Joy Art

Joy has been our resident doodler for years.

Most of her doodles are boxy characters inspired by Minecraft endermen

(they are NOT ROBOTS--she gets asked that a lot),

and they've evolved from this clunky fellow 

on a sign she made for me several years ago . . .

. . . to remarkably expressive characters

like these little guys she drew all over her periodic table this year.

(The Chief Wish-granting Officer cracks me up.)

Joy decided to expand her art skills a bit more this past semester

by taking a drawing and painting class.

In addition to more traditional assignments like sketching a still life

or painting a road in her neighborhood . . .

. . . she used her endermen to explore color, shading, 

and art as social commentary.

(I asked her what she was trying to say with that blue project,

and her interpretation was rather different from what I took from it.

That's art for you.)

Now that the class is over, she'll probably go back 

to sketching endermen just in black and white,

but her assignments make a fun addition to our art wall

(along with the colorful AT-AT that has cakes for feet).