Drawings almost every day by Romney David Smith and Tarragon Smith. Occasionally paintings or etchings or silkscreens. Or whatever else catches our fancy.
Drawing without a life class. Use yourself, friends or family as models, if not directly from life, take a photograph to use later. Draw from a reference. Drawing from a live model will exercise all the skills of observational drawing, copying from a two-dimensional image won't be the same and will exercise fewer skills, but can still be a valuable exercise. While not a substitute for life drawing, drawing from photographs, paused television, or a computer screen will allow you time to improve your draftsmanship and will allow you to capture poses that a model couldn't hold for a sustained period. +++Jake+++
Just picked up a copy of Drawing on Life: the autobiography of Paul Hogarth. Great read with lots of illustrations, comparable to the interest and joy I've gained from your blog.
Internal tutor vs. internal critic When you begin drawing your progress is hampered by a niggling internal monolog, saying things like I can't draw. That's your internal critic, and it can be more restricting than any lack of ability. To develop, you need time to learn and draw without negative internal criticism, so instead nurture an internal tutor. Take pleasure in the process of learning. JS
I conceived the idea from my personal everyday experience, so what's better than to capture myself in the perfect mood.
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Drawing without a life class.
ReplyDeleteUse yourself, friends or family as models, if not directly from life, take a photograph to use later.
Draw from a reference.
Drawing from a live model will exercise all the skills of observational drawing, copying from a two-dimensional image won't be the same and will exercise fewer skills, but can still be a valuable exercise. While not a substitute for life drawing, drawing from photographs, paused television, or a computer screen will allow you time to improve your draftsmanship and will allow you to capture poses that a model couldn't hold for a sustained period.
+++Jake+++
All my images are self-portraits, even when I'm not in them.
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Just picked up a copy of Drawing on Life: the autobiography of Paul Hogarth. Great read with lots of illustrations, comparable to the interest and joy I've gained from your blog.
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Internal tutor vs. internal critic
ReplyDeleteWhen you begin drawing your progress is hampered by a niggling internal monolog, saying things like I can't draw. That's your internal critic, and it can be more restricting than any lack of ability. To develop, you need time to learn and draw without negative internal criticism, so instead nurture an internal tutor. Take pleasure in the process of learning.
JS