Saturday, April 19, 2014

The Form, The Form, The Form: Contour Drawing

When Michelangelo heard someone praising the beautiful colors of Venetian artist Titian’s painting, he dismissed with a haughty air, “the form, the form, the form, that’s what an artist should care about. Color is the business of the paint maker!” I secretly think that Michelangelo was envious of Titian’s marvelous sense of color. But I agree with him on the importance of getting accurate form of objects in observational drawing. This makes contour drawing an indispensable foundation exercise. 

Melisa Li, 12
Lily Song, 8
Max Peng, 13
Herbert Wang, 11
Michael Tu, 10




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