I remember passing through similar fields on a school excursion, and I tried drawing the picture with crayons. Crayon tips are thick, and I couldn’t get the strands right.
Later in class, I was sitting behind Gloria Smith, the only one with golden hair in the class. Inspiration struck again, and I tried redoing the picture watching the back of her head. It was better, but the black pencil changed the effect, and the theme.
Lessons learnt:
Certain things look good in their own setting. Mixing my imagination and art can create a spoof, but not replicate the original. I’m not sure if Gloria would have fancied a dark-haired wig.
I’m happier with camera phones now, which we did not have back then.

True 🙂 So many scenes do not look the same in photos.
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Thank you, Lakshmi!
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I can remember trying to color with crayons and struggling with fine lines. I also love having a decent camera phone nowadays…I have no artistic talent. Enjoyed your take!
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Thank you, Donna!
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Excellent take. You should have continued with mixing your imagination and art, who knows you might have come up with an abstract masterpiece, like some I have seen auctioned for a large sum.
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One can do abstract better with the ‘pour’ technique. Watch a Youtube video on it.
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Okay, dear.
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We are very lucky to have phones with such great camera’s now, Reena. I am to perfectionist for drawing.
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You are right. New versions of art have been created.
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Van Gogh’s Sunflowers didn’t look the real thing, but it worked! I wonder what he would have done with a camera?
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Clicked it, traced outlines and then painted with vivid colors of his imagination 😀 The vivacity of sunflowers never fail to fascinate.
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