So, dear reader, it is fall of 2006, and I am taking Drawing 208, a second year drawing class, in conceptual style, entitled "drawing the object". I am actually not quite done first year, so I get permission to enroll in this second year course. For my final course of first year, I will take Design Colour, but it is not offered until next semester. I'll fill in the fall with this fabulous drawing class! The first several weekly assignments are specific themes.
I think this one is to draw something that you desire:
Box of chocolates, charcoal |
Next, yes, it's a still life drawing of a tampon on a hotdog bun. I am criticized for my use of sharpie marker, even though I think the whole thing is pretty edgy and potentially even conceptual. Fun fact: I actually set this up as a still life in my studio. As I drew it, over several days, the bun dried out and gradually shrunk.
"Dinner party" hits the lunch counter, ink and sharpie |
I attempt to join in the conceptual game with this next piece, by hanging the actual pants on the wall, with the drawing displayed beside. The entire critique of this work is a discussion of the actual pants themselves, and whether I should have hung them on the wall. I think the conclusion is that the pants are better without the drawing! The drawing itself is "not risky".
Lucky pants, pastel on paper |
This next assignment is to draw a vanitas:
Housewife's vanitas, acrylic on canvas |
Still indulging in my desire to paint from life:
Red onion, acrylic on canvas |
But wait . . . I think I have been cured! My "A" work of the semester is this abstract work, painted entirely with a pallet knife: