Comments on: Blind Drawing http://artwalaroad.com/2007/10/14/blind-drawing/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:05:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Cathy http://artwalaroad.com/2007/10/14/blind-drawing/#comment-17622 Cathy Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:18:37 +0000 http://artwalaroad.com/2007/10/14/blind-drawing/#comment-17622 Hi Mary! We will not be doing bananas! Forewarned is forearmed!! Hi Mary! We will not be doing bananas! Forewarned is forearmed!!

]]> By: Mary Richmond http://artwalaroad.com/2007/10/14/blind-drawing/#comment-17619 Mary Richmond Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:24:18 +0000 http://artwalaroad.com/2007/10/14/blind-drawing/#comment-17619 Contour drawing is such a wonderful tool! I use it all the time in my classes with both kids and adults. I tell them they have to shut their brain up for a minute and let their hand talk to their eye directly. Our brains are always telling us we can't do impossible things--like make a 3-D object look 3-D in a 2-D format....but they're wrong!!! Our hands and eyes don't know impossible! I love your drawings....and whenever you draw fruits and veggies you may get some, ahem, rude drawings. Just imagine the class I once had with some bananas and apples, ok??? Stop laughing....Nice work and I envy you your group. I could use one these days. Contour drawing is such a wonderful tool! I use it all the time in my classes with both kids and adults. I tell them they have to shut their brain up for a minute and let their hand talk to their eye directly. Our brains are always telling us we can’t do impossible things–like make a 3-D object look 3-D in a 2-D format….but they’re wrong!!! Our hands and eyes don’t know impossible! I love your drawings….and whenever you draw fruits and veggies you may get some, ahem, rude drawings. Just imagine the class I once had with some bananas and apples, ok??? Stop laughing….Nice work and I envy you your group. I could use one these days.

]]> By: Cathy http://artwalaroad.com/2007/10/14/blind-drawing/#comment-17614 Cathy Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:41:20 +0000 http://artwalaroad.com/2007/10/14/blind-drawing/#comment-17614 mdf—Thanks! My squash. I was a bit surprised that it came out looking like the real thing actually because, as you know, I don't draw much from life save for Saturday mornings. I must have hooked in to your spirit!  Anyhoo, it's a wondrous thing to do. Would love to see the progression of your work from sketch to pastel to painting. I'm sure they're all cool. Have fun on Tresco. Let us know when you're back in Penzance. mdf—Thanks! My squash. I was a bit surprised that it came out looking like the real thing actually because, as you know, I don’t draw much from life save for Saturday mornings. I must have hooked in to your spirit!  Anyhoo, it’s a wondrous thing to do. Would love to see the progression of your work from sketch to pastel to painting. I’m sure they’re all cool.

Have fun on Tresco. Let us know when you’re back in Penzance.

]]> By: KT http://artwalaroad.com/2007/10/14/blind-drawing/#comment-17612 KT Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:35:57 +0000 http://artwalaroad.com/2007/10/14/blind-drawing/#comment-17612 mdf, Whoever did that beautiful painting sketch of the squash should stand up and take a bow. Simply exquisite. I'm on Tresco doing some (very) blind drawing at the moment. I sit on a rock, look and just let it happen. Then, in the cottage, I work up the image in pastels. Eventually back in the studio on the mainland, I shall, God willing, transform the info into a painting. Blind drawing/contour is just the best way to assimilate information. Even though I'm thousands of miles away, I'm with you in spirit on Saturday mornings....afternoon for me. mdf, Whoever did that beautiful painting sketch of the squash should stand up and take a bow. Simply exquisite. I’m on Tresco doing some (very) blind drawing at the moment. I sit on a rock, look and just let it happen. Then, in the cottage, I work up the image in pastels. Eventually back in the studio on the mainland, I shall, God willing, transform the info into a painting. Blind drawing/contour is just the best way to assimilate information. Even though I’m thousands of miles away, I’m with you in spirit on Saturday mornings….afternoon for me.

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