![]() |
View Thread | Post Response | Return to Index | Read Prev Msg | Read Next Msg |
Re: drawing conclusions
Posted By: MACK! In Response To: drawing
conclusions (Dustin Parker) Hi Oliver,
I've jsut always had a passion for making things. As long as I can remember.
With words, pictures, found objects, or whatever.
When you have a passion for something you do it ALL the time. SO naturally
you get better at it and also try to learn specific tps and tools from books and
classes.
But a lot of what Dustin said below is a good point. But I think that everyone can already draw. But some people feel that if it
doesn't look like a photograph then it is not "Realistic' or good. And I should
point out that I draw a lot for myself but those drawings are only sometimes in
any neighborhood close to realism. WHat I would suggest is drwing the way that
you enjoy or have passion for and let it grow from there. Start with your
passion that makes you do it all the time and then add on more nuggets of
knowledge and craft from anyplace that you can. Then you can choose from this
toolbox.
Classes can help you polish your craft, or even give you basics of
understanding. But by doing it all the time is when you actually LEARN it.
: I think that the common misconception is that being able : However, I do believe there exists a separation between : As far as college is concerned---I’d be very careful in : And more importantly college is just a place to get : Read about De kooning and Pollock and Picasso and Rivers : And I agree that MACK is an awesome artist >> and
Date: WED, 2/21/01, 5:44
p.m.
People can be taught
things. How to drive a car or how to draw realistically.
: to render
things realistically is an intuitive trait
: for an artist, when in reality
a good draftsman is
: educated to be so. Its just a skill, anyone can be a
: good draftsman, some are naturally better because of
: how they
process information. But for the most part,
: if given the proper amount of
time and devotion anyone
: can learn to be a good draftsman.
: the artist
and the draftsman. Imagination and
: creativity play a larger role than the
actual skill.
: You can teach a person to draw, but you cannot teach a
:
person to be creative. I’ve seen a lot of great
: draftsmen who were poor
artists, simply because they
: were simply human copy machines, they might
as well be
: photographers. They were failing to make any statement
: or
to do anything beyond the expected.
: selecting a
school. You want to receive a well rounded
: education and work in a free
environment. You want to
: be in an environment where experimentation is
: encouraged and the fundamentals are well established.
: I know of
schools that only teach oil or only teach
: abstraction or whatnot- - there
are a lot of elitist
: professors and universities that for some bizarre
: reason think that to be a good artist you have to
: mimic them, and
paint as they paint- - which is
: absurd. So be very cautious. I have a
friend who went
: to Graduate school in New york City, and his
:
instructor only spoke to him once during the entire
: year. He would stop in
and say this sucks or that’s
: good without giving him any real feedback or
any real
: advice or criticism. So he was wasting all this money
:
teaching him self how to paint.
: feedback, what is
learned is learned on your own. So
: read and do lots of painting and
drawing. Read art
: history, and read lots of it because it will teach you
: more than most painting classes will about painting.
: and Bacon
and Close and Kahlo and Klimt and Warhol and
: Basquiat and the hundreds of
other great artists that
: have graced us with their brilliance. Read about
: impressionism and abstract expressionism and pop art
: and American
realism and minimalism and fauvism and
: romanticism and cubism and
post-impressionism.
: Read
: Learn
: And share with other students
: Throw away any preconceptions and just learn
: A good artist is an
educated one
: So read
: And not just about art
: Read about
religion and politics and science and whatnot,
: because art is merely a
reflection of all these other
: things and it is important that you are
aware of the
: world in which you live.
: you should
look at the list of artists he acknowledges
: in the back of Metamorphosis
and start reading about
: them.
View Thread | Post Response | Return to Index | Read Prev Msg | Read Next Msg |