Erasing Blue.

Through the experiments of combining the use of erasing as an integral part of the drawing process and the freedom of movement from the Impressions of music series. This work was a continuation of these sketches but explored at a much larger scale. This work really excites me, it feels very energetic but in a very quiet way. it draws on the tension of becoming that I am interested in, in that from a distance it could just be smudges and erasure which doesn't neccessarily feel as though it needs closer inspection but if given the chance there is a broiling surface where control and chaos are at odds with each other.

Milsom, P,.

 2015. 

Erasing Blue.

 [Pencil, Graphite Stick, Graphite Powder, Charcoal and Erasing on Paper] 

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Milsom, P,.

 2015. 

Erasing Blue (Detail 1).

 [Pencil, Graphite Stick, Graphite Powder, Charcoal and Erasing on Paper] 

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Milsom, P,.

 2015. 

Erasing Blue (Detail 2)

 [Pencil, Graphite Stick, Graphite Powder, Charcoal and Erasing on Paper] 

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Milsom, P,.

 2015. 

Erasing Blue (Detail 3)

 [Pencil, Graphite Stick, Graphite Powder, Charcoal and Erasing on Paper] 

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Milsom, P,.

 2015. 

Erasing Blue (Detail 4)

 [Pencil, Graphite Stick, Graphite Powder, Charcoal and Erasing on Paper] 

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Milsom, P,.

 2015. 

Erasing Blue (Detail 5)

 [Pencil, Graphite Stick, Graphite Powder, Charcoal and Erasing on Paper] 

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Milsom, P,.

 2015. 

Erasing Blue (Detail 6)

 [Pencil, Graphite Stick, Graphite Powder, Charcoal and Erasing on Paper] 

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Milsom, P,.

 2015. 

Erasing Blue (Notes)

 [Pencil, Graphite Stick, Graphite Powder, Charcoal and Erasing on Paper] 

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During this Drawing I began looking at Rebecca Horn's Series of Drawings Body Landscapes (2004)and the continuation of this drawing method, which made me consider a progression of this type of drawing at a bigger scale. I find the large Paper format of Horn's really interesting. The paper is approximately at the size and limitation of her bodies reach, which is then mapped out through the exigent marks made, as the surface builds up we can see both the performance of her body and also the suggestion of the emerging shapes in the chance occurences of her actions. 

 

 Rebecca Horn / Tree of Winter Dew Drops / 2007 / pencil, colored pen, acrylic, and India ink on paper / paper: 71 5/8 x 59 1/8 inches (182 x 150 cm) framed: 81 1/2 x 68 3/4 inches / Sean Kelly Gallery.

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A step that I must take is to explore the use of larger scale works. as a means of exploring the presence of my body in making these drawing processes.