In recent posts, we talked about Cezanne’s process. In particular, we talked about the process seen in Cezanne’s drawings. Yesterday, in figure drawing class, we looked at how Cezanne tends to make short marks when he draws. Those short marks accumulate into longer contours and form descriptions, but they don’t trap or the whole object in an outline, they only describe pieces of an object. The forms are sensitively described, but the outlines are broken, allowing the figure and background to connect. This method can be used as a way to open observational work towards abstraction.
The most challenging aspect of this drawing approach is to let go of the “thingness” or the object, and draw every mark – whether it’s a face or a tablecloth – with equal interest. Here are a few of the beautiful figure drawings inspired by this method, made in yesterday’s figure drawing class.
Recently I posted about our family of New York Studio School influences, and Tina Kraft. I found a few more drawings that show aspects of a process that changed the way I draw. These portrait sketches by Tina Kraft demonstrate a technique of using marks to activate the white paper. The marks are both in …
If a painting is said to be realistic it’s usually said to be “photorealistic” and this is meant to be a compliment. While I think realism is a valid description of style, photorealism is something else to me completely. The first problem is that “photorealism” assumes that images from a camera are realistic, but cameras hardly ever capture …
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Student Works: Abstracted figure drawings inspired by Cezanne
In recent posts, we talked about Cezanne’s process. In particular, we talked about the process seen in Cezanne’s drawings. Yesterday, in figure drawing class, we looked at how Cezanne tends to make short marks when he draws. Those short marks accumulate into longer contours and form descriptions, but they don’t trap or the whole object in an outline, they only describe pieces of an object. The forms are sensitively described, but the outlines are broken, allowing the figure and background to connect. This method can be used as a way to open observational work towards abstraction.
The most challenging aspect of this drawing approach is to let go of the “thingness” or the object, and draw every mark – whether it’s a face or a tablecloth – with equal interest. Here are a few of the beautiful figure drawings inspired by this method, made in yesterday’s figure drawing class.
Special thanks to our fabulous model, Hendri!
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