My parents have not been able to get enough of my drawings lately. I've been making some pretty elaborate drawings for a while now (come on mom, remember the one I drew for Brit's graduation card?!) but .... lately there have been some concrete references to my drawings that have allowed them to see HOW i am seeing the world, as well as how i approach communicating it. Take this drawing of a Turtle, Elephant and Tiger -- Well, I told my mom that I wanted to draw an elephant and she looked up some pictures on google-images and I picked this one to draw from.
(photo by: Elephant Country Web) See, I drew the elephant straight on (because of the picture) and the turtle and tiger are more of a profile (because of my mind filling in the visual definition)
Here's one of a BIG Silo and a Small Silo -- that is as much about the drawing as it is about spelling and writing out the letters and words.
And..... this is a cool project that I made a couple months back at the Family Saturday event at the Walker Art Center. It's called a dream box. We were each allowed to pick out one toy (i picked that funny alien looking guy in a red vehicle) and then we were each given a box, one piece of paper, and a mystery bag that contained a whole bunch of random disconnected things.... like how dreams contain a much of things that don't really belong together. It was our job to make a scene/story out of all of these elements. This is my box (my mom helped with the installation of the window, and the gluing of some pieces - but I told her where everything should go.) It was one of several really thoughtful projects that I've done at the Walker. I love it!
Well, one day I decided to draw my dream box.... and this is what I came up with. It's all there...... in its place...bigger than the box itself. (the A-block, the window, the alien in his car on the rug, the puzzle pieces, the things stuck to the wall and the cork ... textured and all!)
My parents have not been able to get enough of my drawings lately. I've been making some pretty elaborate drawings for a while now (come on mom, remember the one I drew for Brit's graduation card?!) but .... lately there have been some concrete references to my drawings that have allowed them to see HOW i am seeing the world, as well as how i approach communicating it. Take this drawing of a Turtle, Elephant and Tiger -- Well, I told my mom that I wanted to draw an elephant and she looked up some pictures on google-images and I picked this one to draw from. (photo by: Elephant Country Web) See, I drew the elephant straight on (because of the picture) and the turtle and tiger are more of a profile (because of my mind filling in the visual definition)
Here's one of a BIG Silo and a Small Silo -- that is as much about the drawing as it is about spelling and writing out the letters and words.
And..... this is a cool project that I made a couple months back at the Family Saturday event at the Walker Art Center. It's called a dream box. We were each allowed to pick out one toy (i picked that funny alien looking guy in a red vehicle) and then we were each given a box, one piece of paper, and a mystery bag that contained a whole bunch of random disconnected things.... like how dreams contain a much of things that don't really belong together. It was our job to make a scene/story out of all of these elements. This is my box (my mom helped with the installation of the window, and the gluing of some pieces - but I told her where everything should go.) It was one of several really thoughtful projects that I've done at the Walker. I love it!
Well, one day I decided to draw my dream box.... and this is what I came up with. It's all there...... in its place...bigger than the box itself. (the A-block, the window, the alien in his car on the rug, the puzzle pieces, the things stuck to the wall and the cork ... textured and all!)
