Girl in Yellow

Did anyone read Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar?  It is a hoot.  I am a natural comedienne - I watched Johnny Carson well into the night as a tender first grader and watched Charlie Chaplin movies in kindergarten.  Imagine a pigtailed girl laughing insanely while parked in front of a black and white movie.  That was me.  I also watched the movie Three Amigos a gazillion times as a child.  I say all this to say - I appreciate a good laugh.

Anyway, back to Sideways Stories.  My elementary teacher read it aloud to us.  Imagine a whole class laughing.  Good memories.  There was a character in the class who could draw really fast.  I’m like her.  I can fill up a sketchbook in one evening once I get into the flow.

This sketch was a lovely surprise of the flow.  I whipped out this sketch in about a minute.   Funny how lines and color make a distinct face and a distinct expression.  This drawing reminds me of someone I’ve actually known.  She was an African American girl, but this drawing looks like an Asian girl wearing a raincoat.  Maybe this drawing is fascinating because I keep asking myself “Who does this remind me of? Who was she?”  As I tell my students - good art makes you ask good questions . . . 

(reposted from previous blog)