"Things hidden in my head" Copyright 2013 © Ronald D. Isom, Sr.
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Saturday, January 2, 2021
Covid Series. Drawings made while I was in hospital. August 2020.
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Tears
Tears. “rain upon the blinding dust of earth” Ink drawing/ collage image. 2015 ©
“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.” ― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
Things hidden in my head"
Copyright 2015 © Ronald D. Isom, Sr.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Friday, October 9, 2015
Saturday, September 19, 2015
Fragment series. Cherub, Digital collage. 2015©
"Things hidden in my head"
Copyright 2013 © Ronald D. Isom, Sr.
Saturday, September 12, 2015
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Monday, August 24, 2015
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Friday, June 19, 2015
The gun
The gun is a weed: growing where it is not wanted and in competition with cultivated plants. Ink drawing/digital collage. 2015
"Things hidden in my head"
Copyright 2015 © Ronald D. Isom, Sr.
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Big plans.
In 1953, my freshman year at Belleville Township High School, I spent many hours drawing cars. The car culture was in full swing and all young boys were dreaming of sleek custom “hot rods”. My ideas were influenced by the futuristic cars illustrated in Popular Mechanics magazine. My Grandpa had a huge collection of the magazines in his workshop. It was the first place I went when we visited him in Coulterville, Illinois. I would study the picture intently and dream of building a car. There was an ad in one of the magazines about the Fisher Body car model contest. I sent for the information and received an envelop with all the details. My favorite part was the schematic . I was able to locate one on the internet and it still gives me the sense of awe I felt as a teenager. I like plans and schematics. I still fill my drawings with symbols, lines and shapes that look like diagrams.
I was really anxious to start the build but money was tight and wood and paint for the model would be hard to buy. Also, I did not have the proper model tools or space for working. I did manage to get some wood but it was not the smooth pine wood that was suggested and I tried carving it with a pen knife. I would work many frustrating hours on the back stoop of our small house. Sitting on the concrete and carving. It was problematic and dangerous. I suffered many cuts and scraped knees. Well to make a long story short, I never finished the model. I still think about that failure. I had expectations of creating an award winning model and I would have a special assembly at school; all the students would marvel at my achievement.
I have come to realize that the car debacle was a learning experience and I incorporated it into my life and teaching. I have had many unfinished project. and many of my students struggled to finish projects. It sounds sort of quaint and old fashion to say “you learn from your failures” but I think it is true.
"Things hidden in my head"
Copyright 2015 © Ronald D. Isom, Sr.
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Isometric drawing.
I do not know it I have the necessary skills to write a book about art education but I have been compiling small snippets about my career in education and sharing them on Facebook. Tracing the twists and turns of my seventy-five year journey has been a enlightening experience.
Of course, art teachers, course work, family and the creative process have been my main influences. When you dig deeper, small things reveal a complex network of influences. In high school, I was an average student hoping to go to college. The men in my family were laborers, farmers, railroad workers and mine workers. I was encouraged to obtain a skill. Most students in my situation enrolled in “shop classes”. During the 1950’s the vocational education department was popular. Auto shop classes and drafting classes were very popular. One of my favorite classes was Mechanical drawing. Projects were drawing on light green paper with specific borders and precise lettering which were called “plates” Neat rows of helvetica letters indicated the title of each projects. Clean drawings with tracing paper cover sheets were very important. I remember the Thomas E. French textbook illustrations and the wonder of isometric drawing (the word seems prophetic ). I was a good students and learned to be neat and precise. That element is very evident in my work today and do enjoy detailed work with no erasures.
"Things hidden in my head"
Copyright 2015 © Ronald D. Isom, Sr.
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