Kathe Kollwitz
This looks like many of your drawings from class on Thurs. Can you see the gestural marks underneath, that determine the rest of the drawing? Filling in the articulating marks came at the very end. Can you blur your eye and make this portrait into a simple shape?
Gerhard Richter "Betty" Oil on canvas
OK. So, for Tuesday I'd like you to bring in the photo you are working from (if your working from a mirror, bring in the mirror) and bring in what you've worked on. I would really love it if you worked large, (more than 18x24. 22 x 30 or 30 x 44 would be great). Remember to stay loose. As soon as you feel yourself getting tight and flat, STOP! I want to encourage you to trust yourself, and to listen to your intuition. Make marks based on observation, not on what you know.
John Currin
We are going to work on these drawings in class on Tuesday. BE PREPARED TO CHANGE YOUR DRAWING! We're going to find things that need to be moved, pushed, detailed and blurred. Drawing is an organic process. It is an ongoing struggle of mark making. Embrace it! I really like thinking of our drawings as a piece of clay that we can work and rework and destroy in an effort to create.
Anthony Goicolea
If you have digital camera's the best way to arrive at a high contrast photograph is by adjusting the white balance and turning the flash off. Set yourself up with some dramatic lighting (ie kinda dark with one or two primary light sources). The bigger you print them out, the better. I can't wait to see what you bring in!
Things to think about...
-COMPOSITION
-LINE QUALITY
-EXPRESSION
-WHERE OBJECTS ARE IN RELATION TO OTHERS
-COMPOSITION
Things to do...
-BE BOLD
-BE LOOSE
-COMPOSITION
-STEP AWAY FROM THE DRAWING
-ENJOY THIS PROCESS. THERE IS NOTHING BETTER!
The markers look like this...
