Being (art) schooled

Week 1, originally uploaded by Gavatron.

I’m going to the second of ten drawing lessons at the AGO school tonight. Above is the product of my first week—it’s a charcoal sketch of a photocopied watercolour. And it’s not too bad, if I may say so.

I had an interesting experience buying art supplies this afternoon. I knew that I wouldn’t have the slightest idea about what, say, exactly a graphite stick was, or what non-oil pastels would look like. I told myself just go along with it (and risk looking stupid). I did pretty well until I went up to the cash. I had collected all my conte crayons (all 14) in a little holder. As I was busy putting the rest of the stuff I bought away, the holder fell off the counter and all the crayons broke and skidded across the floor…so much for not looking like an idiot.