I agree. Drawing in a sketchbook provides an immediate, and satisfying, medium for recording the world, and for experimenting with new pictorial ideas. For me, I like to draw people in railroad stations, cafes and in parks; I like to imagine people I have never met and to animate their faces with lively or deadpan expressions; I also like to use my sketchbook to invent places that have never existed, but which might make good subjects for a more finished drawing or painting.
Your SKETCHBOOK is your Critical Visualization Tool Drawing on my imagination, I create pictures of expressive faces in a multitude of scenarios. I recently read this wall text at the National Gallery in London about two extraordinarily-accomplished 19th c. French painters: "Degas met Ingres in his youth and was told by him to 'draw lines, young man, and still more lines, both from life and from memory.'"
I agree. Drawing in a sketchbook provides an immediate, and satisfying, medium for recording the world, and for experimenting with new pictorial ideas. For me, I like to draw people in railroad stations, cafes and in parks; I like to imagine people I have never met and to animate their faces with lively or deadpan expressions; I also like to use my sketchbook to invent places that have never existed, but which might make good subjects for a more finished drawing or painting.
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Eyes WIDE OPEN : Demented vs. Cute Stylized faces resemble their human counterparts, but the rules that we use to analyze them are very different. In this mug shot of a convicted mass murderer, the Hyper-Alert Eye is disturbing and demented-looking; hardly cute and appealing like the matching expression on the face of Tweety, a beloved stylized character. The essential elements are the same in both faces: hyper-alert eyes (upper lid raised above the iris), slight smile with pursed lips, raised eyebrows and eyes slightly out of alignment (staring off into the distance). But our emotional response couldn’t be more different.
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FAIGIN FACE BLOGSo many faces. So many ways to express emotions. Faigin examines facial expressions in movie stills, cartoons, fine art, illustrations and photographs and shares his insightful analyses in his monthly blog. FACE BLOG INDEX
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