In my Grade 11 Visual Arts Course, we had to make a collage where we use both contour and value drawings to fill the page using an object of our choice. After submitting my artwork, I loved the drawing of the value sharpener but hated the contour drawings. Instead of leaving it the way it was, I blocked out the contour drawings of sharpeners with thick, black paint strokes to give my artwork a more abstract feel.

The title ‘Primary’ was inspired by the idea of using basics materials to create artwork. Primary level materials like red, yellow and blue markers, a simple pencil and eraser as well as pencil shavings of the primary and secondary colours inside the boxes to the coordinating colours. I transitioned from left to right using shavings red to purple to represent the aspect of learning these primary ideas in your elementary years of life like kindergarten and elementary school.