Harold Speed, Chapter 4: The Painter's Training
Foundational classes are often structured around measurable outcomes—line quality, proportion, value control—because those are easier to teach, easier to grade, easier to defend. Many instructors (myself included) were trained to pass down these priorities. But this creates a narrow framework that rewards precision over meaning and performance over... See more
Christopher Thornock • Stop Drawing Well, Start Drawing Honestly
I believe that a painting must always move beyond the subject, which make the mechanics of painting is crucial to me. When you begin the painting, all the subliminal forces of the subject, play only a minor role. You know that there are subtext to what the painting is essentially about, which is giving form to an idea, but these come later. You are
... See moreAs Eugène Guillaume, the director of the Parisian École des Beaux-Arts, summarised it; “the main ingredient of art is taste”.