Idiom Drawing
Concepts of Ideas # 1 -3
1. A House of Cards ....
2. Building a House of Cards ....
3. When a Hammer is the Only Tool in Your Toolbox, Everything Looks Like a Nail ....
My Chosen Idiom for the Project...
4. Have a Plan - Work the Plan! ...
Why did you choose the objects in your drawing, what is the meaning, and what is the figure of speech you chose?
- All of the objects are from my family's heritage of multiple generations of General Contractors. Most of the tools pictured were my fathers and they helped him earn a living. The tools were also used by me to help me pay for college. The blue print in the background is the original blueprint my father drew for the house that I was born and grew up in Wauwatosa, WI.
- The idiom is "Have a Plan - Work The Plan" I changed the idiom from "The right tool for the job" when my sister reminded me that my Father would often say, "Don't half-ass things in life." So I polished it up to what I used to say as a an Engineering leader for my team.
What was the feeling and/or mood you were going for in your drawing?
- I wanted a feelings of:
- Order - Hence very purposeful placement of the objects.
- Heritage - Old School tools - Some no longer used in construction.
- Use - Not new tools but those with many stories behind them.
- Plans Yield results - The blueprints, then the tools then the money follows.
- Detail - I wanted to push myself for more practice in tones and drawing with different medias (graphite 2B to 4H and charcoal)
My Drawing....
"Have A Plan - Work The Plan"
May 2021
- G.J. Schaefer
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