Hi Everyone!
Ohhh my poor art room is now partly storage for my yearly yard sale that I didn't have this year. BOO HOO HOO. It is truly a mess in there.
Which goes to show, you can create art anywhere.
I watch a lot of art shows, youtube, videos on blogs and websites. I do this to glean what I can from professional artists. One thing I have found is just how many professional artist trace their subject. I know that there are several types of tracings from the 1500s. However, Art historians such as David
Hockney and Charles Falco, have theorized that certain artists, maybe as early as the 1420s, used optical devices like concave
mirrors and lenses to project images onto a surface to trace their
outlines, enabling high levels of realism and accuracy. Leonardo Da Vinci used a grid method, Johannes Vermeer is said to have used camera obscura to traced the outline onto a transparent sheet, and then transferred the tracing to the canvas.
Artist such as Lance Richlin, Andy Warhol, Chuck Close, Edgar Degas, Norman Rockwell, and Kandisky who traced before he started creating abstract. Picasso traced in his earlier career. The list goes on and on. Today, there are several projector type devices that artists use to trace their art. Is this cheating to get a realistic portrait, landscape, or still life? The answer is NO. Artist use all kinds of tools to create with. I do however believe that one should know the basics and how to draw free hand.
My point to all of this is.... if you are finding it difficult to create your self portrait tracing first is perfectly acceptable.
Nicole
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That looks like a great set up. And tracing can be really helpful. And you can have fun too even though you have those boxes in your art room. :) Happy weekend. hugs-Erika
Interesting
Your "art station" in the living room looks quite efficient!
P.S. I love that vibrant area rug in your art room!
This was interesting-thanks
I agree with you,
you can create art anywhere as long as you have the time!!
Have a beautiful week Nicole!
thank you!
thank you!
Your art room gives off feeling of creativity.
That is very interesting, and I had no idea those painters did that, amazing.
Hope you are doing ok.
Take care.
I had no idea.
I know when I was taking some watercolor classes, some of the students used opaque projectors to trace their subjects.
I remember comic books ads for some type of device that "projected" the image onto your paper so that you could "draw" it. I always wondered if it would really work.
...stuff it's easy to accumulate too much stuff.
It’s your room and you are entitled to have it exactly the way you want!
Olá minha querida amiga Nicole. Espero que no seu próximo bazar anual, você tenha sucesso em dobro. Grande abraço carioca.
WOW, who would've thought professional artists trace their subjects! Certainly not me. I figured it was done free handed. I learned something new today which encourages me all the more to keep things up free hand style even when it's not the best. I may consider the tracing technique for my self-portrait, though.
It’s wonderful to hear how you’ve adapted your creative space and reminded us that artistry comes from vision and passion, not just the tools we use
Ya gotta do what ya gotta do. Looks like a nice setup though.
That was interesting ...
Happy Sunday Wishes.
All the best Jan
I agree! Tracing has been done for centuries.
Have a great day!! :)
Very nice sharing dear Nichole 👍
I remember our very first drawing teacher would make us trace on dim patterns of objects and natural phenomena
I agree with you on this fully.
I liked peaking in your art room my friend and I think everything is set very nicely 👍♥️
I can barely walk into my art room! If we're tight on time, can we submit a previously done self portrait?
Love your set up Nicole! I love that you can make art anywhere. I am so glad that you mentioned tracing. I think it's a great way to learn. I am going to hopefully start tomorrow.
Exactly, it’s like wearable magic each swirl feels like it holds a story. The way it catches the light probably makes it feel even more alive. I can totally see it becoming someone’s favorite, everyday talisman.
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