Reality
(in layman's terms, "still lifes")
Oh, the horror that is Reality... Well, I suppose it's not all that bad, especially now that I'm such a well-adjusted young adult. (Is that sarcastic snickering I hear?) There was a time when young Rachel-- ah, I'll spare you the unpleasant details, but it is true that, at one point, I was rather determined not to draw anything from life whatsoever. "I'm too creative to draw still-lifes like everyone else! I'm gonna go draw some more dragons and stuff now, bye." I still tend not to draw still-lifes when left to my own devices, but at least now I see the merits of the practice and cherish the experience gained from being forced to draw commonplace household items and plaster busts and the like. Ironically enough, nowadays I feel like I can't draw worth styrofoam peanuts without some sort of reference to look at.
Or perhaps this is an delusion of my confused little brain. Perhaps my ability to draw from memory/imagination hasn't changed. Perhaps it has even improved! (Imagine that!) Maybe it is a universal constant that the human brain is flawed and all artists draw better when they don't rely on it. Maybe now that Rachel has gotten enough practice drawing from life to be semi-decent at it, it makes perfect sense to supplement her imaginative works with real-life 'counterparts'. And maybe I should stop chatting and just add the bloody thumbnails.
And one last item: Drawings of 'contemporary' biota will be collected here for now. They're consistent with the "real-life" theme of this particular page, and, besides, I need them to counter the lifelessness of so many renderings of inanimate objects!
STILL
LIFES,
or 'Exercises Drawn to Sate Certain Academic Requirements'
Other work for Studio Art (Fall 1996 - Spring 1999)
Randomness
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The
Raptorian Sector -- The Gallery: Reality,
version 1.0. [06-19-01]
All images and writing © 1996-2003 Rachel K. Clark. All Rights Reserved.
