As promised, I have broken the seal of my "introduction to drawing" portfolio open to my blog readers, and here is the most recent installment. This was the second part of the assignment to "take something beautiful and make it ugly" and for some unknown reason, taking a flower and making it into a hideous beast with charcoal as previously shown wasn't enough for me. I vaguely remember looking for inspiration around my apartment, and upon realizing that I was running low on food supplies and cash-flow, I was inspired by my anger towards the decomposed state of the last of my banana rations. As a side note, one of the first lessons I learned about buying my own groceries on a budget, was the shockingly low price of bananas. I don't even really like bananas, and if it weren't for the delightful fun of peeling them, I probably wouldn't give them a second glance. Anyways, upon the revelation that that evenings dinner of multiple bananas and water was spoiled due to decomposition, I decided that this could be considered a beautiful object gone ugly. So of course I busted out my shawty shoe-box art supplies and paper and started drawing.
This drawing had "desperate to find an idea" written all over it. As most students drew meaningful masterpieces, like broken lanterns that represented the hollow emptiness they feel inside, masked by the tall figure of the lamp post. As some students described their projects as "snapshots of their feelings" I struggled to come up with an explanation as to why I chose to draw a bunch of bananas. In fact I actually think the teacher may have skipped the critique section on mine, because it was clear I was mentally unstable.
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"go bananas"
ReplyDeleteWhat's that line intersecting the top left corner? Are those bananas hanging on a wall?
ReplyDeletethat would be the corner separation of the counter top, and the back wall going "up". The shadowed portion is the wall. Simple minds..
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apartment? don't you live at home?
ReplyDeleteClearly you weren't reading clear enough. This occurred in 2006, when I was living in an apartment.
ReplyDeleteoh boy - I remember trying to save you from settling on the bananas... I may have even suggested drawing a newborn baby but covered in open sores... surely that would've fit the brief better. But I just left you to your charcoal and probably shouted "Go Bananas, bitch" as I strolled out your door only to return one hour later to see if you remembered to clean the kitchen supplies you "borrowed" off me.
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