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HowBesttoLearntoDraw?
ByVladimirLondon
AstheDrawingAcademytutor,Iamoftenaskedquestionsonhowbesttolearntodraw.
Therearemanypeoplewhowillcopysomeoneelsesartworktolearnhowtodraw.Therearealsoartistswhodrawpicturesfromphotos.
So,whatisthebestwaytolearn?Tocopyornottocopy,thatisthequestion.
InthevideopresentationDrawingfromPhotosVs.DrawingfromLife,Iexplainedwhydrawingfromphotoslimitsonesabilitytobecomeaproficientfineartist.Tosummarizethepresentation,
Iwillmentionfewpointshere:1.Drawingfromphotosmakesacopy,notanoriginalpieceofart.2.Artistsgetusedtocopyingflatimages,whichrewirestheirbrainsintothinkingtwodimensionallywhiledrawing.3.Onceatwodimensionalcognitiveprocessofdrawingisestablished,itisveryhardtoreeducateoneselftodrawfromthreedimensionalreality.Someartistslosetheabilitypermanently.4.Copyingflatphotosteachesartiststodrawwhattheysee,notwhattheyknow.Thislimitscreativedevelopmentandtheabilitytodrawfrommemoryorimagination.5.Copyingfromphotosdoesnotrequirethinkinginthreedimensions,andthereforetheartistdoesntusetheprinciplesandrulesofconstructivedrawing.Withoutgoodskillsinconstructivedrawing,itisnexttoimpossibletomakeskillful,realisticdrawingsfromlife.6.Copyingphotosdoesnotdeveloponesunderstandinganduseofperspectiveindrawing.Lackingsuchskill
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willcausemistakeswhendrawingobjectsinperspective.7.Copyingportraitsandfiguresfromphotosdemandsnoknowledgeofhumananatomy.Thisseverelylimitstheartistsabilitytodrawfigurativeartworkfromlife.
Thereisapositivesidetocopyingfromphotographs,though.Ifyoudontwanttobecomeafineartistbutinsteadwanttobecomeaskillfulreproducer,thendrawingfromphotoswillhelp.Bycopyingphotos,youwilldeveloptheabilitytorecognizeandreproducelines,shapes,andtonalvalues.Suchskillswouldbeveryusefulforarestorer,forexample.
Youmayask:Howaboutcopyingsomeoneelsesartwork?Someartschoolsadvocatesuchalearningprocess,especiallyforbeginners.Itusedtobe,andstillisinsomeateliers,apartoftheartcurriculum.
Ihavetosaythatcopyingartisstillcopyinghowever,dontmisunderstand.CopyingfromtheGreatArtistsgivessomethingelsethateveryproficientfineartistmusthavegoodtasteinartandstyle.
CopyingtheOldMastersallowsyoutodevelopbetterdrawingtechniques,understandwhatmakesartbeautiful,anddiscovertimehonoreddrawingmethodsandtechniques.
Arteducationneedstobebuiltontherichheritageofthepast.Itislikebuildingahouseonastrongfoundation.ThatiswhyintheDrawingAcademyIhaveincludedonevideolessonthatpresentsmysketchbookswithcopiesdrawnintheNationalGallery,London.
Iencourageyoutotakeyoursketchbooksandgotomuseumstocopygreatart.Bycopyingthebestworksofart,youwilllearnhowtomakeyourownartbetter.
Thereisonewordofcautionthough.Dontmakecopiesexclusively.Copyinggreatartworksbestincombinationwithdrawingfromnature,models,andlife.
Bysolelycopyingsomeoneelsesdrawingsandpaintings,youwillrunintothesamepitfallsasifyouweredrawingfromphotos.Afterall,drawingsandpaintingsareflatimages,andyouhavetodevelopathreedimensionalwayofthinkinginconstructivedrawing.
Drawingfromsculpturesisdifferent,though.WhendrawingancientGreekandRomanbustsandstatues,youenjoythebenefitsoflearningclassicalstyleandtheproportionsofthehumanhead,face,andbody.Bydrawingthreedimensionalobjects,youwilldevelopthenecessaryskillstohelpyouindrawinglifeportraitsandfigures.
Now,letsexaminehowthistheoryappliestotheDrawingAcademycourse.Inthiscourse,videolessonsarepresentedonaflatcomputerscreen.Youmaysaythatlearningtodrawfromvideoscontradictsmyargumentsfordrawingfromlife.
Theresnocontroversyhere!TheDrawingAcademycourseisnotforcopyingtutorsartworkfromascreenorphotos.Iencourageyoutolearnthenecessaryinformationfromthevideolessons,buttopracticedrawingfrommodels,nature,andlife.
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