SHAPE STUDY, 1

a creative exercise.

Inspired from Wassily Kandinsky’s 1926 Palucca line analysis study, where he used his own approach of exploring rhythms in shape, form, and structure over photos of a dancer. I recorded myself making various shapes then I created geometric drawings from those poses, I was curious to see what the relationship between my hand and a human physic would look like.

Black and white photo of a woman with curly hair wearing leopard print tights and a black dress, posing with one arm raised and the other on her thigh on a plain background. Next to her is a line drawing of a stylized, abstract human figure in a similar pose.
A silhouette of a woman in a dynamic dance pose on the left side and an abstract line drawing of a human figure on the right side.
A silhouette of a person jumping with a large cardboard box on their head, standing on one leg with the other leg bent upward, next to an abstract line drawing of a person in a similar jumping pose.
A woman standing against a plain wall, wearing a fitted dress with leopard print tights, posed with one hand on her hip and her hair styled in an Afro with a hair accessory. To the right, an abstract line drawing of a woman's figure in a similar pose.
A woman with curly hair in a black outfit and leopard print tights is standing with her hands on her hips against a plain wall, next to an abstract line drawing of a human figure on a gray background.
A woman with curly hair dancing or posing in a black tank top and leopard-print leggings, with a plain gray background. On the right, there's a line drawing outline of a dancing figure.