MANDOLIN AND CLARINET

The Transparent Drawing workshop conducted on Monday went super. I will make at least two pages of the drawings that the students did while providing full details of the event. I was hoping to put up their drawings today.  However, I know all too well the inertia that occurs when you ask students to scan and upload their drawings. Getting them all to do that in a specific time frame can be akin to pulling teeth.

So I offer the above drawing, as it relates to one of the themes covered in the workshop; museum interaction. My drawing is based on the diagram geometry of Picasso’s sculpture, Mandolin and Clarinet. The students had visited the MOMA Picasso sculpture show, and we discussed how better to interact within a museum show. Take photos of what interests you. Draw from the photos later.

And always, always take a picture of the title of the piece, so you know what you are drawing from. This also allows you to pull up other images of that same piece later if you need or want more info about how it works.

And that is what I did for my drawing. I used (some of) the basic geometry of Mandolin and Clarinet, and then projected into a three dimensional spatial form. This deceptively simple sculpture, at least for me, summarizes about half of modern art. And I think that I could probably generate drawings from Picasso’s geometry in this piece till the cows come home.

And I can’t wait to share the student’s work with you.