when I painted people‘s portraits, I used to begin with the eyes. I would forget all the rest…
Watercolours
Where does the ocean begin, Bartleboom?
. PLASSON - Éste es el problema: ¿Dónde empieza el mar?Bartleboom permaneció en silencio.Iba y venía el sol entre una nube y otra. Era el vento del norte, siempre el mismo, el que organizava el silencioso espectáculo. El mar continuaba imperturbable recitando sus...
1. August am Bodensee
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Life drawing is something special
Drawing a living model is something special. You have, before your eyes, someone who also observes you and opposes you, another person; and this inhibits, demands from you a new way of attention. When you stand before someone to register his image, both the model and...
Looking, seeing, posing, being silent, and just drawing
Life drawing is not simply drawing a human figure, something you can do from other drawings, from a photograph or from memory, alone in your home, regardless of time, place, or the clothes you are wearing; at life drawing, as the name already says, you are in front of...
Observe the shapes and let the thoughts between you the model flow
The act of looking at someone in silence, carefully observing the shapes and letting the thoughts between you and the model flow is an exercise of discovery, discipline, concentration, knowledge, and the effect of this practice appears not only in the final drawing, but also in your life, in your relationships with others and with things.
Fall has arrived
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Urbem imaginibus
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Learning from Turner
Whole chartLearning from Turner. Studies on sunset, color harmony and more. A nice exercise from book „Tate Watercolour Manual“