Finally, im done with this. I've been working on and off for this artwork. I think i started it early this year when i still had classes. So i had to juggle schoolwork, art class with this.

Basically, the theme's "thinking outside the box"

1. I wanted it to look like a production set like the backgrounds you see in plays. It's supposed to look "flat" because i never really did that yet for my other artworks.

2. used more geometric shapes, especially squares and rectangles to add to the "box" effect.

So why the theme?

The old man in the artwork is trying to find what this box does and he's focusing on what's INSIDE the box...trying to figure out it's magic. He is too focused in looking inside that he does not see his granddaughter pointing OUTSIDE the room to reveal the box's magical ability to paint their world in technicolor. So yeah, think outside the box.

But I also want to point out that there are 3 "boxes" in the artwork. The magical box, the box room and the paper which is a box also. (though more rectangular than square). I believe that there is no true "thinking outside the box".

One person's "box" or lifestyle could be different to another person's "box". Each person in the world will never have an identical box, thus negating the "thinking outside the box" notion.

I mean, if one person changes and thinks outside his usual experiences, another person would be living in that changed experience and would want to get outside his box too.

It's a neverending cycle.

One would never acheive true thinking outside the box because another person has already thought about it.

whew. This artwork is for my shifting course...because maybe it is better for me.

Done with:
Ballpen, watercolor, liquid eraser