I am off to TAFE: Learning to see
Posted by Melissa on | April 10, 2006
I think I have talked before about adult inhibitions when wielding a pencil/stick of charcoal/drawing implement. I am doing a Drawing class that essentially is about teaching us to see (and try to replicate it reasonably accurately on paper).
Hah! I hear you say, I can see just fine, thanks. Reach out for door handle, open and pass through, admire coat on person infront, shovel coins in ticket machine, pick up takeaway coffee cup, look at watch – see; all done without thinking (every day).
But what are you really seeing – what is the shape of the outline of that cup, what exact shade of red is the coat, what’s the detail on the door, the font face of the numbers on your watch? We are all in autopilot and so familiar with our routine that we don’t see a lot of the detail. And trying to replicate it on paper is quite tricky.
Anyway, here’s one of my attempts at drawing a still life in class. One of the better results - the crappy ones will never see the light of day.
Poor Yorrick
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April 11th, 2006 @ 6:38 pm
That is very, very impressive.