Pop Goes the Artist!

This is my final project for art class. The objectives were rather loose–he gave us a number of shapes we had to incorporate (breakfast cereal, neckties, and plants) and a color scheme (split complement), then told us to otherwise do whatever we wanted. This took me less than an hour, once I sat down to actually do the damn thing. It has a number of titles: “My art teacher is on crack” OR “Watch as I shamelessly copy Elizabeth Murray even though I hate her artwork” OR “Abstract art makes my brain spew dots.” Nevertheless, it didn’t turn out quite as badly as I anticipated–possibly because I went into things thinking pessimisticly. And the fact is, the lowest grade I’ve gotten so far on a project in this class is an A-, so I can do pretty badly on this and come out all right in the end. It’s Prismacolor marker on bristol board, approximately 8.5×12″

I did this from a photo I took in Ireland. I actually started it near the beginning of the year and got burned out because it was a really hard drawing. I came back to it out of boredom and the realization that I had something good going, so it would be a pity to let it sit unfinished. I chose this picture mostly as an exercise in perspective, and man, did it exercise me.

I do enjoy pencil drawing, though. It’s uncomplicated, requires few materials and little space, is suited to a variety of styles, and isn’t very messy. This is second in an occasional and informal series of pencil drawings from Ireland. I’m really not conviced this photo does it justice, but it was the best I could do. Pencil on smooth Bristol board, 8×10″. I cannot WAIT to get home and pop this sucker in a mat. I’m thinking navy blue.