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Three Dimentional Casts
Leslie,
When I was in art school, we had to work with simple shapes and forms in black and white. Cones, spheres etc. In the classical ateliers the drawings were done from actual casts not photos. The purpose of this was to increase the students ability to translate form onto a flat picture plane. Then the student went on to draw drapery, also in black and white. The student was not allowed to work in color until the teacher felt he had mastered form.
I was only taught really how to draw and paint after art school, by a very fine master, Eugene Tonoff. I remember painting from casts. It was great for a novice because they did not move and they were one color.The many errors I see on this forum by the people seeking criticisms, is that their art foundations are very inadequate. They rush to color before they have any understanding of form and there is much too much painfull rendering of photos and snapshots. That is not painting and drawing, it is simple copying.
We are all so anxious to start our masterpieces that we are unwilling to take the time to learn the underlying knowledge that makes a successful piece. Anxiety and enthusiasm are two sides to the same coin. We need to have more patience to really hone our skills. Then the arrows will hit the target with seemly little effort.
Sincerely,
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