I recently went to the Seattle Art Museum and brought my sketchbook, as I usually do when I go out. But when I was already walking to the train, I realized that I had forgotten to bring a graphite pencil.
Museums are generally very strict about using ink in the galleries, and so I try my best to bring a non-ink drawing implement with me. I tend to complain about the stuffiness of museum policy enforced by stewards and guards who tell visitors to put away their pens prior to entering the museum, only to oblige and concede my position upon entering.
Looking in my bag, I discovered that the only drawing tools I had with me that would be “acceptable” to the museum were three colored pencils: blue. yellow, and red Caran d’Ache. The art store was on the way to the museum, so I figured I could simply buy a cheap pencil, but Sam suggested I should take this as an opportunity to be creative within my subsequent limitations and am happy to say that I am quite satisfied with the results.
Giacometti, Rodin, and Rubens make an appearance in color. Not grounded necessarily in realistic representation, but subjective experience.
