The Tree of Vanishing Point

So what's the point? The vanishing point? All puns aside, which is hard for me to do. I think I get it now. The homework assignment was to draw something using the values learned in the vanishing point perspective. I drew several pictures. One that might resemble an animal, another that was mostly abstract, and my current obsession or crutch the "Tree."

I poetically titled it and wrote it below the picture. But then other phrases popped in my head.

So in keeping with what sparks my inspiration:

Tree of Vanishing Point

As far as the Eye can See

I can See the Point

As long as it grows

In the image of a Tree

Tree of Vanishing Point

Perspective all askew

One point, two, and three

Take the eye to a pleasing point

And the brain knows what you see

Learning to Draw

My last blog was a tribute to a watercolor class that I took a few months ago. This entry is for my current class "Drawing I," an actual, for-credit, college course. I enrolled in this class so I could learn "fundamental principles of drawing" according to the catalogue description.

There is so much that I enjoy about this class. I enjoy the ambient chatter of the classmates as we all work on our current pieces. I enjoy the fact that the class is four hours long and that it is four days a week. I love that I can peek over someone's shoulder as they work and learn from their process.

My husband and I are very different individuals, with different approaches to art, but I love the fact that we can both take this class together.

And finally, each day I come to class I look forward to the exuberant and gentle guidance from our instructor Josie...she not only teaches us to "Draw" as is outlined in the course description, but from my point of view, she demonstrates how one can draw upon that area that is within all of us to make the images we draw on paper come alive.

Deliberate.....Decide.....Design.....Drip.....Done