Well, we have completed the first challenge: a piece of representational art. We agreed to draw Matt’s bonsai Okinawan Holly, Eadmund. He looks like this.
And this week, we learned that drawing is hard. I’m really impressed with visual artists. Not only do they have the skill to perceive shapes as they actually are, in terms of real color and form, they also have the manual dexterity to translate their vision to paper or canvas and the patience to sit through it.
As you can see, I have none of the above.
As you can see, I have none of the above.
Ooooo … ouch. To be charitable, it looks like it was at least drawn by a talented seven-year-old. I will say that things started sucking less, relative to the preliminary sketches, when I started taking a looser, more impressionistic approach to drawing his exuberant and splendid foliage. But by the time I realized I made the branch on the right way too long, I was too lazy to fix it (see “patience of real artists,” above).
Matt fared slightly better than I did, due to some cartooning classes in high school.
Definitely more recognizably a tree than mine, sadly.
Still, it was fun, and I’m glad we did it, if only to attain a greater appreciation for our artistically-inclined friends. Stay tuned tomorrow for Card #2!
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