Drawing 101
I wonder if I hung
onto that self-portrait from
my first college art class
peering into a mirror
contour line in pencil
student grade sketch bond.
Dave Barr
would have to be what
in his seventies by now?
my first acquaintance
with a practicing artist
one with a studio and ideas
that woke him up early.
The twist I recall was
to render one’s face
forty years on
warts and all
as they say.
As if by magic
I’ve arrived suddenly
at my destination
one I predicted
using only line to map
sagging jowls, face etched and a nose
grown to epic proportion.
At least that’s how
I remember it
a masterpiece of draftsmanship
that captured the soul
of its subject, a man rendered
in short hand, gaze
bewildered when I was going
for bemused detachment.
Oct 23, 2016
Oct 23, 2016 at 8:15 AM UTC
Drawing 101
I wonder if I hung
onto that self-portrait from
my first college art class
peering into a mirror
contour line in pencil
student grade sketch bond.
Dave Barr
would have to be what
in his seventies by now?
my first acquaintance
with a practicing artist
one with a studio and ideas
that woke him up early.
The twist I recall was
to render one’s face
forty years on
warts and all
as they say.
As if by magic
I’ve arrived suddenly
at my destination
one I predicted
using only line to map
sagging jowls, face etched and a nose
grown to epic proportion.
At least that’s how
I remember it
a masterpiece of draftsmanship
that captured the soul
of its subject, a man rendered
in short hand, gaze
bewildered when I was going
for bemused detachment.
