Every year, my childhood friends and I go to New York City for the 4th of July. One night this year we ventured to a bar in East Village called Affaire. Let’s just put it this way… even for New York, this place was WEIRD. To set the scene--we were in a candlelight dungeon, trance music was blasting, only two people were dancing, and “artists” who haven’t washed their hair in days were painting canvases. This is very snobbish of me, I know, but I expected people who put forth so much effort to look and act artsy to actually be good artists. When I peaked over to see what they were painting, my reaction was Really? That's it? Maybe they truly are geniuses. I don't know anything about good art, so who am I to say anything. Reminds me of a short story…
I babysit three children of well-to-do parents. There’s a 8”x10” painting in their living room. For the longest time I thought one of the kids painted it in preschool. This is the painting:
It wasn’t until months later that I flipped the print over and saw it was painted by Joan Miro. I Googled to see who she was, and found out HE is a famous artist. Oops.
A week and a half after my trip to NYC, I bought a sketch book to show that you don't have to be smelly to do art. A friend of mine in college said she wanted to do a sketch a day. I thought that was an awesome idea. I am doing just that. I haven't drawn since I took art in 8th grade, so I learn as I go and let my eyes dictate how I move my pencil. Here are a few I've done:
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| A baby |
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| Frames |
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| An eye |
Maybe it's time to reveal my next project to show you where this is going. Next, drum roll please, I am planning to and hoping to build a stand up paddle board! I think I can integrate some drawing into this project as well. Watch the video below to see what I'm thinking. I'm a fan of Drew Brophy's work. Maybe I can even do something like this with a boat one day...
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