Week 9: Carmen L. Garza Thanksgiving

For my Carmen Lomas Garza inspired drawing I decided to draw my family at the dinner table during our Thanksgiving dinner. This thanksgiving was a bit interesting this year around. Typically, every year we have a huge thanksgiving dinner with relatives and close friends. Usually three to four different families are assigned o bring a different dish (including dessert), sort of like a potluck! While we wait for everyone to arrive to the reserved banquet room, we have strobe lights set up for the kids to dance and also sing a little karaoke. But this year, we decided to keep our dinner relatively simple.  We had dinner with my immediate family and instead of your typical turkey with mashed potatoes and gravy; we substituted it with a delicious Mexican dish called “tinga” with homemade flour tortillas. What I noticed from Garza’s work is that she includes every detail and is extremely vivid, so I tried to recreate that same illusion that she has created for us! My illustration is an exact replica (to the best of my ability) of how my dining room was set up.  I included my two sisters, parents, my abuelita, and of course my two dogs! Although my thanksgiving was only shared with my immediate family, it was really intimate and heartwarming, especially considering that I have been away at school for a while. Hope you like it!