Chapter Three:PLAYING WITH COLOR

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Central Park boathouse, by Despina Georgiadis, pastel

DAY 9

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Childhood fantasy, crayon drawing,

A Child Could Do This

“But she didn’t, she only art directed. Actually, my daughter Anastasia did draw a little of this. I gave her my sketchbook and asked her to trace her hand. She said, ‘You do it,’ and then proceeded to put yellow scribbles around my hand’s outline. That was all the heavy artwork she was prepared to do. After that, she rattled off the letters I should draw: a for Anastasia [her name], j for Joanna ...

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