I was really trying to speed up with this drawing. I have yet to finish a piece during the 2 and a half hour class time, and I know drawing can be quicker than that. I was truly going for synthetic cubism thing here, even if it was interpreted as a failure to follow instructions, haha. I tried to emphasize the diagonals and create depth with line, making it less about the object and more about the line, with repeatable gestures that required me to move around, and use my body, not just my wrist or hand. I think the most recognizably cubist element I achieved was the visual hierarchy moving the eye toward the center and fading out of focus toward the edges.
The aspect of this experience I enjoyed the most was definitely the fact that this style permits research of the form through light line. I hate being forced to prematurely commit to proportions that I'm unsure of, and slowly building value after an indecisive series of lighter guesses at the actual shape allowed me to move much more freely, which in turn made my marks less mechanical, more gestural.
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