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Author: Rosic, Contributing Editor
| Why is it important for an artist to study the human figure?
The Figure Forum staff proposed that question in a more personal way to twenty of the long time regular artists in the forum by asking them... "Why do you study/draw/paint the figure?" Here is what they had to say... |
" I am not sure if it is a passion, an addiction, or an obsession with me, but I've always been far more comfortable communicating through my art rather than through any verbal language. Every person is a potential subject..... it's as if they are communicating with me..... asking to be drawn". Adair_P Title: 'Illumination' Medium: Pastel Size:790 x 470mm |  |
 | "For me, drawing and painting the human form somehow makes me feel a kinship to a long legacy of artists... from Raphael to Modigliani... I embrace and appreciate them all. They... and my fellow friends at Wet Canvas have taught me much and made me a better artist because of it. The better I become at painting the figure... the better I become at painting everything..." Rosic Title: "Chiaroscuro Nude" Medium: Charcoal Size: 10"x6" |
"Figures reach out to us, draw us in, stimulate our emotions and thoughts. Put a figure into a painting... and we connect to it. For an artist to do that successfully, an understanding of the figure is needed, and the skill to ply the tools to produce the desired effect is the result of constant exploration. All of my figure works at the moment are practice steps up a ladder of indeterminate height!" macrobertson Title: "Cesar" Medium: "alla prima, oil on canvas" Size: 500 x 700 |  |
 | "I have always been fascinated and perplexed by the language of representation, throw in the complexity and dynamism of the human subject, a love of art and you have a mix worth stirring." ArtistOz Title: Mr Shop. Medium: Prismacolour black Size: 11" x !6" |
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