Love/Hate

I've come to the realization that I have a Love/Hate relationship with my Drawing 1 class. It is among the three art classes I'm taking this semester at SAC, along with the photoshop class, and has proven to be the one that I've found my self hating the most at times and loving the most at times.

In my Painting 2 class its always great because all I'm doing is building frames, or painting... except for the ominous week of critiques, which sometimes have proven to be enlightening. In my Design 1 class I have a good time because with every project we're assigned, I see it as an opportunity to outshine the rest of the class. I take it as a challenge to have the most interesting piece on the wall when we put them all up on the due date, and although we do sometimes get bogged down with the grim sight of power point slides projecting vocabulary words, I can honestly say this class has given me some great insight on the basic fundamentals of creating a piece of art work.

In my Drawing class though there have been some high highs and really low lows. I started this class positive and excited, and I soon found out that we wouldn't just be some hand book, Mickey Mouse drawing class. The first project was to go home, get in a corner of our bedroom, and draw it. As creative as I might have proven to be in my life, I never could draw so this was pretty challenging. Although my professor's opinion of the work, and my grade, was pleasing to me, the "art work" I created wasn't. Today however, I see that I've come so far since that horrid bedroom drawing and I can say I'm actually creating art that I can share with people. It's funny to me because just last night I hated my Drawing class, even contemplated not going to it this afternoon. I hadn't done the Positive/Negative drawing that was due today and I was just tired of not being at home. I did go to class however, and I'm glad at that. Seeing the work the other students produced made me jealous. All of the art work was great, which made me think- I can do something better than that! So when I got home today, I grabbed my charcoal and got straight to work. I liked what I was doing so much that I did two pieces. Just this morning I was dreading the class and now I can't wait for Thursday so I can go back.

This drawing class has developed into a roller coaster and it's only half way done. It's crazy to try to predict what the next turn will be. Higher or Lower, I know I've learned a lot and I'm pleased with my progress so far.

Here is the work I produced. I decided to do one representational and one non-objective. Thanks for checking the post.. be sure to click that follow button in the top left of your screen.

18"x24" Charcoal on paper

18"x24" Charcoal on paper