With Chicago finally in bloom, I thought it was time to switch out the sunflowers from the chalkboard for a new drawing.
This time I asked Dave what should go onto the wall--"something modern. Like cubism. Picasso."--and after a brief debate about which painting to pick (Guernica, although lovely and beautiful, was nixed for being too damn depressing. Also, I don't have that many grays.), we settled on Picasso's cubist/primitivist portrait of five ladies from a Barcelona brothel, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.
I really enjoyed drawing this one! I was nervous, like with Sunflowers, that chalk wouldn't be the best to translate the work, but while I had to ditch some of the lovelier details, for the most part I like the overall effect. It was fun working with a twisted perspective, and even my dopey little chalks could passably mimic Picasso's beautiful color scheme.
Dave's first view reaction: Nice ladies.
More pictures after the jump!
