Pencil and Paper; Drawing Essentials

One word after the other, I see the trees scraping the skyline while the breeze brushes onto my face. A perfectly painted picture, transporting my mind into the rural Indian environment. As a child, I never enjoyed reading.

The dull black words written line after line separated by commas, periods, and semicolons never sparked my interest. Yet my mind lingered on every word in God of Small of Things, every dull, black word. Roy’s powerful imagery made this book hard to put down. I saw the flies crashing into the windows, the blazing furnace engulfing Rahel’s mother, and Velutha’s tragic death.

In class, we were assigned presentations for each chapters and had to provide visual aid. I found the perfect passage for my part of the project and now had to find the picture accompanied with quote. I scoured the internet for the right picture, the one I see clearly in my mind, yet I come up empty. 

Therefore, when I was assigned this project, my mind filled with tons of ideas. I thought about the scene with the orangedrink lemondrink man and Estha. I thought about Estha and Rahel’s strong bond. I thought of all the possibilities and variations of images that can be portrayed with my pencil and paper. Right as Mrs. Hume said the words, I wanted to leave the classroom, get supplies, and draw. The limitations wasn’t my creativity, but my artistic abilities.

(The pictures are intertwined with quotes from the book)

Broken Clock:"One of her ambitions was to own a watch on which she could change the time whenever she wanted too."

Hands Holding: "Only that once they broke the love laws. That lay down who should be loved. And how. And how much."

Spilled Can: "'Take mine!' Estha said quickly, not wanting Rahel to go near the man."