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Your Eye and Pedestals
17 years ago
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So, something this new book (Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain) keeps expounding upon is that anyone can learn how to draw.
This is rather difficult to believe, considering the works I've seen here on FurAffinity. Could I ever match Zen? Is the muscular detail of Moonstalker's works within my grasp? Are the raw emotions seen in BlackTeagan's art possible for me to put on paper?
....Yeah, I'm dubious too.
What this book says is that it's not in the hands. It's in the eyes. Once you're able to see in the proper fashion, then you'll be able to draw. The book quotes several artists with similar sayings... And it can be rather understandable that this is really an issue of perceptions. If it's one commonly accepted thought, it's that artists see the world differently. The real question here is, can I learn how to see that way too?
On thinking of it, it really seems like a spiritual thing. A shift of paradigm (no name jokes please), if you will. Reading this author, it almost seems like learning how to draw is akin to finding religion or becoming a prophet. Now there's a funny thought, Neoneon in a nun outfit...
I know lots of people venerate artists. They're able to grasp the world around them in their hands and put it down onto paper. Not even just the world around them, but things from the sheer realm of imagination. That's amazing stuff and frankly, a bit intimidating.
But... Maybe it's possible to learn that ability. Maybe I can perceive things like how they do.
I dunno... Guess I'll just have to keep my eyes open. ^^
This is rather difficult to believe, considering the works I've seen here on FurAffinity. Could I ever match Zen? Is the muscular detail of Moonstalker's works within my grasp? Are the raw emotions seen in BlackTeagan's art possible for me to put on paper?
....Yeah, I'm dubious too.
What this book says is that it's not in the hands. It's in the eyes. Once you're able to see in the proper fashion, then you'll be able to draw. The book quotes several artists with similar sayings... And it can be rather understandable that this is really an issue of perceptions. If it's one commonly accepted thought, it's that artists see the world differently. The real question here is, can I learn how to see that way too?
On thinking of it, it really seems like a spiritual thing. A shift of paradigm (no name jokes please), if you will. Reading this author, it almost seems like learning how to draw is akin to finding religion or becoming a prophet. Now there's a funny thought, Neoneon in a nun outfit...
I know lots of people venerate artists. They're able to grasp the world around them in their hands and put it down onto paper. Not even just the world around them, but things from the sheer realm of imagination. That's amazing stuff and frankly, a bit intimidating.
But... Maybe it's possible to learn that ability. Maybe I can perceive things like how they do.
I dunno... Guess I'll just have to keep my eyes open. ^^
