Drawing class: Part 2

Here is the second installment of my drawing class pictures. This one was a lot of fun to do.


This is the second part of our first assignment. As with yesterday's post, this is an assignment to draw a tree. The first time we drew our tree it was intended to be our "best" tree and the second one was to be our "worst" tree. You probably can't tell, but this was the same tree as in the previous picture.

Again, this is pencil on newsprint with a little bit of jabbing with a forefinger to get the hole in the page. Yes, that little square in the bottom left is a hole in the page. Also note that everything is labelled (albeit incorrectly) like the old 60's batman. The textures are inconsistent, the lines are incomprehensible and the contrast is even lighter than the first one. There are random things on the page that don't make sense and it's really tough to tell what the hell is going on.

It was interesting seeing what everyone's take on what a "bad" picture is. Some people tried different styles, some people drew in a much looser fashion and some people did much the same thing they did the first time (whether it was intentional or not, I have no idea!). My idea of a "bad" picture is one that says nothing to anyone, and that doesn't stand out. I think the best way to put it is that a "bad" picture is one that fails to communicate.

Whether I was right about this or not didn't really matter much for the class, though. I think the intention was to get people to see their drawings in a different way, and realize that maybe their worst drawings weren't so bad after all, and that maybe their best wasn't really their best. I think it's a great exercise overall and it was a lot of fun to see these before-and-after pictures. I think if I had to say something good about my bad picture it would be that (if it stood out at all) there is a lot of weird stuff to look at on it. Somebody might find it fun to follow a line around or get a laugh out of one of the weird labels. Someone might even poke their finger through the hole in the page.

Does this mean there is no such thing as bad art? Maybe, but you can certainly get a lot more out of some pictures than others!

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