Lecture Notes

Fellini's Faces pt. 2

lifedrawing log - 11.14.12

Fellini's Faces pt. 1

So last week, Peter König throws this book down on my desk that I'd never seen called "Fellini's Faces."  The thing is full of distinct, memorable characters, cover to cover.  Ten seconds later, I purchase a used copy for a song on Amazon.  HIGHLY WORTH IT.

lifedrawing log 11.11.12

If you take a moment before drawing something to analyze which side of it contains less info (the rhythm/pure/stretch side -- represented by a mostly uninterrupted straight or curve) and which contains more info (the form/impure/squash side -- represented by protrusions, lumps, etc.), and play these attributes up, you stand a better chance of fairly representing the thing.  This "simple on one side / complex on the other" phenomenon is seen all over nature, in grand and miniature scales, from nearly every angle. Of course, by trying to figure out which is which (normally it's pretty obvious), you run the risk of accidentally getting the sides swapped 'round.  But even that doesn't seem as unforgivable a gaffe as making both equally info-packed or info-less.



Animal example : Notice the "pure" top of this red panda is more info-light and the "impure" bottom is more info-laden.

Sunday Painting Practice cntd.

An experiment brought about by a discussion with Theo Prins -- Rather than painting over/under a drawing and constantly comparing the painted version to the line version, USE THE LINE VERSION AS A SEPARATE PLAN FOR THE PAINTING.  Don't even include it as part of the actual painting; just keep it off to the side as a reference.  You get away from the nagging feeling that you're not being true to your sketch, and make a new, different thing that you're aware is going to be new and different from the getgo.  There's something to it.



...And an especially warm thanks goes out to Slide for waking me up to the notion that warm/cool regions of a painting occur in constantly alternating patterns, like stripes on a zerbra.

lifedrawing log - 11.10.12

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New Rule :

All doodles left near my desk WILL be stealth-scanned and posted!  These beauties were about to be donated to some charity or other.  I salvaged them.

Top : Eye Stalk Cock Monster [Kenneth Scott]
Middle : The Master Chief [Gabriel Garza]
Bottom : The UNSC Infinity [John Wallin Liberto]

People of Stumptown Pt. 3

lifedrawing log - 11.08.12

People of Stumptown Pt. 2

MAOW!