Light Within

by August Schwerdfeger

11"x14" • Watercolor on water-soaked paper $Not for sale

This was drawn when I was 6 years old and in first grade. At that time I attended a Waldorf school, where children were encouraged to paint, and in the primary grades the available medium was watercolor on water-soaked paper. As I recall, my class had been asked to make drawings with a dark part on the inside and a light part on the outside. I, ever declining to do what I was told, did the opposite; here is the result.