Wednesday, August 10, 2011

lifedrawing log - 08.10.11

Overheard this at a session tonight : "I don't buy into that gestural, 'spirit of the pose' stuff." That's like saying, "I love cake, but I don't really care for that 'flour and sugar' stuff."



Minor epiphany : When a model poses on/next to a stool, its structure helps establish the perspective you're dealing with, but you totally don't have to draw the stool. You can make it into a rock or an R2 unit or a pile of cabbages.  Not sure why it took me this long to figure that one out.

2 comments:

  1. "I don't buy into that gestural, 'spirit of the pose' stuff."

    Did their poses look stiff and lifeless as though made from wooden mannequins? But seriously, how bizarre!

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  2. I followed a recipe for a cake once which had no flour or butter in, just eggs chocolate and sugar, as you can imagine it tasted like a sweet chocolate omelete.

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