09-09-2018, 08:07 AM
@Fedodika: Spot on crit. with the edges dude, appreciate it :). I took that on board and did a bit more smudging in this next piece.
@Roanna: Thanks for stopping by :). Yeah always good to have my methods questioned, it makes me have to think hard about my goals again. So I have two objectives for doing so many studies of the same ref. over and over and they are:
1. To internalize the reference into my Visual Library. Having to study a reference so many times will hopefully mean that I record as many details as possible into my mind so that I can draw upon them when I am inventing an image.
2. To continually refine my painting process. It is really easy to see the difference each time I tweak my process when I am using the same reference over and over.
I got this idea from reading The Art Of Learning by Josh Waitzkin. He has a chapter called "Making Smaller Circles" where he argues that a deep understanding of what may well be a basic set of techniques will beat a broad but shallow repertoire of techniques.
Also, thank you Roanna for the reminder to remember to think in planes, I've been so focused on rythmns and shapes that I forgot to think in 3D.
Anyway here is my second study of the above De La Torre painting:
@Roanna: Thanks for stopping by :). Yeah always good to have my methods questioned, it makes me have to think hard about my goals again. So I have two objectives for doing so many studies of the same ref. over and over and they are:
1. To internalize the reference into my Visual Library. Having to study a reference so many times will hopefully mean that I record as many details as possible into my mind so that I can draw upon them when I am inventing an image.
2. To continually refine my painting process. It is really easy to see the difference each time I tweak my process when I am using the same reference over and over.
I got this idea from reading The Art Of Learning by Josh Waitzkin. He has a chapter called "Making Smaller Circles" where he argues that a deep understanding of what may well be a basic set of techniques will beat a broad but shallow repertoire of techniques.
Also, thank you Roanna for the reminder to remember to think in planes, I've been so focused on rythmns and shapes that I forgot to think in 3D.
Anyway here is my second study of the above De La Torre painting:
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