Compared to all the paraphernelia needed for painting, drawing is a refreshing reminder of how little it takes to do our art. More often than not everything needed to draw is within arm's reach. With whatever paper and writing utensil is at hand, we are set to go. The disadvantage of archival unsoundness of simple materials ironically unshackles us from the burden of trying to create an outcome worthy of paper that will outlive us. And yet, even in its simplicity, drawing provides us the means to wrestle with the big questions of art.
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Hi Sarah! Glad to see you are "blogging". I guess that means things have settled down from your move, which is good. I'm planning to send you an email, so look out for that.
You seem to be in a very thoughtful mood, based on these two recent posts. The whole issue of photographing paintings for the web is a real hassle. Sometimes I think I spend more time doing that than doing the actual painting! And I'm still not sure what people are seeing, since everyone's monitors are different. Oh well, we do the best we can.
Hey Chris--Good to hear from you!
I know what you mean about the peskiness of photographing paintings. Some of mine have such active brushwork to get a good photo, I paint a super flat matte varnish; take the photo, and then revarnish with a satin ratio. (Wish there was a matte retouch spray, but haven't found that yet.) For small paintings, scanning them sometimes works well--obviously not for wet WIPs. The paintings on your blog all look great on my laptop screen!
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