Monday, March 25, 2013

From Deak's Mail Box



        Here is a drawing from 1997. This is from the east side of the first road turning up into Quincy. The kids had been married a couple years at this time. We may have gone quail hunting with Deak that day or maybe it was one of the later trips. You can see the old Methodist church in the background. The artist has taken some liberties with the drawing. (Oh well, ya get caught some times.) I did not feel that the goal was complete accuracy. If that were the case no drawing would ever get done. Pencils have a way of interpreting things in their own way. There are places where accuracy is important. Art is not always one of them. There are other things to be recorded besides shape and tone. If you want it literal, use your phone! But after all it has been a while since you could even trust a camera image let alone a digital one.   

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