Just Add Circles

The title “Just Add Circles” is my reaction to a recent online design trend that includes groupings of concentric circles as a pattern. Anyway, I played with circles inside circles, but I made it my own. Also, I drew vertical lines to break up my shapes as a positive/negative space game – if you will. I rendered the piece with graphite on Reeves BFK paper. It is a rag paper that can take a lot of abuse.

This is one of several pieces that I created using current Internet themes. I used different media for each work. They were all completed for a group show last summer.


graphite on paper, 19.875" x 25.875"

Warp

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Boxed Leaves

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Centerline

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Bottleneck

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Bamboo Pattern

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Continuous Corners

At one of the free film screenings I started this drawing. As I mentioned in a previous post, there have been fewer of them.

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Eclectic Connections

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Dinosaurs Shaded

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Bugs Shaded

These shapes were generated form a book of stencils of bugs. I overlapped them multiple times and then shaded them. I played with negative and positive shapes as I did this. It took a very long time.


graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Basket Shaded

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Circles Shaded

To begin this one I drew circles using a template. I kept overlapping circles of varying sizes. I shaded some in and then erased lines in different places. To finish I erased even more.


graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Fox & Hound Shaded

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"

Keys Shaded

graphite on paper, 8.5" x 11"