PSA 2008 text "Developing your critical eye"

[Chris Saper]

Following is the text outline of my presentation at the 2008 PSA meeting,
"Developing your Critical Eye"

Start at the Beginning
Look at your subject
Talk to your subject
Ask about preferences

Think about composition
Consider color harmony
Compose through the lens
What do you want to show?

Designing the Painting
Thumbnail sketches in three values
Posterize
Evaluate shapes, placement, negative spaces

Find your Drawing Errors
Mirror
Back & forth
Upside down
Computer image reverse

Common Drawing Issues
Photocopy syndrome
Failure to edit
Failure to interpret
Failure to understand value compression / photo distortion
Symmetry
Going Egyptian