Drawing week 3

We began today with 20 silent minutes to do our visual diary of the morning.  I seem to settle on a mood for my piece rather than narrative.  Today was melancholy and enclosed -- even shut off -- in the morning with Toby.  I noticed well before the teacher did that the figure looks like me as a child.  Not a surprise or a problem for me.

The presentation this week was drawing with red ink and a bubble-blowing set.  Art-making is meant to be fun.  That's the take-away from all this.  I still have no idea for mine.

Next we worked with "our" artist.  I'm Gabriel Orozco.  Another student as William Kentridge gave me an assignment that he (Kentridge) would like to do -- that I then had to tackle as Orozco.  I was to make a charcoal drawing of Toronto including a social problem that upsets me.  I began in a way that I myself might have done and had to regroup.  I drew on some photocopies from the recycle bin and included a homeless man begging on the street.  A bit of a mess.  Next week we meet at Allan Gardens where we will draw as our artist -- that is, use their materials and techniques.  Orozco is very much about found stuff, responding to what he finds, change.  We'll see!