click for larger image Detail from a picture I drew after seeing the movie Cabaret. I was thirteen. I still like that movie, especially how it juxtaposes onstage silliness with real life horrors.
Can you believe I never saw "Cabaret"? But the drawing is just wonderful. What did your parents think of your drawings? Were they delighted--Did they encourage you to draw?
My parents encouraged me to draw. In fact, this pic came from an old shirt box of pictures they saved. I was encouraged to draw up until my late teens, when parents and teachers (including a jaded art teacher) warned me that most people couldn't "make a living" with an art major. Were you encouraged to draw?
The drawing is great fun. I never saw "Cabaret," either! I was always encouraged to draw. My grandfather had done some painting in retirement. My dad used to always say: "Commercial artists can make a good living."
Hi Stray, You never saw Cabaret either? I may need to stage an intervention here. It's a well crafted film. I normally find Liza Minelli annoying, but she works great in this movie. I'm glad you were encouraged to draw yourself, and that your dog collection is taking off.
I never saw Cabaret but I LOVE this drawing. My mother is bothered that Dinah wants to be a veterinary surgeon when she had so much artistic potential at age 5.
Thanks Sally! When I was going through my old pictures I saw this it reminded me of your early animations. That's ironic that your mom is unhappy Dinah wants to be a vet when she could be an artist. Usually it's the other way around- the kid wants to be an artist and his family expects him/her to be a doctor.
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Can you believe I never saw "Cabaret"? But the drawing is just wonderful. What did your parents think of your drawings? Were they delighted--Did they encourage you to draw?
My parents encouraged me to draw. In fact, this pic came from an old shirt box of pictures they saved.
I was encouraged to draw up until my late teens, when parents and teachers (including a jaded art teacher) warned me that most people couldn't "make a living" with an art major.
Were you encouraged to draw?
The drawing is great fun. I never saw "Cabaret," either! I was always encouraged to draw. My grandfather had done some painting in retirement. My dad used to always say: "Commercial artists can make a good living."
Hi Stray,
You never saw Cabaret either? I may need to stage an intervention here. It's a well crafted film. I normally find Liza Minelli annoying, but she works great in this movie.
I'm glad you were encouraged to draw yourself, and that your dog collection is taking off.
I never saw Cabaret but I LOVE this drawing. My mother is bothered that Dinah wants to be a veterinary surgeon when she had so much artistic potential at age 5.
Thanks Sally!
When I was going through my old pictures I saw this it reminded me of your early animations.
That's ironic that your mom is unhappy Dinah wants to be a vet when she could be an artist. Usually it's the other way around- the kid wants to be an artist and his family expects him/her to be a doctor.
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