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Back to School –memories

10/19/2014

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  Going back to school especially after decades feels very scary . Although this time it is a different type of school , an atelier ( a workshop of an artist) but  the feeling is the same. I am so nervous .

Day one , I will never forget it

  All the required materials, the pencils, the eraser, the paper have been bought ---but I later learn they are not the right ones . Along with me are three other novices ---well, not  novices  really, because each one is a  graduate of an Art College and is well versed with the fundamentals of making art.

 The instructor explains what is required of us .

First –sharpen the pencil with a utility knife not a sharpener .

Sounds so easy , but it is’nt. Especially if you are not skilled working with sharp blades . Five minutes of struggling to keep the the pencil steady while I shave it with the blade, and my finger is dripping like a leaky tap . Beautiful bright red patterns are forming  on the floor!!!

First aid and a Band aid later, I watch, as my new comrades expertly sculpt the pencil into a needle  pointed lance . How do they do it ? This my first challenge –I make a mental note to try and practice it at home .

Next, the paper is taped onto the drawing board and the students sketch loose ghosty bandy lines, straight, curved, zig-zags and S shaped.  My lines are dark , wavy and no where near straight ( I could never draw straight lines without a ruler, much to the annoyance of the drawing teacher in middle school ) .

Then the same lines are erased by the kneading eraser (no idea why we make the lines in the first place ) . The kneading eraser is new to me . It is soft, sticky , pliable and with the graphite it picks up,looks like snort . Yucky .

The session is over and I catch the bus home wondering what have I let myself in for . I have second thoughts about returning to this Academy of Realist Art. 


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