After this week I feel like I have made some new progress in a good direction. I continued to sketch new ideas that explored shapes and how they are able to interact. Taken from a previous image I drew I started thinking about how my mom and I interact and what the way our bodies would interact. I began to work on some new sketches that you can see below. These organic shapes created by the lines to me resemble the organic, free flowing movements a body is able to make. These drawings explore ways in which the forms can interact on the paper. I plan on creating more images similar to the ones below and really start to explore interactions and see how they can start to transform and represent the interactions I am working based on memories. 

        Also this week I finished another mock up that included the layered colors. Below are some of the pictures of the process and the final result. In this particular one I experimented with cutting into the top image, exposing some of the colored layers. At this point I am still not sure how I feel about this technique and medium of applying color to a piece but I still want something with that element of surprise in my pieces. 

        This week I also started looking into artist that do prints and one particular artist that stood out was Agnes Martin. Her work intrigued me, especially in her prints where she uses a really light and sometimes even white ink and prints it on white paper. With this the image is only visible up close or from certain angles. I love this idea and it kind of goes along with my while idea of some sort of element of surprise in my pieces. Some of her work is below.

        So after today's critique in class I feel more confident in where I am suppose to go next. I received good feedback and some new ideas to take into consideration. I to continue with this project I am going to keep creating sketches like the ones above. One thing was brought up that all my images so far seem so delicate and look like they represent good interactions and if these are being inspired by all my memories that I have looked at, both negative and positive I need to start creating pieces that evoke more angry and negative interactions. In the end I want a ton of these draws to choose from for my final images. From the drawn images I want to play with the composition and interactions to see how that can help emphasize the interaction. Realistically in the end I would like to have 5 or 6 large images or even multiple smaller images. 

        To continue from the drawn images I want to start playing with the idea of making them into prints. So my goal in the next week or two is to create multiple prints and this is where I can start playing with the idea of bringing color into the piece and how it will work. As far as color I also got some good feedback on how I plan on trying to incorporate the color. People liked the layered paper technique and how it is not visible from straight on and the color is only seen from a side angle. Some one said it is kind of like a reward for the viewer. If i don't go with the layered color paper I want to play with the idea of layering colored prints and possibly having the bottom layer be printed in white. This white image underneath would be my element of surprise and something that is not visible form far away. I just need to continue to draw and see where this takes me but I am excited to see where is it going.