We watched them learn confidence, and discover the fatigue that comes from concentration. From blue jeans, to sneakers, to Stravinsky, within two weeks the painting progressed very quickly.
The painting progressed rapidly. Students paint fellow students into the painting. Second character from the left, partially painted, shows various stages involved in the process of transforming historic photographs into a drawing and ultimately a finished oil portrait of Langston Hughes.
Wildcat paints Langston Hughes portrait. Progress is evident. This poet who lived in Lawrence Kansas and attended Central went on to become an internationally famous poet. In Lawrence, Langston lived with his grandmother, who covered him each night with a cape, blood stained and full of bullet holes. She treasured the cape, worn by her husband, who rode with John Brown on his raid on Harper's Ferry. This portrait makes Langston Hughes visible to Lawrence citizens. Wildcat's attention to details brings these characters to life.
