Palimpsest Drawing

In our throw-away and digital society, the concept and necessity of using Palimpsests are outdated and antiquated ones.

In art, you can get an interesting visual look by writing over and over on a piece of paper and then creating a realistic or non-objective scene that represents the words. I had students choose an overarching theme and then a word and a quotation that goes with that idea. Students free-wrote about their theme, gessoed over the words, then wrote the word and quote, and finally created an image over all those previous layers.

Song lyrics: Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol