3 March 05

Foreshortenings

Working through Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain has got me to a point where I need to study foreshortening. I can look at Old Masters like Piero della Francesca and Michelangelo but the most contemporary exaggerated foreshortening I can think of is Frodo reaching up to grab the Ring, an image so iconic that it now gets referred to in other films.

So I put on the DVD this evening and paused at this spot. It’s one of the most difficult things to draw: the human hand, foreshortened. It’s a conjuring trick to get your hand to draw what your eye sees but what your brain is telling you can’t possibly be. I think I’ll be using the DVD player a lot for this exercise; it’s easier than getting a tame model to pose for 20 minutes at a stretch, over and over…

I might post one if I manage to get one that’s not horrible…

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  1. This book totally transformed
    my view of the world
    and my ability to represent,
    in a visual medium,
    what I saw, felt, learned

    doing the book
    filled me with glee;
    how about you?

    — suzanne    3. March 2005, 20:29    Link
  2. Yes, Suzanne, glee and wonder. When you allow that part of your brain to work it’s like a high where time disappears. And it’s free, bar the cost of a pencil and some paper!

    — Pica    4. March 2005, 04:38    Link
  3. The braininess of this frightens me. But you hang in there!

    — Doc Rock    7. March 2005, 21:21    Link
  4. Hey! I just started the book myself and I’m pretty gleeful already! Hoping (and working very hard) for that transformation, too.

    Peace,

    Matt

    — Matt    4. May 2005, 19:55    Link

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