WIRE PORTRAITS (SKETCHBOOK #3)

Looking at and gaining inspiration from the wire portraits of Alexander Calder (pictured below), experiment with the way wire moves, bends and twists.

SKETCHBOOK #3: Wire Self-Portrait

Working with wire will be similar to drawing with CONTINUOUS LINES, so to get back into that mindset, draw yourself in your sketchbook as if you were drawing a BLIND-CONTINUOUS-LINE portrait (looking at yourself in a mirror, and drawing what you see WITHOUT lifting your pencil off the paper), only this time you can look. 

Once your drawing is complete, you may get a piece of wire and a set of pliers. Manipulate the wire piece so that it forms your portrait, experimenting with the tools, and how twisting or wrapping the wire helps secure the wire in place.

Answer the following questions once your wire portrait is complete:

1. Explain how you approached working with wire (what did you do first, or how did you get started?).
2. What challenges did you face and what did you do to work through them?
3. Did the tools help? Why or why not?