Donut Drawings, Nicole Kirkpatrick

We were given a donut and were asked to sketch the donut in different ways. My donut was in one piece when I left the studio, but when I got back, it was in crumbles. My last five were mainly crumbled donut drawings.

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The donut on fire has to be my favorite. The "ordeal" at my hotel definitely inspired me and influenced my idea to draw the donut on fire. I definitely "went with it" and made the most of my situation. I like the texture of the fire and the water that the donut is sitting in.

The collages were also one of my favorite things. I like taking the traced shapes and simplifying them. I especially like the black and white version of this one.

25 Donut Drawings

For this exercise we did some careful yet quick studies of a donut and explored our associations/ memories. To complete the exercise we had create 25 sketches of the donut; each one informing and inspiring the next drawing. At first the task seemed overwhelming but after a short while I got into it and enjoyed the process.