Sketches 2020

TIME, SPACE, AND SNACKS, Katheryn Wiganckow
“This piece was created as a final project to the discipline ARTT 1070 Basic Drawing
The assignment consisted of using any color media which had been taught, creating a
composition between 3 elements: mechanical, natural, and edible—met morphing at
least two of these objects.
In addition, it was not allowed to draw from reference pictures, only from still life. In that
way the references needed to be real objects. I had the creative freedom to choose any
object, any theme and any food to meet the parameters; however, sometimes when one
does not have restraints it is hard to decide the starting point. The only thing I knew for
sure was: I wanted to draw something related to Doctor Who. One of the most iconic
elements from the show is a time machine, a big blue police box, also known a the
TARDIS, which I used as mechanical part of the composition.
After that, I thought about drawing a whirlwind of skittles around the TARDIS. Colorful
candy would be good in contrast with the blue and I could check my edible component.
But what about the natural part? After a few days I encountered a pack of Kinect
sand and I thought: “Wait a minute! Sand is natural!”. With all three components
I started sketching all my objects to see how they looked together. Now it was time
to decide the composition. I chose to draw the box in two-point perspective instead
of a simple front view to make the composition more interesting and to create
movement. In the sketching process while I was eating a chocolate crunch bar,
I thought: “Wait a minute! This is exactly the same shape!” Now the only thing which
I needed to decide was the media. I chose pen and ink because of the bright colors.
After that moment the drawing started to take form. First I sketched, in watercolor
paper, the shape of the TARDIS and applied masking fluid. That way I was able to work
in the background, and in the blue box morphing into a dissolving chocolate bar. In the
end my whirlwind of skittles turned into a chocolate bar. I dropped the sand as well,
since the chocolate was simply dissolving, and the universe and the stars became my
natural element, giving birth to Time, Space, and Snacks.”
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