The benefit of seeing Charles Schulz’ originals at the museum in Santa Rosa, CA is that they are LARGE. The original character of the line is still discernible.
Schulz masterfully expressed a variety of emotions with the stroke of a pen.
I was struck by one observation he made regarding his simple beginnings. He just started drawing. He would scribble and draw constantly. If you compare his earlier work to that of his latter you can see how his art became stronger in expression and character.
One sequence I especially enjoyed, but was not allowed to photograph, covered the time Snoopy was in hospital awaiting knee surgery. The facial expressions are so good! The hospital staff thought Snoopy was a kid with a big nose. When they found out he was a dog they discharged him. As Snoopy happily explains, “Dogs don’t have knees.”
Nikki already showed a closeup of this wall, made up of thousands of comic strips.
I would have liked to have witnessed how they selected the strips to create the overall picture.
Still on the subject of “line” (but not in regards to Snoopy) this is a treat:
The Dot And The Line
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