I asked Fran O’Neill from the New York Studio School to talk about her upcoming workshop “To Transcribe” and the benefits of transcribing masterworks. She offered a beautiful and inspiring response.
Fran O’Neill’s 2 day workshop “To Transcribe” is coming to the Seattle Artist League October 24, 2020. Click here to learn more.
Masterwork studies by Fran O’Neill
“To Transcribe” with Fran O’Neill Online October 24/25, 12:00 – 6:00pm PST Click here to learn more
Day 21 of our 30 day creative challenge in January was a transcription of Titian’s Bacchus and Ariadne. The transcription didn’t have to be a copy, but I was looking for artists who were seeing the underlying story, structure, movement, and composition – as well as artists who took the inspiration into their own new …
I’ve been posting drawings with hands as expressive elements. Today a work by Prinston Nnanna appeared in my inbox. Prinston is a Brooklyn-based artist who works with charcoal, coffee, and acrylic inks. According to his website, his goal is to “depict the elegance of the Black figure at the same time as reconstructing the image in …
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Fran O’Neill on Transcribing Masterworks
I asked Fran O’Neill from the New York Studio School to talk about her upcoming workshop “To Transcribe” and the benefits of transcribing masterworks. She offered a beautiful and inspiring response.
Fran O’Neill’s 2 day workshop “To Transcribe” is coming to the Seattle Artist League October 24, 2020. Click here to learn more.
“To Transcribe” with Fran O’Neill
Online October 24/25, 12:00 – 6:00pm PST
Click here to learn more
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