#5 Sustained Investigation 

I wanted to make a digital piece for when I went away, as to add another piece to my investigation to get to my 8-piece goal. I used that to leverage my idea. I first thought about using a spider as my subject, but it became too difficult to make the spider look convincing for the idea I wanted, and in a crunched time frame, I decided to change my idea/subject. I then focused on the idea of performative activism and used that to create my composition and subject. I also thought it was a little ironic to draw a phone digitally, and that it fit the material and idea well.

I think I will start my praying mantis piece that I had planned prior to this one. I would definitely like to do something not-digital for this piece, as well. While planning this digital piece, I also planned another that I thought would work better with acrylics and something textured. I was inspired by Mary Benson who paints these adorable mini paintings with a border around them, and I was thinking of doing something with that and ladybugs.