How would you react when an artist gives you an unsolicited portrait? Would you be surprised, touched, weirded out, what? Would you think that they like you as more than a friend?
Drawn On Paper
As I approached his desk, he handed me his sketchbook. Wondering why he wanted me to take a look, I collected it and opened its pages.
He had lovely sketches of landscapes, abstracts and few portraits. I was wowed at some and simply impressed at others.
At intervals I asked him those "who is this?" and "what inspired you" questions as a journalist would ask an artist.
"wow. This is nice."
"oh my. You are quite good!"
"Hmmm. . ."
Then suddenly, I found a sketch he had drawn. . . I was speechless.
I ran out to catch my breath.
When I got back to take a long look at the sketch, I thanked him.
I complimented the drawing. . . and criticized it a bit too. Smh.
"you made my forehead bigger. I can't find my eyebrows. Can you adjust that?"
I am flattered.
But I think it's weird.
The sketch is pretty good and it is a well-thought out (and painstaking) pencil design on a sketchbook. He really really tried.
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| The picture of me (he got inspiration from) |
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| His sketch |
The sketch looks like me. In fact, it is me. Phew.
I am not so much of a drawer (see my sketch of a Mr. Man). I would imagine it took more than an hour to get this done. So I think this is a big deal.
And it wasn't even created via a mobile app like I had done here. It was done using a pencil on paper. Pencil on paper! The thought. The effort. The time.
And to think that it was done by a ma. . . *swallows saliva* Ah, never mind.
Either way, I would like to know how you would have reacted.
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How would you react if an artist draws a portrait of you and shows it to you?
If you were the young man, how would you want to be treated?
Posted by Nwamaka Ajaegbu
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