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ART CHALLENGE #94

Petra Knezic Maribor, Slovenia, RED: waR lovE blooD, ink, 100 x 140 cm (39 x 55")
Finalist
My Inspiration which I started a couple of years ago and and fixed it to a light board, then started
I drew this piece because I found a way to it continues to represent my research, sketching with a pencil. Sometimes there are
add colour to my strictly black-and-white experience or opinions on different matters. some details that add to the idea, enhance or
world of ink. Red as a colour has a rich There is a main subject; in this case I took explore it further, but before I start drawing
history and a great variety of meanings that advantage of the beautiful yet dangerous with ink, everything has to be perfected,
are always interpreted as emotionally strong. lion fish, whose attributes I connected with as the lines in ink leave no place for error.
I found it has its own black and white; it the opposing meanings of the colour red. I draw exclusively with Rotring isographs,
has an opposition within itself, so I drew There are my little storytellers, my Soulies, which are technical pens that allow high
my research and personal comprehension as I named them, that are contrary to the precision and great detail work. I feel
with the help of my subjects, the Soulies, other drawings and emerged in the story comfortable using pens from ISO 0.10 to
into the underwater world that I have wearing masks and swords like fencers. max. 0.35, which means drawings like this
been constructing. I was inspired by the I have made a little change to their swords can take up to six months to get finished.
importance of meaning this colour has with the “Y” on the tip being changed into More of an exception, I coloured the fins/
always had to offer and I made it appear in a heart. All this together, drawn in the same flags of the fish with acrylic ink and added
the underlying world, emphasising only this building bricks, formulated the different touches of shellac-based ink as its reflection
one colour, behind a torn piece of wallpaper. meanings of red to me. adds a great focus to the colour.
My Design Strategy My Working Process Contact Info
RED: waR lovE blooD falls into my Grids As with my other works, I chose a paper » Email: info@draw-ink.com
and Bricks collection of ink drawings, size I felt fit to represent the idea, cut it
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