Better than Tanking Water

Drawing 02·10·2018, pencil on paper, 16x20 inches

Despite a vaguely illegitimate title for this blog-post, this is an excellent drawing. Reflecting upon Anselm Kiefer's work, thinking back to Picasso's best paintings, I began this drawing with a dominantly frontal, center-balanced composition. The intention, no matter if perfectly secured, was to approach the making of this drawing with centeredness. This allowed me to play forcefully with forms and create a strongly realized ground; thus keeping the residue of center-balance while freely inventing emotive forms. 

​Below this post two substantially centered paintings are reproduced, one by Kiefer, and one by Picasso. Both also create three-dimensional depth, which I now believe requires a sturdy and centered composition to pull off well.

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Anselm Kiefer, "Siegfried vergißt Brünhilde", oil on canvas, 1975

Pablo Picasso, "Memories of Las Meninas", oil on canvas, 76×100 inches, 1957