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Go outside and find some sticks to draw with...pen and ink of course...interesting...at school we got one piece of cheap paper shiney on one side and matt on the other...one brush and a couple of pots of paint...something was set in front of us and before we started we were told don't spoil the paper...I loved drawing and painting and always had little boxes of water colour at home but to this day the sight of a big white canvas or piece of paper scares the life out of me and have a tendancy to put a wash over it :D
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I've had something like that as well. When I say you took up painting 18 months ago and clearly will not see 60 again, the comment is usually, 'Did you paint when you were younger?' as if it was impossible to start something completely new in your later years and I must have had some learning experiences when much younger to be able to cope now!
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That reminds me of a letter in this month's Paint where someone was painting plein air and two elderly ladies stopped to look. One was heard to say "Do you think he's a professional?" and the other replied "Not a chance" before walking off.
I was sketching at the top of Robin Hoods bay a couple of years ago; all rooflines at odd angles when a group of very happy, worse for wear young men came out of a pub and started pointing out which lines were cock-eyed and tried to take my pencil and put it right. Oh and then one offered to model for me. Thank goodness it was too freezing cold for him to disrobe!
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Drawing seems to be an issue with tutors. I have been on courses and lessons and they all want you to draw differently - why? On one I was told to start with the bit that interested you, another wanted you always to start with a vertical. I don't have a rigid rule - I just draw.
As regards tutors wanting you perform in the manner they do, I went on one course which was advertised as 'helping you to discover your own personal style' - great I thought - just want I want - until I discovered that you could discover whatever style you wanted as long as it was exactly the same as the tutors! I also left.
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A darkened room (no light at all) A piece of A1 paper taped to the floor, a three foot piece of bamboo with a very thick black felt tip pen taped to the end, and a torch.
Not nice still life, all rubber gloves and pots and pans. (this is begining to sound quite kinky) We all stood in a circle and drew it......... ha ha . Really is true. Still trying to fathom out the reasoning beind it, and I had paid to do this!!!! (!)
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Oh my goodness Norder half your luck freezing or not you might have got a free life model...hey Blue I think your turor was a bit suss what came out of it...funny though you could have a thousand people in a class with one subject and I don't think any one would be the same...I just hope this tutor I'm going to isn't pushy I've paid now..been to Jacksons today and bought the rest of the stuff I need good time though love spending money on art stuff (lol) (lol) (lol) good thread we will have to put our thinking caps on and try to remember childhood
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Looking at some of the drawing I have done lately, I am thinking I might be better doing it in the dark! Might be an improvement.
It reminds me of a drawing exercise once in a class I took last year where we had to look at an object, a shoe in this case, and draw it without looking at the paper or what you were drawing. As you can imagine, nobody managed anything that looked remotely like a shoe and for the life of me I couldn't see the point of it. I don't think I will ever draw a subject like that and I can't think of a single reason why I would want to. Sounded crazy to me for sure.
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