Memory Drawing

 

 

 

 

Looking Back on Childhood Memories

Dimensions: 18' X 8.5' In., 12' X 5.5 In., 9.5' X 7' In.

Materials: Lead Pencil, Charcoal, and Indie Ink

Statement:

In class, we first did a blind contour where we had to draw while trying to remember the inside of our childhood home. I chose to draw four rooms that I felt like I remembered the most.

In response, I drew over the pencil markings and drew in more details of what I think the rooms looked like back when I was around the age of five or six.

The lines and proportions of the drawings are not perfect as the memories of my childhood home are not perfect either. The lines and incorrect proportions also reflect as if a child was trying to recreate their home from memory. Charcoal was included to create shades, but just like the lines, the coloring and smudges are all over the place to recreate the feeling that it is a child drawing as children do not maintain inside the lines, they like to think outside the drawing and explore more, just how I was a kid when I would try to explore around my home and area.

Redrawing these rooms brought back memories of events or things that took place in those rooms but similar to the home, none of them are perfect, and some of them seem more detailed than others. These drawings reflect of what I thought my home was when I was a kid and I wanted to capture my younger self with these drawings, taking in the little memories I have left of the house.