All I Do Is Draw

This piece was inspired by the song Blueberry Hill by Fats Domino, when I first listened to it I took it as a classic she cheated and went away song but the more I listened a new narrative started to appear in my head. “All of those vows we made/Were neve to be/though we’re apart/You’re part of me still” To me this song is about a lover that died young and we’re hearing their partner cope with their loss by remembering how they first met, on blueberry hill.

I wanted the woman to be wearing clothes similar to a wedding dress, my favorite part was drawing the lace. I also wanted her to stand out so I made her main accent red to contrast the blueberries in the background. She appears ghostly because of her white dress, and almost bloody due to the red lace on her arms and collar. She’s not really there, it’s just a memory of their wedding day, but it really feels like he could just reach and touch her doesn’t it. Maybe he could try, and maybe she’d really be here this time, but her tombstone in the background reminds him of the reality of why he’s here. She’s gone, and though she’ll always be apart of him, he hasn’t accepted it yet. He still thinks she might just appear when he turns a corner or opens the door to their (now only his) first home.

Time: 9 hours, took about a week