Thomas Nash -- Portrait Academy Series, Norcross, GA -- What a great day!

Thomas Nash · 10-21-2005, 01:03 PM

I'm so glad you were able to attend and enjoyed the class so much. Also, it was looking like someone was going to have to consult a map to see who got the prize for coming the longest distance to Georgia; it was comiing down between Mike in Maryland, Susan in Louisiana and some of the artists from south Florida, when you clinched it with California :-))) !!!

Glad you liked the "gravity" photos in the screen presentation. Tori Abott Moore, one of the Portrait Society of America ambassadors here in Georgia helped my wife Donna shoot those of me. It was a two person job!

Tom

Michele Rushworth · 10-21-2005, 10:52 PM

Wish I could have been there. Tom, will you be on the agenda for the next PSA event? I'd love to hear more of your wit and wisdom!

Thomas Nash · 10-22-2005, 10:08 AM

I don't know, but thanks for asking Michele. That would be Dallas, but I have not been asked. I don't know how they select the artists who will speak or demonstrate. I will be sure to let you know when I learn one way or the other.

Thomas Nash · 10-24-2005, 08:09 PM

Someone suggested that I share some of the images I used in one of the Keynote presentations that was part of the Academy. The following are from what I called the "gravity" sequence. It was in the context of the anatomy portion of one presentation. I wanted to remind everyone that with all the emphasis on planes, angles and thinking about form and structure, that we are, after all, fleshy creatures and the body moves and is effected by gravity among other forces.

So I had my wife Donna take photos holding the camera sideways or laying upside down so the flash would come from the same angle. Tori Abott Moore (shown behind me), one of the PSA Georgia ambassadors, held a white card behind my head. The idea was that the lighting and look would be the same for all the photos and only the effects of gravity would be different. I would hang upside down or off the side of a bench or look straight down or up. These are not all of the images we showed but will give you a taste. You can see how the flesh is tied more closely to the bone at some parts of the head/face than others.

Hope SOG artists find this amusing. it was interesting to do!

Thomas Nash · 10-24-2005, 08:28 PM

In one I am looking straight down from a ladder, then straight up, then hanging off the side of a bench, the opposite side from one of those above. Then a small composite with a few views.

Michele Rushworth · 10-24-2005, 09:06 PM

What a hoot! You really are a kook, Tom, and I mean that in a nice way! What a great way to wake up a class.

Bobbi Baldwin · 10-24-2005, 10:13 PM

You still crack me up with those photos. I had to look for a long time to realize that was the Thomas that I knew. I love to be entertained and to learn. So, thank you, thank you, thank you! I am still enjoying your lecture and day of teaching. I continually go back to points you made, thinking them through a bit more.

What was that gel medium that you had, but, didn't use? What is it used for? It looked a bit thick in viscosity and like it would act like a jelly verses an oil. Is it another glazing medium? Is it fast drying? I am curious.

Bobbi :*)