For my prototype, I decided to follow through with the concept that I created of setting up a space in my room to create art. In my sketch, I visualized this space at the desk in my room. And, when creating my prototype, I designed it to be almost identical to my sketch. Before creating this prototype, my desk was a site of heavy clutter in my room since I never actually do my school work at it. The only thing that I used my desk for was to do my makeup at (because of this, I decided to keep my makeup on my desk in my prototype). But besides this, the desk was completely covered with junk and the drawers were filled with useless or old things as well.
The first thing I did in order to create my new art space was throw out essentially everything in my desk. While this may sound crazy at first, my desk was holding a lot of unnecessary things that were not valuable or useful to me. Clearing out my desk felt relieving as I was purging so much clutter. After this, I began to set up my desk with art supplies.
As I have mentioned earlier, before coming to Bucknell I used to make a lot of art. When putting together my setup, it was exciting to resurface my old materials. I found my illustration pens, Prismacolor colored pencils, and Posca paint pens. These were my favorite materials to use, so thinking about using them again was a great feeling. Additional materials that I found at home included paint, paintbrushes, and graphic pencils. Also, I now have a lot of cheap canvases and acrylic paint that I bought on Amazon last week.
When setting up my desk, I decided to put most of my materials on the surface of my desk because I think that seeing my art supplies on display will motivate me to want to use them. However, I put larger supplies such as canvases and sketchbooks in the drawers of my desk. I also hung up some previous drawings that I have completed on my white board with the intention of having them motivate me to create something new. (Also, for the picture, I layed out one of my previous drawings on my desk in order to show the kind of space I will have to create future works).
Overall, my goal with this new art space in my room is to reclaim a lost hobby of mine and also use it as a creative outlet. While I do enjoy spending time with my family during this pandemic that we are living in, sometimes I feel like I need to spend time alone. And, I think that making art will be a good, and fulfilling, activity for me to do alone instead of just laying in bed on my laptop.
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