Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain 5-Day Course (DRSB): Day Four, All Day - Portrait in Profile: Demo Drawing by Teacher
This was drawn as a demonstration of the techniques taught, done by the course teacher - an artist in her own right - prior to we students having a go. I love it so much that I asked her if I could keep it, to which she generously agreed (adding her signature as icing on the cake).
I love it for many reasons. For one, it's the first portrait of me that anyone has ever done. There is something special (to me) about someone else paying that much attention to one's presence in this world, even if I was, principally, an 'object' with contours, edges, shapes and shading.
Then there is the completely life-like, three-dimensional quality of it all. I love all the hatching marks, both dark and light. I love the highlights that form my (oversized) ears, and the shadow shape of the lens of my spectacles and the arm. I look at it all and just marvel at it. It also fulfils so well its other function: that of being a demonstration of the sighting, measuring and marking techniques that we had been taught...in only five days! Amazing!
I am entranced as to how hand-drawn marks on a flat page can so clearly evoke the solidity of something so realistically, while at the same time not being photographic-like. There are many styles available in art, and I would like to become proficient in them all if I could. But for now, this style is the one that I wish for the most.
Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain 5-Day Course (DRSB): Day Four, All Day - Portrait in Profile: Demo Drawing by Teacher
This was drawn as a demonstration of the techniques taught, done by the course teacher - an artist in her own right - prior to we students having a go. I love it so much that I asked her if I could keep it, to which she generously agreed (adding her signature as icing on the cake).
I love it for many reasons. For one, it's the first portrait of me that anyone has ever done. There is something special (to me) about someone else paying that much attention to one's presence in this world, even if I was, principally, an 'object' with contours, edges, shapes and shading.
Then there is the completely life-like, three-dimensional quality of it all. I love all the hatching marks, both dark and light. I love the highlights that form my (oversized) ears, and the shadow shape of the lens of my spectacles and the arm. I look at it all and just marvel at it. It also fulfils so well its other function: that of being a demonstration of the sighting, measuring and marking techniques that we had been taught...in only five days! Amazing!
I am entranced as to how hand-drawn marks on a flat page can so clearly evoke the solidity of something so realistically, while at the same time not being photographic-like. There are many styles available in art, and I would like to become proficient in them all if I could. But for now, this style is the one that I wish for the most.