept of COLLAGE.
Palimpsest Concept of Subtraction – To create a new composition when drawing, I chose to subtract some of the cut-out shapes from the original collage (below).
Plant inspired Shapes: I simplified my above collage and made tonal drawings.
By using the strategy of subtraction, I was able to gain new negative (empty) space shapes set in between my plant leaf shapes.
I lightly shaded in the negative spaces (see below).
To add interest, and to further extend my Palimpsest drawing, I created a textured layer over the smooth white plant-inspired empty spaces. Instead of getting rid of my rubbed out material, (I reused it – Palimpsest style), and left the remnants of this rubber fibre on the page.
To extend my Palimpsest drawing concept again, I converted my graphite drawing into a mirrored digital image.
Continuing to change and use a range of Palimpsest strategies such as subtraction (i.e., taking away shapes), repetition (i.e., repeating two chosen shapes three times) and changing the size of shapes, I have created a new composition (see drawing below).
