In my opinion, my personal artistic weakness is my incorporation of colour in regards to my paintings and drawings. So for the next experiment, I decided to challenge myself as an artist and reflect upon the results by introducing oil pastels.
Similar to my timed drawing experiment, I only gave myself a minute to complete each drawing, with a thirty second rest period. However, I gave myself no general outlines on the subject matter and had a vast array of colours available. I knew from the start how hard this personally would be for me, but I thought that the outcome would be really interesting.
The results of the timed oil pastel experiment
The end result of this project is crude due to the time limit, however the results were very interesting. For example, I switched from drawing objects, to landscapes, to abstract objects, consistently switching subject matter. Surprisingly, I enjoyed creating these during the challenge, as the introduction of colour theory forced me to consider the colour pairings as well as the subject matter. Also, because the paper squares used were only two inches by two inches, the size of the oil pastels often posed an issue when adding any sort of details, however this did not remove much from the enjoyability.
I personally found this particular process therapeutic as it felt more like a personal challenge rather than an experiment, possibly due to the fact I had the freedom of choosing my subject matter. Therefore, I will allow myself more freedoms in these experiments, however time limits and certain guidelines will have to be adhered to strictly for the best possible results.
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