Still Life

[gothick]

Monkey My art teacher said the monkey was sinister. Most of the rest of the class thought it was cute. Current theory is that the art teacher had a bad experience with a monkey when he was young.

Comments

[jow-n-chris.livejournal.com]

LOL, I know what the teacher means!! At first glance I thought it was a monkey with a backpack of knives on its back - I think I need professional help and not in a Charlotte Church kind of way! Well, maybe from her boyfriend but that's another story.

[fatal-logic.livejournal.com]

So, um, what is that stuff on its back? (One definitely looks like a cutlass...)

[k425.livejournal.com]

Monkey (cute) and vase of, hmm, tulips? Nice use of shade. You're good at this.

Of course, there is a hint of "monkey with golf clubs in backpack" about it, but that's because I've got a vivid imagination.

[perdita-fysh.livejournal.com]

What is growing out of the monkey's head?

[gothick-matt.livejournal.com]

Tulips, indeed -- well, a mixture, but tulips at the top, anyway. It would have been a lot easier to show with colour, but I didn't get that far...

[gothick-matt.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's not often you see a stuffed toy monkey propped up in front of a vase of flowers, I'll grant you, and the photo of the drawing didn't come out too well; it's easier to tell in the original, honest!

[k425.livejournal.com]

Actually, I'm glad they were tulips, because I reckon it must be quite soul-destroying to be told, "yes, lovely daffodils" when you've spent ages working on roses, for instance!

[http://users.livejournal.com/ree_/]

My vote is 'cute'. Am I allowed to buy your drawings? :o) I have a notion that it would match the colours in my bedroom...

[kaveypie.livejournal.com]

If you need professional help, so do I... I thought he was carrying a backpack of cutlery myself! The monkey himself is definitely cute though!

[gothick-matt.livejournal.com]

At the moment, I'm hanging on to them all so I can see how I'm improving as the lessons go on. The better ones I'm framing and sticking on the walls here, and that's as far as they're going right now...