On the 15th September, we did a creative activity. We began by creating a collage out of random images and bits of newspaper on three different papers. After that was all glued down we were then instructed to take a photo of a friend and do a contour line drawing of them on one paper. On the second paper I did a contour line drawing of another friend with my left hand which is not my dominant hand. Lastly, I took a photo of another friend and did a contour line drawing. I was then instructed to cut out the faces and place them on a blank page. I then took a photo and edited it using PicsArt and KaleidaCam. I created some cool patterns that I then put onto some random items like mask and bags.
While doing this activity, I enjoyed doing the collage part even though we had to do 3 pages in 10 minutes which made me think fast. I am such a perfectionist that I love to spend so much time perfecting my art, so doing this in 10 minutes was challenging and actually kind of scary for me. I realised that I have a fear or failure or imperfection which is kind of silly because perfection is impossible to achieve. Regardless of this, I was pleasantly surprised of the outcome of the collage. I loved it. Weirdly enough, I think because I was instructed to do this in such a short amount of time I didn’t have time to overthink any images and I just did it. It turned out better than I thought. The contour line drawing also scared me because of my tendencies to perfect everything I do and contour line drawings always look messy. I completed the task anyways, but I was not the happiest with my result. I kept in mind that contour line drawing isn’s supposed to be perfect and is supposed to capture raw emotion and prominent features of the face. Up to this point I thought that the activity was just for fun and not really related to the course. Then, as I created the patterns on the editing apps after taking photos of my work I realised the connection. I was so fascinated how easy this process was and how unique the patterns came. I drew a Prada bag with the water soluble pencils and put my favourite pattern I created in it. It was not perfect but it was fun to do. I’d like to improve my art skills but I think in order to do that I have to work on having a more positive mindset. I constantly pressure myself to create things that are perfect and that often limits me from creating because I then have a fear of creating something imperfect. I am aware that this mindset is silly and not good to have. This is why I am putting in effort to doing art with a positive attitude.
As a result of this activity, I learned a lot of lessons. I learned that art and fashion are way more connected then what I thought. I also learned a cool way to create patterns for clothing. The final lesson I learned was imperfection is not something to be afraid of. Moving forward, I want to do creative things without limiting myself just because of my fear of imperfection. I want to embrace the imperfections and learn from my mistakes and grow as an artist. In order to do that I will make sure to have a good mindset. The skills I learned just from this one activity have already helped me improve as a fashion student, this makes me excited and eager to learn more as the course continues.