So many pearls of wisdom in this talk. Particularly his advice on learning by copying from photographs: "I would never recommend anybody work from a photograph. Ever, just don't do it ever." On that point, there's a huge percentage of the viewing public that believes a representational painting should look like a photograph; it's a big problem in the world of representational art, but that's a topic for another blog post..
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Getting a lot of drawing done this week and I feel like I'm improving a lot. I'm gaining a ton of new information so I've been trying to process it all. I can definitely feel my levels of concentration improve along with my pencil control. My larger Bargue plate is nearing completion and I did a small sheet of Bargue studies in my sketchbook today. I'm glad that I decided to document my progress with photos so I can look back and see how I'm doing. During my breaks I've also been doing some mastercopy sketches from a book about Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (1758 - 1823). These are quick and give my eyes a chance to refresh from looking at the Bargue plates.
Well, I thought I was done with the Bargue, but little did I know.. So I worked more on that today and got a lot done on my sight-size cast drawing of David's eye. I'm pretty proud of both of these drawings so far. Juliette Aristide's book Beginning Drawing Atelier, was given to us as part of this program and it's a really interesting book; it's even more interesting to go through the book with Juliette herself and hear her first-hand information for each section. I was particularly captivated with the script lettering section. I'm really enjoying these academic basics; very old-school.
"We live in a world of the quick and easy and because we live in the quick and easy so things fade away just as quickly." If anyone is looking for a great book check out Eric Gorge's: A Craftsman's Legacy: Why Working With Our Hands Gives Us Meaning. |
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