Saturday, April 17, 2010

What Do YOUR EYES See? -2

In drawing we are just answering in some written form the question, 'What do your EYES see?' Or perhaps, 'What do YOUR eyes see?'
During our regimen of poses we answer the question in several different ways.

During the very short gesture poses our Quick Instant eyes are in training to see a whole shape and its movement in space. All in an Instant. (Being plastic would perhaps see the pose moving in time.)

During longer poses we get to make a richer answer, since we 'have more time'. Your Longer Eye sees some details and you decide what parts you need to 'tell the story' of this pose. You hesitate a little to look first, before you leap into the drawing. Then you decide. Perhaps your technique will be used to develop the sculptural form. Perhaps you develop the 2-D rectangle graphically.

During the 9 p.m. Observation, when your eyes evaluate the writings 'on the wall', (They used to be hung on the wall), you engage your brain too to analyze and your vocal chords to express what you notice.

Just don't be intimidated. If you honestly answer the question, 'What do Your Eyes See?' you can never be wrong. And with the fearless attitude of THE ARTIST, combined with the Jorgen Hansen mantra of "SCARE YOURSELF!!", you could be the next great Original.
(Just don't expect to be rewarded with the world bowing at your feet. Until you go to sleep and dream about that world YOU CREATED, and that YOU are in charge of. Sweet Dreams.

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