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Final solution for Fred Lynch's "The Sound and the Fury." The assignment was to make an illustration about a sound you hate, black and white, fixed size.
I was so excited to get this assignment. Years and years ago when I was just getting the idea of going to art school, I toured at the Montserrat College of Art (a very good school), and I was part of a tour that stopped by Fred Lynch's upperclass advanced illustration class, which was critiquing their versions of this very assignment. My mom and I sat down to listen and didn't get up for the rest of the extensive critique. I was enthralled. That critique, and Fred's teaching style, was one of the biggest reasons I decided to go to art school. So anyway I was pumped to try my hand at this.
The whole point of Fred's class is to illustrate things in a way that solves the problem,(substance,) but also so that you're creating a piece that you would be making anyway (style). The nature of the assignment led to a lot of really intense and some very unpleasant imagery, but I have found that that's not really what I enjoy doing, and I was determined to make something sort of charming that still got the idea of annoyance across.

Ink, and then black and white gouache on arches block watercolor paper.

Description
Final solution for Fred Lynch's "The Sound and the Fury." The assignment was to make an illustration about a sound you hate, black and white, fixed size.
I was so excited to get this assignment. Years and years ago when I was just getting the idea of going to art school, I toured at the Montserrat College of Art (a very good school), and I was part of a tour that stopped by Fred Lynch's upperclass advanced illustration class, which was critiquing their versions of this very assignment. My mom and I sat down to listen and didn't get up for the rest of the extensive critique. I was enthralled. That critique, and Fred's teaching style, was one of the biggest reasons I decided to go to art school. So anyway I was pumped to try my hand at this.
The whole point of Fred's class is to illustrate things in a way that solves the problem,(substance,) but also so that you're creating a piece that you would be making anyway (style). The nature of the assignment led to a lot of really intense and some very unpleasant imagery, but I have found that that's not really what I enjoy doing, and I was determined to make something sort of charming that still got the idea of annoyance across.

Ink, and then black and white gouache on arches block watercolor paper.