Melanie Heinrich Artist
Melanie Heinrich, Artist
Fine Art Photography

Charcoal and Crayon

The images below were recorded to show the process of my work. This piece is experimental and driven from my interest in tactile processes and to include my photography in different art mediums. The photograph was taken in Utah. I converted the image in Photoshop to a solarized image, and then I inverted it from a positive to a negative.

I used a projector to push the image onto a 3-foot by 6-foot piece of fiber-based rag paper that I taped to a wall in my studio. I traced the image to the paper with pencil. Several weeks later, I added color to the image using both colored charcoal and crayons. Below shows the process and changes over time.

I am not sure where I will go with this type of work or if I will do it again. I actually like the inverted image at the top of this page better than anything I created in the process with the charcoal and crayons. Despite that, I think it is a good idea for an artist to stretch herself by trying other things.

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