Native American? Student pencil drawing

Thrift store find, Would you have bought this?
Any input would be appreciated.
I was thinking student because of the inscription on the back. Definitely not his English teacher!
Drawing is 5" x 7"
Mikey

 

Me personally? No, I would not have made the purchase. It's a [young] student/hobbyist piece.

Here's my quick critique (my apologies in advance):

• Very stiff and labored rendering which is a common tendency for beginners who lack skill and confidence. A lot of erasures. Just a rudimentary attempt.
• Shape of the bear looks like a cutout. No sense of form or musculature. I know it's stylized, to a certain degree, but it looks very simple. I don't know what's with the white shape by the back leg.
• Looks like it's smudged up from laboring over the details and not protecting the drawing surface.
• The arrow almost commands more attention than the bear because of placement and how dark it is.
• The mountain in the background basically follows the shape of the bear, and hits a major tangent line right on the bear's backside.
• Face is jacked.
• My fingers are tired.

I don't mean to sound like an @ss. I was a graphic design major waaaaay back and I got a new one ripped on more than a few occasions. Art directors, by and large, are a very ruthless breed and will just blister young designers and illustrators.

 

The Native American lacrosse stick is interesting.

 

The lacrosse stick could be a prayer feather.
I think Clint is Native American. English may not be his first language, or he never had proper schooling, or both.
Katie thought enough of his gift to frame it.

 

Brutally honest. I didn't like it either. But the NA intrigued me

 

I don't care for it but Katy certainly did, and Kudos to Clint for his declaration of friendship !! .. Joy.