La Tristesse Durera Toujours
Natasha Oslinger
This is the feeling of sinking beneath your skin, of feeling ruined, of feeling as numb as a fossil. I wanted to encapsulate the feeling of anomie and nihilism and hopelessness in this art concentration, so I based it on the last words of Vincent Van Gogh “La tristesse durera toujours,” or, the sadness will last forever. To express this feeling, I used one central component and all around it, layers of distressed people seemingly drowning in dark scrabbles. For the central component, I wanted to capture the feeling of holding so much heaviness it begins to feel as though one's hands are turning to sand. So, I drew a person burying their hands in their face and melting down into the the words “The sadness will last forever.” I used pen as my medium and blue colored pencil for accents. For the most part, I used the blue to emphasize tears coming from the subjects eyes, but, I also incorporated Starry Night esk blue swirls into blank spaces. I created this piece by starting on one part of the page and using a pen to scribble a light outline, then going over it several times with shaky, unstructured lines. Once I had each shape outlined and detailed, I connected any blank space with more scribbles and filled places in with blue. One challenge I faced in this piece was my lack of access to materials. When I was making it, I didn’t have any pens that were useable, so, I had to figure out way to revitalize what I had to work with. To do this, I researched online and concluded that by adding alcohol to the inside of my pens, they would temporarily re-saturate and I would be able to use them again. Once I got around this speed bump, my project went smoothly and I am overall happy with my final product. One "ah-ha" moment I had with this piece was realizing I could use overlaping and blank space as an effect that changed the way the art looked. I realized that if I combine certain images, such as the two merging faces on the left side of the center, I could take up dead room and help draw attention to certain parts of the work.
Natasha Oslinger
This is the feeling of sinking beneath your skin, of feeling ruined, of feeling as numb as a fossil. I wanted to encapsulate the feeling of anomie and nihilism and hopelessness in this art concentration, so I based it on the last words of Vincent Van Gogh “La tristesse durera toujours,” or, the sadness will last forever. To express this feeling, I used one central component and all around it, layers of distressed people seemingly drowning in dark scrabbles. For the central component, I wanted to capture the feeling of holding so much heaviness it begins to feel as though one's hands are turning to sand. So, I drew a person burying their hands in their face and melting down into the the words “The sadness will last forever.” I used pen as my medium and blue colored pencil for accents. For the most part, I used the blue to emphasize tears coming from the subjects eyes, but, I also incorporated Starry Night esk blue swirls into blank spaces. I created this piece by starting on one part of the page and using a pen to scribble a light outline, then going over it several times with shaky, unstructured lines. Once I had each shape outlined and detailed, I connected any blank space with more scribbles and filled places in with blue. One challenge I faced in this piece was my lack of access to materials. When I was making it, I didn’t have any pens that were useable, so, I had to figure out way to revitalize what I had to work with. To do this, I researched online and concluded that by adding alcohol to the inside of my pens, they would temporarily re-saturate and I would be able to use them again. Once I got around this speed bump, my project went smoothly and I am overall happy with my final product. One "ah-ha" moment I had with this piece was realizing I could use overlaping and blank space as an effect that changed the way the art looked. I realized that if I combine certain images, such as the two merging faces on the left side of the center, I could take up dead room and help draw attention to certain parts of the work.