You may have heard of this man before…or seen other videos. This one is really great – he goes into detail on how he created some of his sculptures… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBKV4rOgSJU&feature=channel_page]
Posts under ‘Seeing’
At Louvre, Many Stop to Snap but Few Stay to Focus
Another doozie on how to see. Found this on the website for NY Times (thanks for the tip, Herb!)…here’s an excerpt that will give you an idea on where it’s going – but of course, I’d suggest reading the whole thing…slowly…several times: “Almost nobody, over the course of that hour or two, paused before any [...]
Not so fast, buster…
“The camera, if it’s lucky, may tell a different truth to drawing – but not a truer one. Drawing brings us into a different, a deeper and more fully experienced relation to the object. A good drawing says: “not so fast, buster”. We have had a gutful of fast art and fast food. What we [...]
The art of seeing
“We were saying the other day how very important it is to observe. It is quite an art to which one must give a great deal of attention. We only see very partially, we never see anything completely, with the totality of our mind, or with the fullness of our heart. And unless we learn [...]
Out of the Classroom, Into the Museum
Another article from The Curator…on learning to SEE. (I would highly recommend reading the whole thing…the author goes into beautiful detail on the sculpture…but if you read nothing else, read the first two paragraphs and the last.) * * * * * * Yesterday I went to a museum all by myself. Like most Americans, [...]
Learning to see…in real life.
Another great resource…an example…in learning to see. Member artist Marty Lane is teaching a summer course at ENMU-Ruidoso entitled “Art in Nature Journaling”. The class has been keeping a blog over the summer that is a deep and rich trove of treasures. Visit their blog, look around, enjoy observign their processes of seeing…you can even [...]
Ten Commandments on Seeing
These Ten Commandments on seeing/drawing were revealed to me on a mountain, but also in a meadow, on a beach and even in the subway. For their revelation did not come all at once, but in installments, as it were, over the years, and always while I was busy drawing, and invariably on holy ground. [...]
