tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post3201382507331112895..comments2024-03-18T07:23:32.809-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Seven Inch FiguresJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-8291144246557873412009-01-07T04:10:00.000-05:002009-01-07T04:10:00.000-05:00Wow. It's a good post.Wow. It's a good post.anima-basehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10395625911616232979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-18664293300008258232008-12-24T04:40:00.000-05:002008-12-24T04:40:00.000-05:00It's a very good question. I find that measuring g...It's a very good question. I find that measuring gets more difficult when the figure gets smaller. The leg can be a milimeter off, and suddenly the whole figure looks wrong.Stephen James.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04729750229032513596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-83661369199282265102008-12-22T18:49:00.000-05:002008-12-22T18:49:00.000-05:00I think the whole point of the sight-size process ...I think the whole point of the sight-size process is to get an image that is unaffected by perspective parallax, and thus learn human proportion without having to figure in that variable.<BR/><BR/>Once that idea is firmly in your head and hands as a standard, then there isn't any reason why one can't choose any viewpoint and any angle from which to draw a figure.<BR/><BR/>Something Sickert alludes to is the need to move the eyes and hand as little as possible when shifting from observation to drawing and back again. A well-positioned easel or drawing board is a tremendous help.r8rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08458251039005409196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-37349536094216947132008-12-22T16:26:00.000-05:002008-12-22T16:26:00.000-05:00I guess that works great if you work in a medium t...I guess that works great if you work in a medium that supports small detail, such as pencil, and have good eyes and dextrous hands. I couldn't imagine drawing that small with vine charcoal, especially if you wanted to capture features on the figures.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17579185594957855023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-20042579623398446482008-12-22T14:18:00.000-05:002008-12-22T14:18:00.000-05:00Robert Fawcett made this argument very effectively...Robert Fawcett made this argument very effectively in his book "On the Art of Drawing" and included some nice diagramatic drawings explaining the concept.Steve Lieberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08340850263937065931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-2024982763556872782008-12-22T09:56:00.000-05:002008-12-22T09:56:00.000-05:00I always used to use a small pad - and produced dr...I always used to use a small pad - and produced drawings a little bigger than 7" - for the 'quickie' whole figure drawings at the beginning of a life class. My rule was that each drawing had to very nearly fill the page. It was great for making sure I observed carefully the relative proportions of body parts in different poses even when drawing fast.<BR/><BR/>I'd then switch to a larger A3 or A2 size pad for the longer poses.<BR/><BR/>The thing I notice most about people doing large size drawings of the quick poses is how much time they have to waste changing their paper on their easels! <BR/><BR/>Meanwhile I'm afraid I grin like a Cheshire cat as I just turn a page on my pad!Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-38669648637692516352008-12-22T09:44:00.000-05:002008-12-22T09:44:00.000-05:00I don't do sight size drawing but this method prod...I don't do sight size drawing but this method produces figure drawings that are larger than 7 inches. From what I have seen these drawings are in the 24" x 16" range.<BR/>Most of Prud'hon's drawings are this size, at least the ones I have seen and the drawings seem to be in proportion to the height of the paper(24"). <BR/><BR/>I do agree with the idea of doing smaller drawings. The problem is that for any life drawing situation it's going to relative to your position from the model stand.<BR/><BR/>I teach drawing myself and this is a problem as some of the other drawing teachers are into making the students do large drawings all the time. I use a 14 x 17 pad in my class so I'm having them do larger drawings than this, but I am into getting them to measure using relative head measurements. <BR/>Which is sometimes like trying to get blood out of a stone with some of the students.jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03014751431677271423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-55837632512036303502008-12-22T09:01:00.000-05:002008-12-22T09:01:00.000-05:00Yes, I'm sure there must be something very natural...Yes, I'm sure there must be something very natural to drawing at the size of what you would see through a glas plate, held at the drawing distance towards the model.<BR/><BR/>By looking up at the model and down at our paper again, it must be as if we just have to draw the memory of what our eyes saw just a second ago.<BR/><BR/>I'll try this in the model group next time.Erik Bongershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02409523352634066030noreply@blogger.com