The Dangers of Inspiration
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Art by Matt OberdierHow did Lee excel in art school without a background in it? How can you avoid wasting time and procrastinating? And if you’re brand new to art, should you learn to draw first or launch into painting right away? This week, Jake Parker, Lee White, and Will Terry discuss these questions and give you their answers.
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I couldn’t help myself. I love the background that Lee White just decided one day that he wanted try painting and then decided that’s what he wanted to do as a career and had the drive to make that a reality. It’s so inspiring!
K.Flagg
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Haha love it @K-Flagg
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@K-Flagg lol! Nice! That pretty much sums it up! : )
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@Lee-White I was interested in the book you mentioned (Drawing With the Broad Side of a Pencil), but I am not finding it. Can you post more info if you have it?
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Lee's point about seeing people 'gather around your art' is a good one. He's made it before in other episodes. I think about it, as well as when Jake (I think) said you become an artist three times, or at three levels.
- You decide you're an artist.
- People start to describe you that way.
- Other artists describe you that way.
I'm paraphrasing, but it was something like that.
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I loved to hear the "starting as an empty cup" thing. It was a bit my rule to start my learning this year at svs. I told myself that now that the drawing anxiety was gone, I wanted to go back to the basics as if I was learning drawing for the first time. But sometimes doubts come, so this was kind of a confirmation of my decision.
When I started my decision was that for 1 year I would be 100% student mode, just taking the classes and practicing the assignments as many times as needed, and then I can re-evaluate and see how to go from there.
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I'm hoping to see some 3 minute figure drawings from @Lee-White
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I would love to be able to do that. Figure drawing has always been my Achilles Heel. As a side note, I laughed when the whole "everyone gets A's in art school" statement was made. I get it, but it reminded me of how that was definitely NOT something that happened to me. I remember very distinctly getting a D on a color grid that we had to create with about 70 different squares and using gouache. I still maintain that I don't think it was horrible enough to earn a D (how does a color grid done by someone with a reasonable understanding of color get a D? I wish I had asked the teacher, who knows what he would have said).
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@Lee-White incredible work, thanks for sharing.
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@Matthew-Oberdier thanks! i really miss figure drawing and want to go back to it. But only so many hours in the day...
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@Lee-White looking to get back into myself. I wish I was as fast as you. Here’s a 10min and a 30min I did before covid. I need to work on pushing my values darker. It’s the thing my instructors always told me to do and I can see they were right now. I hate when that happens.
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@Matthew-Oberdier very nice!
