I am not very good at drawing. Therefore, when I signed up
for this class, it was clearly not because I thought it would be an “easy A.”
That’s not to say I wasn’t a little surprised at the first class meeting when
Professor went over the agenda week by week. But I
signed up for this class because I wanted to expand my ability in one of the
areas of art that I had largely neglected up to that point. As a homeschooler,
art has always taken up a significant portion of my free time. When I was
younger, crafts and sewing; as I reached middle and high school, painting,
fused glass, pottery, and cross-stitching. But never drawing. I’ve always
enjoyed studying a good drawing, of course, but particularly those that bordered on
surreal, like M.C. Escher or Picasso. I never bothered to take the time to
create replicas of what I could see, when I could create abstract work out of
my own head.
Fused glass bowl I made in high school |
This class has certainly changed aspects of how I view
buildings and landscapes. When I drove home for Thanksgiving, I thought wow, that mountain ridge would be gorgeous
in charcoal. When I arrived at the front of my house I thought oh, that wraparound porch would be a bitch. To
be honest, I would like to draw that mountain, and maybe even give the house a
shot. And at least I wont be bashing in anyone’s kneecaps with my drawing board
on the bus to Smith. I certainly like the idea of being able to take something someone likes, like a favorite superhero or landscape, and give it to them. But that certainly doesn't mean I plan on giving up my weird abstract stuff!
Cross stitched peacock I made over the summer |
My newest area of semi-comfort (a sketchbook drawing of Dionysus) |
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