On a family vacation a few years ago, family familied, and I drew. The house and lake were surrounded by plants – so they were my subjects for the week. I blackened my papers, sat outside, and made these little drawings. I often had kids popping in and out, trying their hand at using white gouache and gel pens on the inky pages (most often involving skulls and creatures!). I love exploring different ways to draw, and the unexpected results that emerge.
Here are my five favourite drawings from that week, shown below in our blackened maple frame. They are also available without a frame!
(And find the chapter below!)
- Edition of 30, signed on verso
- 8″ × 10″ archival pigment inkjet print
- Printed on Hahnemühle German Etching Paper
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- Glass glazing and foam core backing
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The ceramics teacher announced on opening day that he was dividing the class into two groups. All those on the left side of the studio, he said, would be graded solely on the quantity of work they produced, all those on the right solely on its quality.
His procedure was simple: on the final day of class he would bring in his bathroom scales and weigh the work of the “quantity” group: fifty pound of pots rated an “A”, forty pounds a “B”, and so on. Those being graded on “quality”, however, needed to produce only one pot – albeit a perfect one – to get an “A”.
Well, came grading time and a curious fact emerged: the works of highest quality were all produced by the group being graded for quantity. It seems that while the “quantity” group was busily churning out piles of work – and learning from their mistakes – the “quality” group had sat theorizing about perfection, and in the end had little more to show for their efforts than grandiose theories and a pile of dead clay.