Do you think I'm wondrous and amazing? Do you envy me completely? Have you ever wished there was something I COULDN'T do, so that you could laugh at my sad attempts
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I always thought it was more of a hand/eye coordination thing, but then, I don't know anything about drawing.
There's a series of psychological tests, btw, that you're probably well aware of, called the DAP. (draw a person, draw a house, draw a tree.) They're supposed to say something about something, but really, I've forgotten the significance of all that so I can't really analyze anything here.
Maybe you could look it up if you're bored, but then, it's kind of counterproductive insofar as creativity is concerned, because then you end up drawing more to create a pleasing psychological profile than a pleasing image.
Actually, maybe that's why I've forgotten all about it. I found it disturbing in a way, and kind of not useful.
Nice picture, though. Better than mine. I tend to draw majorly cartoony because anything else ends up looking undead.
Thank you, but I have a feeling you're fudging some. LOL. It's childish. I know that, it's okay. (And by the way, I've always been impressed by, and envious of, your little cartoons. Even if you can't draw anything else, you can still get the basic form of a cat or a pig down! The first card I got from you, I thought, "Oh great, and he draws, too.")
Elicia up there is about the nicest girl in the world, so she went really easy on me (seriously, if your computer will load it, go visit her journal and see her stuff!), but this drawing is only a "success" if the "room" in which I give myself to succeed is very small. :P
I always thought it was more of a hand/eye coordination thing, but then, I don't know anything about drawing.
I think it's both...? Like, your hands need to know what to do. BUT it's also about seeing what's actually there. Non-artists don't tend to actually draw what's in front of them (IME), they draw symbols to represent what's there. Like, instead of actually drawing a table the way it looks...people
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I think you're absolutely right about the spacial sort of 'vision' that many artists have. I know that when haleth draws something, it really takes me a long time to figure out what the heck is going on at first, but when it's finished, it is amazingly accurate. It's almost as if she starts out in space, drawing a shade here, a line there, and they seem not connected in any way whatsoever to each other or to the thing she is drawing, but when the thing is done, they're all still there and they all are perfectly in their place.
I tend to start with the most obvious features, like I always do the big round horse face first, then add two points on top for the ears. It's really kind of comical when I watch myself draw.
Incidentally, that right-brain drawing book has an interesting point to make about drawing: it points out that everyone is expected to exit school with a certain level of skill in writing, math, and so on, but with the exception of a few people with natural interest and talent, everyone's drawing abilities cease to develop past age 10 or so. And no one questions that or considers it weird.
Fair, point, no? We don't really instruct children on how to draw in early years, and then (in most places in North America, anyway) art classes are no longer mandatory past 6th grade or so. And the age where it might be more easily learned is past.
Something to mull over...
(And if your comp won't load Elicia's posts - she does get a lot of comments, too - I could maybe email you a sample? I could just include the credit in the filename, maybe.)
I'm sure I'll be able to look at her journal as soon as I get a chance. The comp is being a bit wonky, we had to get a new modem and then when it stopped working, we had to switch the modem to the alternate comp, which then became the main comp. Oh, but if you did want to send a sample, it would simplify things a tiny bit. I think both would work good... meaning, not 'either one' but 'the combination of the two.'
Interesting about the development of art. I'm a bit foggy right now so I can't really form a coherent reaction to it just yet.
There's a series of psychological tests, btw, that you're probably well aware of, called the DAP. (draw a person, draw a house, draw a tree.) They're supposed to say something about something, but really, I've forgotten the significance of all that so I can't really analyze anything here.
Maybe you could look it up if you're bored, but then, it's kind of counterproductive insofar as creativity is concerned, because then you end up drawing more to create a pleasing psychological profile than a pleasing image.
Actually, maybe that's why I've forgotten all about it. I found it disturbing in a way, and kind of not useful.
Nice picture, though. Better than mine. I tend to draw majorly cartoony because anything else ends up looking undead.
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Thank you, but I have a feeling you're fudging some. LOL. It's childish. I know that, it's okay. (And by the way, I've always been impressed by, and envious of, your little cartoons. Even if you can't draw anything else, you can still get the basic form of a cat or a pig down! The first card I got from you, I thought, "Oh great, and he draws, too.")
Elicia up there is about the nicest girl in the world, so she went really easy on me (seriously, if your computer will load it, go visit her journal and see her stuff!), but this drawing is only a "success" if the "room" in which I give myself to succeed is very small. :P
I always thought it was more of a hand/eye coordination thing, but then, I don't know anything about drawing.
I think it's both...? Like, your hands need to know what to do. BUT it's also about seeing what's actually there. Non-artists don't tend to actually draw what's in front of them (IME), they draw symbols to represent what's there. Like, instead of actually drawing a table the way it looks...people ( ... )
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I tend to start with the most obvious features, like I always do the big round horse face first, then add two points on top for the ears. It's really kind of comical when I watch myself draw.
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your assessment of my 'drawing' turned me into a small puddle.
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Fair, point, no? We don't really instruct children on how to draw in early years, and then (in most places in North America, anyway) art classes are no longer mandatory past 6th grade or so. And the age where it might be more easily learned is past.
Something to mull over...
(And if your comp won't load Elicia's posts - she does get a lot of comments, too - I could maybe email you a sample? I could just include the credit in the filename, maybe.)
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Interesting about the development of art. I'm a bit foggy right now so I can't really form a coherent reaction to it just yet.
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