A great weekend- spent working, went to see Austin Shakespeare's production of George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman with friends and family.
I finished these drawings for this deadline-
It feels SO great to finish some work!
A challenge with my job is when I can find the time to get my own work done. When I found this juried show I committed to working early in the morning- getting up around five and getting an hour or two done before I leave for work. It's a great time! and working on these has paralleled the work I have been doing with my drawing class- so while working I find myself talking through what I talk through in class- attention to value, light, line quality, mass, space and a whole host of other stuff- "driving all the horses at once!" It is exciting to have finished two drawings- and-to have put my teaching concepts into practice. They are both graphite on paper- 41" x 39".
Why 'truth' and 'convention'?
Titles are funny things-they come in a lot of different ways-for myself they come right before I have completed the work and it relates to an event or experience in my life or it could be the concept that drove the work into production in the first place.
We have begun the anatomy portion of the class and I introduced the canons of proportion-
-7 and 1/2 head figure- a more 'normal' proportion of the human figure- truth
-8 head figure- an 'ideal' figure- agreed upon by artists -Mannerist- style of Italian art preceding Baroque- characterized by a lengthened figure, considered to be a 'more graceful' look-convention
I LOVE ANATOMY! however teaching/lecturing on anatomy- is a challenge! I have been reviewing all of my notes in preparation for these lectures- drawing and talking for me is crazed multitasking! Since reviewing for that first lecture the words truth/convention have been rolling around in my head: what is truth/convention? and how does the viewpoint affect that?
At home, in my studio, I would ask myself what are the truths/conventions these drawings illustrate- myself on the ground, being grounded, wanting to be at bird's level, able to fly vs. myself off the ground- at a bird's level- perhaps the ability to fly? could my convention be my truth?
'truth'- is from a more researched study of myself from the viewpoint of a bird in the tree and 'convention'- is from my head, a younger version of myself that exists in the now. They (both drawings and contemplation of truth/convention) have opened up the flood gates for all of kinds of imagery
Brain gymnastics! Just stuff I ponder while working it all out- more ideas pouring forth from these thoughts!
I hope that your Sunday is sunny and splendiforous!!!
thanks for reading!!!
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