So my English class is a complete waste of time. The teacher -let's call her Ms. C- gives a lesson about once a month. In class she does her own homework (she's working on a masters in some non-English subject) and all of the students sit there and talk.
Ms. C is also super into acrylic painting. She hangs all her pieces in her classroom and repeats the history behind each one every other class period.
Recently she gave us an assignment to make a painting out of something that we've read this year. Our choices were pretty limited. There was Siddhartha by Herman Hesse, Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, and Macbeth by Shakespeare. Though I know they are all great literary pieces, I only read Siddhartha and Macbeth. Half-assed reading for a half-assed class. Most students picked Siddhartha. Probably because it was the easiest read and was covered the longest. I however wanted something darker, so I chose Macbeth. I found even found a pretty good picture to imitate.
You can click on that picture for the place I found it. It has dark colors which is amazing for the content. The angle of King Duncan is a little too weird for my limited capabilities. I ended up making the colors brighter and making the crown "gold" aka yellow.
This isn't the final that I turned in. This is painted in a 5 1/2" x 8" drawing book. The official is actually a lot weirder and, dare I say it, more sinister.
For some of you die-hards out there, I know that Macbeth was getting ready for bed before he killed Duncan. But I'd like to think that the person responsible for this pic meant for the chest plate to foreshadow the war Macbeth would have to face (both literal and within himself) after obtaining the crown.
So, if you were to make art of any of the literary pieces listed here, which would you choose?
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