Finally over...

Okay so here it is, the final drawing y'all will see posted on this blog by me. I have no doubt that I will post many more drawings done by my beautiful and talented daughter (and other two equally talented children should they decide to make something for me) but no more from me. I'm done!!! I am going to post not only the drawing I just turned in buy also my "artist statement" that was due along with it. Enjoy and let me know what you think. (Unless its mean, then you can keep it to yourself thank you)

Mandi w6 a3 For this final drawing I decided to revisit my strawberries from week one. I thought this would be a great way to see just how much I had absorbed from this informative yet extremely short course. I know it sounds cliche, but this class has been truly rewarding and one of the most stressful things I have done in a long time. And I have three kids under the age of five people! hahaha So back to my strawberries. I started this drawing thinking that I would do it over a couple of days. Because my friend Cyndi pointed out to me one day that it helped to come back to something with fresh eyes and I wanted to do that with this final assignment. I cant say that it came out as great as what I saw in my head, but I can say that if I was looking at this thinking "A person that has only had a 5 week online course on drawing drew this." I would think it was pretty stinking impressive. So I am going to leave it on that note. I am pretty stinking impressed with myself tonight. Thanks for all the feedback I've gotten over the past month and a half, from my fellow students and Kelly. I learned a lot. I'm sad that I could have learned more had there been more time, but I have discovered that I can draw and that I actually kinda enjoy it. Funny, didn't see that coming... Mandi