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In every antique show and antique mall we visit we look through every stack of photographs we find. We also examine any drawings we encounter. Why? We are looking for the clues that say "this drawing was made with a camera lucida". What is a camera lucida? It is a drawing device introduced by William Hyde Wollaston in 1807. It is a prism device that enables the user to see the object and the drawing paper superimposed. It has been used in several different forms since the early 19th century to aid drawing by artists and users of microscopes. I link in the comments below to images in our "Before Photography" set.
What are the clues that tell us that a drawing was made with a camera lucida? Ideally it would be a note on the drawing or the name of an artist know to use the instrument. Most of the drawings we find have neither but there can still be a clue.
When you look through the prism of the camera lucida you see both the subject and the drawing paper. The image is not actually projected but just superimposed. Any change in the angle of the prism or even the placement of your eye will change the relationship and the drawing can go radically wrong. To be able to look away and then come back to the drawing the user was advised to start the drawing by placing dots on important lines in the subject. These could then be used to check the alignment of the subject and drawing.
We examine drawings for these tell tale dots. On several occasions we have found them. This drawing of a building, likely European, shows these dots. I have included a detail with several of them marked.
I was at one time on a PCC (Parish Council Committee). I had been co-opted, and agreeing was arguably one of the most stupid decisions of my life! PCC meetings are even worse than school ones, because so-called Christians are too polite to tell people they are talking bo....ks!
Anyway, this drawing is of our rector wishing that God had never invented accountants.
And in particular accountants who like the sound of their own voices so much that they have to read EVERY page of the parish audit to the PCC, in spite of the fact we had each received a copy ealier to peruse at our leisure.
Luckily I had had the forthought to take a sketch book to this rivetting meeting, and this is a good likeness of the poor man in his agony.
He retired and had the original on his study wall, until his death
I am not a naturally good at figure drawing, I take far too long, so you can tell how long I had to get this!
a fresh scan of a pencil drawing I made while taking a ten week photo realistic portrait pencil drawing course - about 30 hours of work went into this......and given my total lack of patience, I came to a better understanding of why I love photography and its quickness
having said that, I am going to reignite my pencil drawing efforts this fall and winter - simplicity is a strong magnet right now
And here's a little, quick drawing that L made me this morning... :) Äiti means "Mom" :D!
As soon as he learnt how to hold a pen, he started to write too. He doesn't know how to read yet but he recognizes quite a few words already. And also writes our names and so on. I'm so proud of my little one!!!
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Cuando se pinta uno se olvida de tantas cosas es como un medio de desahogo, es como una terapia para mi.
Los Graffiteros somos personas creativas, artistas de la realidad, artistas de las calles, no somos delincuentes como muchos nos tildan.
El Graffiti es como una salida de expresión q a la vez te distrae de la realidad y de las cosas jodidas que a uno le pasan. Una de las cosas mas increíbles del Graffiti, es saber q puedes invertir mucho tiempo pero nunca llegaras al punto en el q creas q dominas totalmente un estilo.
Las ideas nunca mueren ni dejen de salir así q tendrán Graffiti para toda la vida. El Graffiti hace q todo se mas interesante desde una perspectiva creativa.
Definitivamente es mucho mas difícil destacar en un mundo como este cuyos cambios suceden de una forma tan rápida, y donde la originalidad se pierde y se tiende a la imitación. El aspecto de creatividad en el Graffiti hoy en día se extiende, siempre influenciado por otros movimientos del arte.
“El Joven Pintor Hambriento Por Explorar Nuevas Posibilidades”
El Graffiti es un estilo de vida.
El Graffiti es arte.
El Graffiti es paz.
El Graffiti es vida.
El Graffiti es mi Sexto sentido y la Tinta mi adicción, Mi Graffiti es el reflejo de mi Camino!
“Art Or Die + Pintura - Sangre”
"OneLove, OneFeeling, OneWord Is Graffiti"
#ElGraffitiSalvoMiVida
#MyFirstLove
#ArtOrDie
#OneLove
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Untitled, 1988, ink on bristol. Featured on the cover of this Fantastic Palace Lp:
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This sketchnote was featured in Altimeter Group's research paper "What Do We Do with All This Big Data?"