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:bulletblue:Souviens-toi!
Graphite, charcoal (vine and compressed), white chalk on charcoal paper
Completed August 9, 2005
18'' x 24''

Here's one of my summer assignments for the AP studio art class I'll be taking this fall. This particular assignment was to create a still life from observation that includes a wide range of value and use of space (forground, middle ground, background). My drawing was inspired by a poem by one of my favorite writers.

--NOTE--The original piece was all done with traditional media, hence why I placed it in that category. However, the charcoal bits were being difficult and kept giving me a glare whenever I tried to take a picture. The picture I feel came out the best had a tiny glare on the vase, and I removed it with paint shop pro. I also added the black border with this program. I did the best I could to make it look not so obvious...hope it worked ><

Oh, and I AM aware that the roman numeral for the number 4 is actually IV rather than IIII...strangely enough it wasn't like that on the clock I used so I just decided to copy it even though it's wrong. Observation is a major part of any successful drawing, so I draw what I see.


:bulletblue:The Clock:bulletblue:

Frightening, impassive, sinister, the clock
Raises his finger like a threat: Remember!
Your heart becomes a target: griefs past number
Aimed at its quivering centre, strike and stick.

Pleasure evaporates: will disappear,
Fade like a dancer as the stage goes dark.
Your joys are rationed: each one leaves its mark:
Devours you, and diminishes your share.

Three thousand and six hundred times an hour
An insect voice reminds you like a rhyme:
'I'm now.' Then, 'I am once upon a time--
A filthy tube through which your life will pour.'

'Souviens-toi. Remember.' Unsparing! 'Esto memor.'
(My metal throat speaks all the languages)
'Don't lose your chance, and don't be frivolous.
Extract the gold; treat minutes like an ore.'

Time is a gambler who can't stop. Remember!
He always wins and doesn't need to cheat.
The gulf is thirsty; sands are running out;
Day fades. The night draws in. It is December.

The hours will strike: Chance, the Divinity,
Or Virtue, your distinguished virgin spouse,
Or even Remorse, the last room in the house,
--Or everything, will say: 'Too late now. Die!'

~Charles Baudelaire

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:iconcamille05:
it worked very much so....
I say A+...hehe but i am no genius at this, nor do i have talent...but you certainly do! :floating:
:iconsognatore:
^__^ :glomp: thanks a bunch!!

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Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, exhibit number one is what the seraphs, the misinformed, simple, noble-winged seraphs, envied. Look at this tangle of thorns.
:iconotherdruid:
WONDERFUL!!!! :omg: :clap: great coloring !!

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"Una mujer hermosa es la gloria de los ojos, el infierno del alma y el purgatorio del bolsillo..."

Kann diese Liebe Sünde sein..?

Meine "Kunst" : [link]
:iconsognatore:
:D :D :D thanks!!! ^__^ yeah the shading took me forever to do...especially on that clock ><

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Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, exhibit number one is what the seraphs, the misinformed, simple, noble-winged seraphs, envied. Look at this tangle of thorns.
:iconotherdruid:
but, the lighting effect is cool !!! :boogie:

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"Una mujer hermosa es la gloria de los ojos, el infierno del alma y el purgatorio del bolsillo..."

Kann diese Liebe Sünde sein..?

Meine "Kunst" : [link]
:icondostoyevsky627:
Beautiful still!

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"WHen the world is mine your death shall be quick and painless" Stewie

:lmao:

"We live in a DELUSION!" me
:iconrikku85:
very nice! i really like it! ^^ great job!!!

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rawr
:iconviciousg42:
great shading. esp on the clock
:iconflame900:
great shading, you got some seriouse pencil skills
:iconsilentnightcrawler:
wow, its beautiful^ ^

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..silent protagonists don't say stuff...d'oh!

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