Plug Lane- Sketch

Graphite on paper 5"x 7"

This sketch was done in my sketchbook of doom. It came to me one day when I was sitting watching my students all go right for their phones or computers instead of doing something thoughtful and creative. I realized how "plugged-in" our society was. I wanted to put that feeling on paper. As I chewed my pencil in thought I recalled a drawing exercises my Drawing I professor taught us. It involves drawing an item inside of a cube. I had first used this technique to draw an electrical plug back in drawing I and had since used it to keep odd objects such as homes or cars in perspective. Since I used the technique for houses and plugs before I decided to do them at the same time- while also making a statement about society's inability to function "unplugged."