Drawing for Painting
Thursday June 18, 2009
Drawing for painting isn't about making an outline to mechanically color in. For most artists, drawing is fundamental to their art practice, and doubly so for painters. Even if they usually work directly in paint, they will use drawing to explore ideas. Some may do preparatory sketches and tonal studies, but often the drawing and the actual painting may be quite unrelated. Drawing for these painters is a way of quickly and directly noting their visual responses to a subject - recording form, line and movement, and perhaps light and shade, in the most direct means possible.
I came across an interesting video that features some Australian artists speaking about drawing - well worth watching
"It's through the drawing that the ideas come forward..." - Wendy Stavrianos
"Drawing is...the bones of a painting." - Tim Storrier
"...an artist who can't draw... has a limited future. It's as vital as that." - John Olsen
Comments
thanks Drawsketch for this, I have learnt that a drawing/sketching is essential if you are going to refer to it when painting, so the sketch must contain all the info you need. I have often taken back to the studio unfinished sketches thinking that my memory would supply the rest but I was wrong.
the work is beautiful