Weekly Round Up 2 - Art Gleanings
On gesture vs. details
If it is outfits you are interested in, invest in a Sears catalog. I fit is gesture you are interested in, then look beyond those extraneous, sometimes gesture-destroying details.
Walt Stanchfield
Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes, Vol 1, page 63.
What is a pose or gesture but an orderly arrangement of body parts to display a mood, demeanor, attitude, mannerism, expression, or emotion.
Walt Stanchfield
Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes, Vol 1, page 64.
Somewhere I read, “Whenever a photograph contains the principles and disciplines of the artist, the better it will be; but the more a drawing looks like a photograph, the worse it will be.”
Walt Stanchfield
Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes, Vol 1, page 69.
Draw verbs, not nouns. A noun is a thing that can be named; a verb is a thing given the breath of life.
Walt Stanchfield
Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes, Vol 1, page 69.
While sketching from a model there is a tendency to think of the pose as a still life. For the sake of animation study, think of the pose rather as a part (or extreme) of an action.
Walt Stanchfield
Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes, Vol 1, page 79.
Using reference photos:
On Drawing Gesture & Figure Drawing:
Thomas Fluharty speaks highly of Figure Drawing for All It’s Worth.
Inspiration
This last week, I’ve gotten inspiration from these various artists:
Eyvind Earle - classic Disney artist. His whimsical forms!
Mary Blair - another classic Disney artist. Style and color!
Sarah Mari Shaboyan - color pencil illustrator/world traveller
Oliver Jeffers - illustrator. Our family loves his books.
Patrick Visser - illustrator tutorials. His exercises are nice.
Irena Spector - illustrator. I love her children’s book look.
Melissa Lakey - illustrator. Again, her child-like vibe is fire.
Facebook groups - Sketchbooking, urban sketching in Chicago, Sketch in Travel.
