Spanish Banks (2015)

This piece was based on the receipt drawing I was given. In order to create my image, my artistic process involved finding a real life image that resembled the receipt image, therefore, I was to the Spanish Beach Banks. The final piece is based on photographs I captured of the landscape.

Transformation 1 (response to receipt drawing by Wanyeu Xiao)
8″ x 11″
Soft pastel on paper

Responses from the critique highlighted that the piece was highly captivating because the image is somewhere between representational and realistic. The lack of colour worked well to create depth, and the contrast of a solid background with foreground detail was appreciated.

In terms of personal fulfilment, it was a nice experience to create a piece of art that involved using a pencil, and the traditional form of technical skill, as my practice in the past year has progress to video and performance.

Artistic Transformation

This class is focusing on the process of artistic transformation. So we have created a receipt drawing, based on a haiku that we wrote about our childhood memories. We exchanged receipts with our neighbour, and are required to create and drawing from this image (essentially, a drawing of their childhood memories).

Receipt drawing created by Wanyue Xiao
4″ x 2″
Ink on paper