tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252122811035264254.post8532251693194474401..comments2023-10-02T14:13:59.803+01:00Comments on The day to day life and thoughts of an artist,thinker and barstool philosopher: Mistakes and Putting Them to UseRalphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02099161160886274555noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252122811035264254.post-22793400624621027452010-02-12T17:48:26.495+00:002010-02-12T17:48:26.495+00:00Feel I should clarify my earlier comment as I do n...Feel I should clarify my earlier comment as I do not believe I did justice to the clinical, disciplineed approach to producing a visual work of art. I am not saying the sketch, sketch, etc approach is unproductive. Certainly for the person conducting the course it was and he had practiced for so many years his canvases were all and always works of enviable art.<br />I meant to say this approach does not work for everyone; especially not for me. I much preferred the approach of a professor who said "go for it, let the accidents happen".Rubyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06097711103500084389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6252122811035264254.post-19932487869148572092010-02-12T08:39:00.476+00:002010-02-12T08:39:00.476+00:00Your blog makes me recall a week of study with a v...Your blog makes me recall a week of study with a very noted artist. WE first sketched the subject quickly identifying the area we wished to work; then resketched, noting detail; then resketched indicating lights and darks; all the while indicating and using proper mathematical calculations of a good sketch. And, on occasion sketching from a different angle. Then, to add insult to injury we were required to paint on a small throw away canvas dabs of the colours we would use to paint our canvas. Not over yet......then to paint a small 9x12 canvas of the subject to identify colours, lights, darks....etc. By the time I reached this point, I no longer care if I ever painted the final canvas and had lost the heart of the statement I wanted to portray. <br /><br />Much more to be said about spontaneity in art I have learned. Go with the flow and the vision; and sometimes the errors or mistakes in this approach has its own appeal for artist and viewer. <br /><br />Personally I like the spontaneous approach to a work of art; I think you can always the heart in a canvas where the artist has captured a spontaneous moment and watch the evolution of that moment flow from artist's hands to final vision.Rubyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06097711103500084389noreply@blogger.com