This is going to be one of the most journalist entries of all since I am in the middle of a lot of reading and pretty much unable to consolidate my thoughts. This will be a mess! As a disclaimer, I started writing this about a month ago, but the end of the year isContinue reading “Do you mean naturalistic or photographic-looking?”
Category Archives: art history
Reality and making pictures
This is going to be a weird post. I will explore the meaning of reality in order to (try to) understand what we are really doing when we make pictures, particularly representational art. Somewhere in my life, I gradually started to realize that we are very influenceable little creatures. My thoughts, I believe, are startingContinue reading “Reality and making pictures”
How to use the Bargue Course? Does the size of the Plates matter? What about the materials?
Some readers may think: “Oh! Man, just copy the damn plates!”. The thing is that I am a bit crossed since I never was a fan of copying but I know that I need to do master studies and that those should involve some copy. So, why copy what and how is what I amContinue reading “How to use the Bargue Course? Does the size of the Plates matter? What about the materials?”
The Bargue plates and the sight-size method
Past weeks I went through content faster than I should have. Simply put, I was biting off more than I could possibly chew. Way back in April, when I discovered the writing of Michael Mentler, I was laser-focus on Ives Gammell and Daniel Grave. Daniel Graves was key for the republication of the Bargue CourseContinue reading “The Bargue plates and the sight-size method”
My journey from the sight-size method to the Hockney-Falco Thesis: “what do you mean by ‘realistic’?”
As you may remember from my last post, I was revising the claims that artists and art historians are making about the so-called sight-size method. By doing so, I landed on the essay of Semyon Bilmes, who is a seasoned artist trained in The Russian Academy of Arts, and capable of writing this: “(…) IContinue reading “My journey from the sight-size method to the Hockney-Falco Thesis: “what do you mean by ‘realistic’?””
On why anyone interested in the Bargue Drawing Course should read Michael Mentler
I will do my best to present Michael Mentler: he is a seasoned artist and instructor of figurative art from Texas, USA. Below is Michael Mentler sitting in the teaching facility of The Society of Figurative Art (TSoFA), which, in plain English, is a space that he created where several artists can study or produceContinue reading “On why anyone interested in the Bargue Drawing Course should read Michael Mentler”
Picture making: creating a worth-looking surface or a window to a worth-looking scene
Depending on my mood, this title sounds to me pretentious or silly. But I think that it is a good title because of that. As some of you may know by now, I am studying Art History. I always wanted to be a man who knew that kind of stuff, but learning them was soContinue reading “Picture making: creating a worth-looking surface or a window to a worth-looking scene”
More About Museums: Russian Art
These days I enjoy the summer, trying to be outside as much as possible. From time to time, especially at this time of the year, I consider committing myself to Plein Air painting… but not yet, not yet! Well, I drafted this post weeks ago (actually, in 2022), but I had to pause this andContinue reading “More About Museums: Russian Art”
Educated Guess—on Learning to Draw&Write 