New media drawing

My first Kindle Fire drawing

I decided to give new media a chance and create my own 'drawing' on my Kindle Fire. 

Having researched David Hockney's ipad creations I felt inspired to create a new media image of my own to see how it feels to paint on a device rather than using art materials. It felt surprisingly refreshing to make artwork on a kindle. I felt like I was playing rather than making and serious art, which felt, playful and fun. I enjoyed how mark making was more primal than I imagined it would be. I felt connected with what I was doing which was a surprise as I mentioned before I thought this new process would loose something from using traditional paints, however, I felt very much attune to the marks, forgetting I was even using my Kindle.

I felt a lot of freedom when making this image although this is usually how I feel when presented with a blank sheet of paper and paints. I am used to making larger scale work so I did feel limited in what I could make when drawing on a 7inch screen. Overall I was impressed with the results of the kindle! The disadvantage for me personally was that I feel like the artwork was not entirely created by me. I feel ownership has partly shifted bearing in mind the brain of the Kindle made it.

I want to use my Kindle in a therapeutic situation but feel it is unsuitable for my current placement in a primary school however I may use it personally in my training group. I want to feel what it’s like to use new media in this context in order to consider it in a real therapeutic setting.

One last addition... I must mention the magical feeling I experienced when finishing the image then emailing it via my Kindle to my Hotmail address then downloading it to my laptop. I am comfortable with modern technology however this did leave me feeling very satisfied with the ease of connecting these devices.