Welcome to another day of creative CrossFit! Today is 23 out of 30. Only one more week to go!
I’ve been talking about various forms of perspective. Perspective has a lot of rules! Sometimes with all these rules about art, I forget that getting it “right” can actually make a drawing less interesting.
Australian artist William Robinson paints landscapes using multiple perspectives that often give the viewer the sensation that they are inside the space. The land curves to show expansive views, the trees reach for the sky first up, then down. I’m reminded of the strange cut out shapes a globe makes when you attempt to flatten it unsuccessfully into a two dimensional map. Robinson’s paintings contain the land and sky as they surround us. They call attention to how ridiculously boring it is that we take all of space and flatten it into a tiny rectangle, and then pretend it’s like real life. Human beings move around. We look up and down. We walk this way and that. Does not the world turn below our feet?
Today’s Challenge: Create something using multiple perspectives.
Share your drawing on Instagram with these tags: #30sal, #multipleperspectives
From my previous post: Daily painters are artists who start and finish a painting every day-ish. Sometimes they slow down a bit, or take holidays and sabbaticals, but the basic idea is they do small quick studies frequently. (…) Daily practice makes you more decisive, and improves your artwork fast. Notable daily painters are Duane Keiser, Julian Merrow-Smith, and Carol …
One year ago in March, to protect our students and teachers from a new coronavirus, the Seattle Artist League moved our classes online. The virus was declared a national emergency, and we went into quarantine. We have now been in quarantine for thirteen months. Through this year, we have met each other online to draw, …
Chuck Close has an almost photographic memory for things that are flat, but for 3 dimensional things that move around – things like faces – he is effectively blind. His work is built around his talent, and his disability. Through the detailed grids, Close can learn about the faces of people he cares about and commit them …
The League has two different Friday portrait classes this summer. Which one would you rather be in? Would you rather…. Combine drawings from live models with studies from art history? …or study a variety of ages, expressions, and faces? Would you rather…. Add meaningful elements from imagination and intuition? Or measure and exaggerate to pull …
Day 23: Multiple Perspectives #30SAL
Welcome to another day of creative CrossFit! Today is 23 out of 30. Only one more week to go!
I’ve been talking about various forms of perspective. Perspective has a lot of rules! Sometimes with all these rules about art, I forget that getting it “right” can actually make a drawing less interesting.
Australian artist William Robinson paints landscapes using multiple perspectives that often give the viewer the sensation that they are inside the space. The land curves to show expansive views, the trees reach for the sky first up, then down. I’m reminded of the strange cut out shapes a globe makes when you attempt to flatten it unsuccessfully into a two dimensional map. Robinson’s paintings contain the land and sky as they surround us. They call attention to how ridiculously boring it is that we take all of space and flatten it into a tiny rectangle, and then pretend it’s like real life. Human beings move around. We look up and down. We walk this way and that. Does not the world turn below our feet?
Today’s Challenge: Create something using multiple perspectives.
Share your drawing on Instagram with these tags: #30sal, #multipleperspectives
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