I recently met up with a friend of mine who graduated from Parsons, an art school in NYC, this past spring. I asked her about college and the different things she was required to do. I was really surprised by some of the weird things she had to do in certain classes.

One specific class that she described to me was what i was most fascinated by. She said she had a very ‘creative’ professor who would give her a number of different tasks, much of which made no sense to the students. For instance, the sketchbook they were required to draw in consisted of old newspaper articles. The professor made sure no one was using a blank, white sketchbook to do their drafts and doodles. The next task they were given was one that I did not even realize was possible. They were required to draw using charcoal….underwater. They placed a white canvas within a tank full of water. They would then continue to draw a portrait of a friend or someone in the class using the charcoal they were given. The end result looked something like this (luckily she had taken a picture of it).