tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526011052298598356.post4775554094648061327..comments2024-03-11T22:21:23.723-04:00Comments on The Altered Page: Observe the ElementsSethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05870075379758015838noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526011052298598356.post-53558151239376906512008-11-29T15:32:00.000-05:002008-11-29T15:32:00.000-05:00This is probably one of my most favorite drawing e...This is probably one of my most favorite drawing exercices!jo horswillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12297114250711730382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526011052298598356.post-86265925475961678232008-11-25T00:38:00.000-05:002008-11-25T00:38:00.000-05:00Great job on the drawing and sounds like you learn...Great job on the drawing and sounds like you learned a lot int hat class!BrendaLea, the Prpldyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02014834461856573344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526011052298598356.post-78083281257085426742008-11-24T00:22:00.000-05:002008-11-24T00:22:00.000-05:00Darn, sorry, it didn't cut and paste completely.I'...Darn, sorry, it didn't cut and paste completely.<BR/>I'll figure something else out.<BR/>:-)<BR/>ShellyShellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11579221704910055933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526011052298598356.post-18469256754678945672008-11-24T00:20:00.000-05:002008-11-24T00:20:00.000-05:00Wow, that is amazing and your drawing is excellent...Wow, that is amazing and your drawing is excellent, Seth !! What really blows me away is how much the guy in your drawing looks like one of our fish-and-game reporters from the local news.<BR/>Ever heard of Frank Davis? Hope this link works:<BR/>http://www.wwltv.com/anchors/images/ice3/finals/frank_davis.jpg<BR/>Uncanny resemblence !!<BR/><BR/>Ciao -<BR/>ShellyShellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11579221704910055933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526011052298598356.post-66313034699044674722008-11-23T03:39:00.000-05:002008-11-23T03:39:00.000-05:00The upside down trick is one I too have been expos...The upside down trick is one I too have been exposed to! In my dollmaking days the best way to check how the face was progressing as you were drawing it on the fabric was to either turn it upside down, or look at the reflection in a mirror. It's amazing how quickly you see an errant eyebrow and then fix it up!kelseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07917490475431699334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526011052298598356.post-82044105896832020982008-11-21T11:17:00.000-05:002008-11-21T11:17:00.000-05:00Looks like Danny is giving you lots of tools to "d...Looks like Danny is giving you lots of tools to "draw" upon. Your already-wonderful-journals will have a renewed energy and direction....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526011052298598356.post-55708281354992895822008-11-20T19:07:00.000-05:002008-11-20T19:07:00.000-05:00Isn't that interesting, how we see things differen...Isn't that interesting, how we see things differently right side and upside down? Same if we see both right sides of someone's face together, it makes them look so strange than having their left and right sides together.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03608720704163044033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526011052298598356.post-77441966200651673442008-11-20T19:01:00.000-05:002008-11-20T19:01:00.000-05:00Pick yourself up a copy of Drawing on the Right si...Pick yourself up a copy of Drawing on the Right side of the Brain by Julie Cameron - that is where this exercise comes from and lots more interesting techniquesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526011052298598356.post-39038078471158401042008-11-20T11:47:00.000-05:002008-11-20T11:47:00.000-05:00In 8th grade, I did my science fair on a similar t...In 8th grade, I did my science fair on a similar topic...I can't remember the topic exactly..but I gave several kids a picture to copy..left and right handers...the test was to see who could copy the picture better...and I THINK the theory was that if you were left handed, you should have been able to do it better... Are you left handed?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526011052298598356.post-20283972794013600912008-11-20T10:28:00.000-05:002008-11-20T10:28:00.000-05:00I love the way DG thinks -- how fortunate to have ...I love the way DG thinks -- how fortunate to have been able to take a workshop with him. <BR/><BR/> SusanSusan Tuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01785720510095849256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526011052298598356.post-31006715722748969982008-11-20T10:00:00.000-05:002008-11-20T10:00:00.000-05:00the upside-down exercise helps because it causes y...the upside-down exercise helps because it causes you to see the reality of lines and shapes. you're more able to draw what is really there rather than some generic version from your head. we think we know how to draw an eye. but every eye is different. <BR/><BR/>nice work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526011052298598356.post-18937348338323620272008-11-20T08:21:00.000-05:002008-11-20T08:21:00.000-05:00Very cool. I often have to paint fur upside down a...Very cool. I often have to paint fur upside down and it is rather disconcerting. It works really well though. Love your drawing. You can hardly tell it from the original.Gillian McMurrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11143539033002889940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526011052298598356.post-48212306510678000792008-11-20T03:29:00.000-05:002008-11-20T03:29:00.000-05:00I have done this exercise in a class too - it is s...I have done this exercise in a class too - it is such a useful one.<BR/>Glad that you are enjoying your class.<BR/>KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526011052298598356.post-18142301345339287302008-11-20T03:12:00.000-05:002008-11-20T03:12:00.000-05:00I remember trying this with a couple of chairs, on...I remember trying this with a couple of chairs, one stacked upside down on the other - sure that it would be impossible, but thrilled with the results I got. I love the expression on his face and I think his slump has more weight to it than it might have done if you were drawing it right way up.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11878102599430407759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526011052298598356.post-15608824937244146252008-11-20T01:32:00.000-05:002008-11-20T01:32:00.000-05:00I was given this assignment in an art class too, w...I was given this assignment in an art class too, with a landscape and a picture of a person. It was interesting to do.<BR/>I like the myths debunked too. <BR/>Makes it easier to feel good about oneself and ones art work.Lynn Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12094038275377357886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526011052298598356.post-52094489534172427182008-11-20T01:05:00.000-05:002008-11-20T01:05:00.000-05:00That is really interesting about the upside-down! ...That is really interesting about the upside-down! I remember hearing once that a good portrait artist not only paints the face right side up, but then turns it upside down to get all the detail. I guess it all makes sense...the authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09762776540130243361noreply@blogger.com